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    once said “It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” Pain is an extreme emotion that we all experience on a quite frequent basis. It is so extreme in fact, anyone who truly endured the deepest of pains would likely agree that even death, a void that contains absolutely no emotion, would be more preferable. Pain weighs down on our souls, blurs the sight of our world, and stops the production that could occur in the…

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    Successful pain management and the need to address functional problems can be accomplished through a variety of different techniques, some safer than others. To provide instant relief physicians often prescribe painkillers. Mild to moderate pain OTC over the counter oral medications like acetaminophen and NSAID 's non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed. Stronger medications are prescribed for chronic or severe pain, thereby increasing the possibility of serious side effects and…

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    client who was abusing drugs was complaining of pain he was given the prescribed pain medication but he still complained of the pain after an hour of taking the medication and said he wanted something stronger. I advised him to wait a little longer for the medication to take effect but he refused. I checked the clients MAR and there was an order for an opioid analgesic PRN if the pain scale was a certain level. I examined the client again and he said the pain was at this specific level. I…

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    Murder is associated with the people who commit it so they can achieve a goal of some sort. Whether it be revenge, power, or glory the ideas behind these murders of for their own personal gain. However, the reason for murder is not for personal greed but the lack of something within themselves. Claudius doesn’t murder for power but murders to remove the constant comparison between him and his brother and to prove that he is the better than how others view him. Hamlet goes through with the plan…

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    argument about the gentleman with untreatable throat cancer is known to endure a painful road to death within a short period of time. This case is almost polar opposite to Ms. Reese’s. To allow for passive euthanasia would cause an absurd amount of pain and suffering for the patient when he is bound to die within a relatively short period of time. It would be irresponsible to allow for this patient to suffer so significantly before reaching death directly caused by the cancer. Ms. Reese,…

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    Euthanasia should be allowed to someone who is terminally ill suffering with extreme pain. According to Dr. Philip Nitscke from CNN news on november 27th, 2013, he wrote “a peaceful death is everybody 's right” (par.16). Basically, what this foundation is saying is that everyone has the right to die and with that, at peace. I believe this statement to be factual because I agree each person should have the right to end their suffering at their own discretion. I feel it is barbarrack to force…

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    Persevering Through Pain Pain can come in many different shapes or forms, but it almost always requires perseverance to push through the the problem. In Call of the Wild, Buck goes through lots of physical pain and has to mature and adapt in order to persevere through these situations. In contrast, my mom experienced lots of emotional pain, and just had to accept and persevere through the difficulties that she faced. While Buck and my mom differ in the type of pain they went through, they both…

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    Beloved is a novel that focuses on the importance of memory as a way of dealing with pain. Sethe throughout the novel struggles to find peace in herself, mainly because the memories of her daughter’s death and her slave years at Sweet Home are too painful to recall deliberately. In order to cope with grief and suffering, people need to go through 3 different stages which includes denial, bargaining and finally to come to terms with various feelings and acceptance. The first stage when…

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    Corporal punishment in children is often defined as, “use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purposes of correction or control of the child’s behavior” (Frechette, Zoratti, & Romano, 2015). I chose this topic because as a child growing up I would receive spankings, hit with a belt, and other forms of physical punishment. In my case it was never intended as physical abuse but to make sure what behavior I did was to not happen again.…

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    illness and all you could do is wait until the day your body gives up for complete because the government said it is forbidden to take your own life? Once that power is taken away from you, you become enslaved in your own self-destructive body. Those pain killers, chemo, or hope that things will be better are no longer suppressing your agony and suffering. What then? Time is not on your side the more you allow the illness to take over, the less control you have…

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