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benzodiazepines.) Marty had assumed I would quickly agree so I could finish my work for the week. Marty refused to provide a urine sample for a drug test. It was clear her problem with drugs was only worsening. Marty needed more intensive treatment than I could provide on an outpatient basis. She needed to separate from drugs and from her drug-abusing friends. I insisted she go to rehab, but she refused. Angrily, she stormed out of my office without the prescription she…

main and additional services they provide. It will include the three sectors in health and social care and how each sector is relevant to my service user. The two multi-agency workers who work with my chosen service provider to provide care services needed and I will explain how they communicate to ensure client needs are met. Also, explaining the difference between universal and targeted services. The Service Provider: The service provider that I have chosen is a local GP called the Lawson…

One of the most important factors is that it will help treat many children and sick people with cancer, alzheimer's, epilepsy, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite (Abrams, 2009). Not only could cannabis improve the quality of their lives, but it could also save someone’s life. Legalization will eliminate…

continues to progress, regular checkups at the doctor are recommended, and patients are encouraged to join the support groups that are available for PD, to help them cope with their disease. During the later stages of the disease, an assistant is usually needed to help the…

skin color and sex in education, employment and contracting. Looking at the two major universities only, the graph shows that there was a big decline in minority admission. When the numbers are compared with the overall results and include other California colleges, the decrease was much less dramatic. These numbers are attributed to the less prestigious colleges taking many of the minority students that the elite schools rejected because the minority students did not meet their higher…

Using infliximab to treat Crohn’s disease Introduction Crohn’s disease is a type of IBD that causes inflammation in any part gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus. In response to this inflammation, the body’s immune system attacks the GI tract (Dessein, 2008). The progression of this chronic inflammatory disease is brought about by the action of several cellular processes and pro-inflammatory mediators (Poggioli, 2007). Because there is no single factor that can be targeted to…

something I have always followed, I was brought up to never talk back to my elders, this I believe comes from Primary Socialization (the way in which our family teach us to act, mannerisms & behaviour towards others). I also believe that you should treat people the way you would like to be treated, if you respect yourself then you can shows others respect in return. This is an essential value that should be used in the care setting as service users have a right to be treated with respect this…

Penicillin is a widely used antibiotic, favored for its effectiveness for multiple bacterial infections while keeping human cells healthy and abundance. It wasn’t always this way, penicillin needed an entire lab team to discover how to purify and produce enough to cure infections. First, it needed to be discovered. The man who did that was Dr. Alexander Fleming, a bacteriologist at St. Mary’s hospital. He had returned to his lab to find that his improperly cleaned lab station had the mold…

(58%) of these people are living in low and middle income countries, by 2050 this proportion is projected to rise up to 71%. Many people are living with the thought that dementia is a disease, however it is not. In actuality, dementia is made up of a number of different diseases. The Alzheimer 's Research of United Kingdom identifies dementia as an “umbrella term for the symptoms caused by the diseases.” These symptoms include but are not limited to memory loss, confusion, and personality…

childhood as her father died when she was very young. Her mother married another man when Jennifer was five. Though she did not think much of him when she was young, she saw as she grew older that he was not providing the type of support her mother needed. Her mother began to drink on a daily basis, and cry a lot. Jennifer’s stepfather was also very aggressive and at times abused her and her brother. As her family began to fall apart, she found a since of hope through her boyfriend, Jeremy. …