Medical prescription

What is Marijuana? Marijuana is dried leaves and flowers of a Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant which is also known as pot, dope or weed. Marijuana is responsible for the mind altering effect on the brain. It is a chemical that distorts how the mind sees the world. How is Marijuana used? It is used many different ways, some people smoke weed in joint paper, glass pipes, bongs, and cigars formally known as blunts. Marijuana can also be cooked into edibles like candy, cookies, and brownies…

Assisted Suicide by Mark Friedman defines physician assisted suicide as a,” form of suicide in which a doctor or nurse provides advice, instruction, or materials to the person who commits suicide” (Friedman). Physician assisted suicide and whether or not it should be legal is an age-old ethical issue sparking severe controversy. The debate dates back to “Greek and roman philosophers”. (Ferguson) There are books, news stories and movies that have been made about the issue. As far back as 1998 60…

In the article Doctors debate the ethics of Assisted Suicide written by Elizabeth Aguilera and was published on May 18,2015. Dr Vincent Nguyen says that “We are here to protect the people who are sick, and we are here to promote health and in the event we cannot cure the person, healing can still take place”, he also says that “ the real reason that he is against assisted suicide is that doctors take the Hippocratic oath and that is why doctors go into medicine”. This quote helps because when a…

Euthanasia means: the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. Euthanasia has helped many people end their suffering rather than them suffering for the short period of time they have left to “live”. Physician-assisted suicide gives the people dying a chance to die with dignity. They are able to come to terms with their incurable sickness and leave this life while being at peace. Euthanasia should be legal for various reason yet…

Descriptive accounts of dissections of live animals from approximately 500 BC seem all too familiar in modern day with over 100 million animals senselessly killed in the United States for medical, educational, or business…

Kylie Rdechor Ms. Garcia Argument & Rhetoric(1) 21 November 2017 The Consequences of Animal Testing Right this second in laboratories all over the world, millions of animals are being isolated into confined spaces as they are being forced to endure the agonizing pain of animal testing. Animal testing is the practice of monitoring the side-effects and defects a product may have on a nonhuman animal subject. Animals such as rabbits, monkeys, cats, mice, rats, and other species experience…

Take a look at the world’s society in this day and age, now notice that there is some sort of technology in every direction. Technology has become an essential part of the human lifestyle. It has evolved from being items that only certain people could use to now being within the hands of almost anyone, even children. Now some may feel like technology is dangerous and that we are becoming zombies to our screens, but technology is overall beneficial than disruptive to the human lifestyle.…

Conducting a Risk Assessment A 25-year-old patient has presented to the clinic today. The patient reports that she is homeless, a type II diabetic, HIV positive, and currently pregnant with a gestational age of 25 weeks. The patient also reports that she was previously seen at a community health clinic that has since closed due to monetary factors. At this point during the initial prenatal visit, the provider should perform a risk assessment on this patient. Prior to conducting the risk…

in Majitha, a village in the outskirts of Amritsar. Why? Because he was possessed by evil spirits. Sanjay had that what I believe to have a seizure. That made me bewildered. What does a seizure has to do with holy man. I was in the first year of medical school and this incident triggered my interest in Medicine and Neurology in particular. The field of medicine is one such beautiful and noble profession that God has bestowed on the planet of humanity. Against all the ills, evils, and hatred, it…

Introduction Medical errors and unexpected side effects occur relatively often in the hospital setting, where in 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that medical errors resulted in roughly 98,000 deaths per year, becoming the eighth leading cause of death for patients (Phillips-Bute, 2012). While this number is very alarming, the amount of public concern toward medical errors are nearly nonexistent, resulting in patients having little understanding of their rights when their health…