Medical Case Study Essay

Each glimpse of the “Agnew Clinic”1 painting attracts me with a deep thoughtfulness. It’s a constant inspiration that whispers me sincerely about expertise. It reminds me to be disciplined and focused on my studies which I want to gain expertise and practice for the rest of my life. Speaking of expertise in general brings vivid explanations into the context. It draws my attention to the most profound cardiovascular surgeon of our era, Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey. He was fondly remembered as a…

allow physician-assisted suicide while the other 45 states deny patients that right. Studies are showing that a vast majority of terminally ill patients have thought about physician-assisted suicide as an option for the end of their life. So what about the rest of America? Why don’t we get a choice…

The Marijuana is a herbaceous plant with psychoactive properties. It is native to the Himalayas, Asia annual. Its uses range from the textile or food application in the case of varieties containing no THC (cannabis) to as psychoactive substance in the varieties under the names of marijuana (bud) or hashish (its resin). Because of their psychoactive properties, it is one of the few plants whose cultivation has been banned or restricted in many countries. Marijuana is a generic term used to refer…

other general treatments are determined through clinical studies. More often than not, these clinical studies are performed with animals as the test subjects. Specifically, over 100 million animals are tested, including dogs, cats, monkeys, rodents, and birds (“11 Facts About Animal Testing” 1). Additionally, of these 100 million animals, most are horrendously treated and ultimately die without serving their sole purpose: to advance the studies of their testing. Therefore, testing on animals…

preoperative planning. In his study, RP models were created for twenty patients with acetabular fractures. Three acetabular surgeons and three senior specialist orthopaedic registrars were asked to classify fractures and design a pre-operative plan based on imaging alone, and were then shown the models and asked to classify the fracture and create a plan using the models. The surgeons felt that the models improved their ability to grasp the personality of the fracture, and in two cases, the…

suicide is made a legal medical “treatment”, there is a real possibility of abuse of malpractice with a permanent and completely avoidable result. In fact, cases have been reported that euthanasia has occurred without patient consent (Dieterle 129). According to research done by J.M. Dieterle (129), there have been close to 1000 cases a year in the Netherlands where patients have died as a result of euthanasia without explicit consent of the patient. However, many of these cases have been a…

Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male Forty years ago, 600 of African Americans were horrifically involved in the Tuskegee syphilis experiments. In Macon County, Alabama illiterate black men were taken advantage of and were treated like objects instead of human beings. These victims were told they needed to be treated for having “bad blood”, including fatigue, anemia and syphilis. Instead, they just being observed because of their sexually transmitted disease, syphilis.…

The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is the standardized test required for entrance in to medical school all applicants in allopathic (M.D.), osteopathic (D.O.), and podiatric must take the MCAT. It is also accepted as an option for some veterinary and allied health school entrance. The MCAT tests the mastery of basic biology, chemistry, and physics concepts, problem solving requiring the integration of these disciplines, critical thinking, and writing skills in the medical field. The use…

a complete exclusion of other illness causing fatigue. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, n.d.) mentions that the initial step towards a correct diagnosis is a comparison of the patient’s history and symptoms with a case definition. These definitions can be as many as nine different types of definitions, all defining chronic fatigue/myalgic…

Advanced Directives-Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Case Study Advanced directives were formed to protect the patient’s rights and wishes if they become incapable of making decisions. In health care there are two types of advanced directives: living wills and durable powers of attorney (Lachman, 2009, p. 89). “A living will expresses, in advance, a person’s instructions or preferences about future medical treatments, particularly end-of-life care, in the event the person loses ability to make health…