couple of examples amongst other conditions. This product is medical cannabis. Medical cannabis is legal in 28 states. This means that it could be used for medical reasons, but not for personal consumption. Patients can get ahold of this medication with a prescription from a doctor. There are many types of medical marijuana that are used to treat different types of chronic conditions. What the patient would have to do is bring in their medical…
Communication will occur with not only the Radiologist and the other Radiologic Technologists but also with the patients. During my job shadow at Maine General Medical Center, I experienced observing an elderly patient who was getting prepped to have a CT scan. The man was very stressed and uncomfortable and the result was they ended up rescheduling the scan. X-rays and scans can make people feel intimidated and…
Hurson suggests that RP modeling could be beneficial in the assessment and classification of acetabular fractures, as well as the 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…
and one of the major organs in human body strongly correlated to neural and the skeletal system it plays an important role in various oncological, neurological and orthopaedic studies. 1.2.1. Vertebra Localization in CT Images Not only studies or medical applications involving the investigation of vertebral body pathologies,…
to go on living, it would be in the best interest of the family or of the society that the individual should choose to die. They may believe that the society would be forced to bear the financial burden of an individual utilizing such expensive medical care, and that such resources might be better allocated if they were used on those who were not beyond hope. For someone to act morally through his or her life depends on the different circumstances of a situation, but as long as the…
The reclassification of marijuana to a schedule II drug, with medical use on a federal scale, has erupted into one of the most debated topics on a political and social level over the past few years. Marijuana, at the moment, is a schedule I drug, which means it has a high risk for abuse and no medical value. A schedule II drug has medical value, but it is still a high risk for abuse in our society, so it should be seen as a medicine in the social lens. Being a schedule I drug though, people do…
most of which are illegal in many countries. No matter how it is carried out, or the restrictions that are in place, many say it goes against their beliefs, both moral and religious. Euthanasia is classified in many different ways, the two main classifications being…
Instead, they permit their personal opinions to cloud what the best course of action should be. According to the Journal of Medical Association (JAMA), 30 percent of doctors believe the Death with Dignity Act is immoral and reckless while 59 percent of doctors disagree, and 11 percent do not have an opinion. Doctors who care for the terminally ill reported that they have improved…
dying, but her final moments will be in extreme discomfort. Medical marijuana has been proven to succor these symptoms so the patients last moments in this world are pleasant. The plant, marijuana, is derived from the Indian hemp plant, it contains an active ingredient THC. Its classification is described as a psychogenic, narcotic, and hallucinogen. Under federal law, marijuana is a schedule 1 controlled substance with no established medical uses. The extensive benefits…
only be defined by the patient. The pro- autonomy cause rationalizes the legalization of euthanasia stressing that the patient’s wish to avoid unnecessary and inevitable physical suffering are critical to analyzing the ethics of the right to control medical treatment and the choice of assisted dying. In contrast, opposing ethical issues question whether terminally ill people are cognitively capable of making the decision, from a rational standpoint, to end their life. Operating on the basis that…