Mesothelioma

a) Psychiatric injury is ‘caused by sudden shock, as distinct from normal grief, sorrow, or anxiety’ – Oxford Dictionary of Law. For this question I have to determine whether Homer and Selma can claim against Springfield’s Desserts after an explosion has left Homer with serious injury’s and Selma with psychiatric illness. First of all, lets look at homer, as the question states it says that ‘due to carelessness on the part of Springfield Desserts, a large fryer used to cook the doughnuts…

The cancer is sometimes genetic, but mostly it is caused by the environment. Environmental factor in the development of cancers can be chemical, physical or biological. Chemical exposure to environmental carcinogens chemicals or substances that can lead to the development of cancer. It can occur in the workplace and in the home, as well as medical treatments, and lifestyle choices. Pollution from coal-fired power plants, auto mobile exhaust, and other sources. Burning coal is also a leading…

the attack. An effect from inhaling dust was bronchial hyper-reactivity, increased risks of asthma and chronic cough. Those who were present at the time of the attacks are still checked often, because long-term effects may eventually surface. Mesothelioma is at the forefront of concern, or consequential to exposure to asbestos. This is a disease where malignant cells grow in the protective layer of the body’s internal organs. There is…

Ethical principles are not laws, but guiding principles about what is good and what is bad, that should direct doctors and other health care professionals in their work and decision making. Issues arising over end-of-life care involving decisions that affect the nature and timing of an individual's death raise difficult ethical conflicts for all concerned and can be a source of discord between health professionals within a team, health professionals and family members, or between different…

termed osteosarcoma. It affects the young most commonly. Sarcomas appear like the tissue in which they grow. Other examples include chondrosarcoma (of the cartilage), leiomyosarcoma (smooth muscles), rhabdomyosarcoma (skeletal muscles), Mesothelial sarcoma or mesothelioma(membranous lining of…