Love Medicine

Dressed in a simple sari and covered in blood, an unfamiliar woman rushed into my house desperately searching for my grandfather, the only physician in a forty mile radius. The next few moments brought chaos and generated quite the interest in our usually quiet village of Aklacha in Gujarat, India. Immediately, my grandmother quickly sent my cousin and I into our room and told us to stay there until they handled a “situation” at the neighbor’s house. As any adrenaline-pumped, curious-minded…

The Phantom of Love Love, an endless phenomenon that lasts even after death, entwines itself into a being at the first sign of life. Whitman and Dickinson, two famous poets of the 19th century, have similar views on the love of a child to its mother, the love of a friend, and the love of a spouse always being omnipresent and blossoming within oneself. These famous poets portray the common ideal of omnipresent love through the works labeled as “Love is anterior to life” and “As if a Phantom…

I think I fell in love with the idea of a career in public health before I ever even knew what public health was. Upon entering my undergraduate career, I had a profound passion for the medical field and had hopes of pursuing a medical degree. Although I have always had a large-hearted ambition for helping others and a dedication to the medical field, the more classes I took at the collegiate level, the less passionate I became about the life I had previously envisioned. I was continuously…

for what he 'd done to his love. Carefully sliding the glass paneled door open, he quickly steps inside. Walking towards the center of the house he sees a young boy sitting tearfully beside an old iron bed. Looking down the beast sees a pale old man lying quietly on the bed. Beads of sweat were dripping off of his face as he fought for every breath. Wringing a washcloth out in a basin, the child wipes the old man 's forehead. "Don 't worry papa, momma and the medicine man will be here soon."…

qualifications left me on the sidelines to observe the medical team. The attending physician signaled me to follow him towards a private room in the department, which housed the parents of the infant. During the conversation, I learned the limitations of medicine. Reasons behind the infant's rapidly declining health were unclear to the entire medical…

towards someone can also cause such negativity. Thankfully this research will study the healing impact forgiveness may have on a person who has not granted forgiveness to themselves or an oppressor. This research will study the possibility that medicine is not needed to relieve these negative emotions, simply a proper granting of forgiveness will bring about those one-eighty elements of well-being. Two measures were used in this study, the Heartland Forgiveness Scale and the Transgression…

themes throughout the stories. Three of the themes that keep the tragedy of Othello relevant today are love, appearance versus reality, and jealousy. Love is major a theme that occurs throughout the tragedy of Othello.…

self-reflecting my physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual development using the medicine wheel as described by Mussell (2005). Mussell defines the medicine wheel as, “a symbol used to represent the dynamic system of mind, body, emotions and spirit, and the needs related to each of these aspects that must be met for the development of human potential.” (Mussell, 2005, p.115). Self-reflection of the four aspects of the medicine wheel (Mussell, 2005) will help me to gain a better…

theme is love, hope and family. True love especially, is something the show does really well. In this show of magic and belief, true love is shown to be the most powerful magic of all, strong enough to break any curse or dark spell. This represents that love is strength. True love has broken sleeping curses for Snow White and Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip and the Dark One’s curse for Rumplestiltskin and Belle, it truly can achieve anything. But in Once Upon A Time, true…

I learned that better communication with the nurses fostered an environment of trust and helped make the patients feel reassured. It also minimized error and helped instill positivity in the work environment. I soon realized I would love working in Internal medicine, not only because of its integrative and comprehensive approach but also because of the high level of interaction it fosters between different…