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The abstract of the article titled“ Comorbid Chronic Pain and Depression: Patients Perspectives on Empathy” written by Elizabeth A. Sternke, PhD, MS (Sociology), MS (Anthropology), Kathleen Abrahamson, PhD, RN, Matthew J. Bair, MD, MS is found clearly on the first page, clear to the audience understanding and view. The article is opened with an immediate positive outcome of studies relating to empathy researched by other nurses and doctors. The focus of the study is easily located within the…

Euthanasia Should be Legal Some people in this world have incurable diseases who live and suffer everyday, but there is a medication out there that can relieve them from the pain and have them rest in peace. Knowing someone who is incredibly ill is very hard, but having the ability to end their own life peacefully is not how most people imagined their life coming to an end. To know one can stop suffering from a rare disease that can not be cured, and be free is an incredible gift as well.…

Should Assisted Suicide be Legal? Physician assisted suicide is a controversial and still illegal practice in the United States. Many terminally ill people are in unbearable pain that medicine cannot heal. This is the sad reality of many people in the United States and most of the world. Many religions find assisted suicide unjust, other people fall with the slippery slope argument, and some people say it is against medical ethics. The opinion on physician assisted suicide is determined by…

punishment the sinners are subjected to varies in both stories, however, in both of the stories the punishments are believed to be significantly detrimental to the sinners since they torture the sinners and cause them to feel mental pain in the case of No Exit and physical pain (usually) in the case of Dante’s Inferno. An example of this in No Exit is when Garcin said, “ Open the door! Open, blast you! I’ll endure anything, your red hot tongs and prongs and garrotes- all your fiendish gadgets,…

• Solving a specific health issue (acne, back pain, etc.): A lot of people suffer from medical issues that are annoying and can have a very negative impact on their lives. But, they also usually do not go to the doctor for these issues, either because the issue is too minor, they cannot afford it, or they feel like the doctor cannot really do anything to help. So, these people will often turn to guides and EBooks online to help them find ways to manage their health issues. Just to be clear, we…

Livengrin the topics of pain management and mindfulness have been the main focus in group with patients. The intentions of these lessons are to give the patients healthy coping skills to deal with their stressors instead of relying on drugs and alcohol to cope. The patients were exposed to meditation exercises and ways to self-regulate their frustrations in life. We also explored when it is appropriate for a recovering drug addict to take pain medications to regulate their pain. Pain medications…

right to end their own life, especially when they know that they only have a certain amount of time left to live. If they are suffering, then it should be their own choice. Nobody wants to prolong their life if they know that it’s only going to be pain and suffering. However, some physicians may not want to because they must live with the fact that they are killing someone. Some may consider it as murder while others may think it is mercy. I believe that they have the right to end their own life…

getting into a field where I will never work another day of my life. You see life itself is the hardest thing I have had to deal with. It is the one thing that has knocked me down enough times to make me question whether getting back up is worth it. The pain of never again talking to the ones I have lost weighs heavily on me and having to watch the house of cards I carefully…

and mind. Also knowing that you are going to be burden to your family. Is that really the life you want to live? Many people would agree that is not a life worth living, as a fellow human being I would agree with them. A life full of hospital beds, pain, and knowing that my sanity days are counted. It is just cruel. On October 27 1997 Oregon passed the death with dignity act, which allows terminally ill Oregonians to end their life through the voluntary self administered lethal mediation. Later…

Have you Suffered with anxiety or depression ? Have you ever suffered with both ? I have … I do everyday … and I can tell you its not nice. I was diagnosed with anxiety a long time ago when i started getting panic attacks and hurting my self. Nothing major or serious, Just so I noticed and no one else did (I will take about that another time). I was diagnosed with depression last year (just before i reached 32) around February and i started on medication straight away. Although i was only…