Pre-clinical development

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ethical questions related to the rights of terminally ill patients to receive experimental medications by participating in clinical trials which they were not pre-selected for entrance into the study. I will attempt to evaluate the implications from a rights and utilitarian perspective, whilst examining these issues from a multitude of different stakeholders’ perspectives. The ethical questions posed by this case were ultimately brought in front of…

biotechnology companies like Nucleon require a large capital, and also have a very large risk factor attached to them. After the massive amount of resources invested in preclinical and clinical trials, there is a high chance that the product will never even come out into the market (only 20% of compounds tested in clinical trials get approved by the FDA1). Especially for small companies, it is better to choose a low-risk market strategy. That is why, if I was in Robert Moore’s shoes I would…

competent healthcare professionals who are prepared to address clinical challenges1. The iSAP scenario provided the opportunity to develop a Clinical Action Plan (CAP) to identify client needs and discuss professional behaviours of clinician’s involved affecting the quality of healthcare received. An expert CAP was then released identifying the main issues to be considered. This report will compare and contrast these two reports to improve my clinical practice. Rationale The CAP I completed for…

One of the questions that makes me motivated to go to school is “Am I willing to live without some of the luxuries of life for a while”. I chose this question because I have a believe that I can live without a luxury life for a while, and I have been doing it for the past year. I think the way to get to a luxury life is to be educated. The Idea of luxury and money and being completely indecent had motivate me that a graduate school is for me. One of the questions that made me not so motivated…

Clinical assessments by psychologists can trace their roots to Sir Francis Galton, who was the first to concentrate studies on individual differences. This gradually influenced other psychologists, and the measuring of mental ability took shape. In 1896 Witmer was credited with opening the first psychological clinic, and coining the term "clinical psychology” (Cook, 2011). The general public’s notion of a psychologist is typically the clinical psychologist, yet not all psychologists are involved…

life, and everyone living on this earth must face it at some point. It is inevitable. Death not only affects the person dying, but everyone who knew and loved the individual as well. There are two major, different definitions of death. The first is clinical death, which means that an individual lacks a heartbeat and respiratory functions, and the second is whole brain death, which is proclaimed when there is no “spontaneous movement in response to any stimuli, no spontaneous respirations for at…

the United States. Hence, I needed to study for a highly regarded and well-paying job there. Although there are clinical psychologists in my home country, the career is undervalued because people refrain from going to therapy. Unfortunately, seeing a psychologist is equated with weakness or severe mental illness. The stigma surrounding the field did not allow me to consider clinical psychology as a viable option. My parents wanted me to either become a lawyer or a doctor because those two…

Mental health is a state of wellbeing where every individual realises their potential, the ability to cope with the stress of life and can work productively (Who, 2016). In Australia headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation designed to provide early intervention providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds (Headspace, 2016). This has prompted Professor Anthony Jorm to write for The Conversation, Is headspace really improving young people mental health?…

Campbell River and Nanaimo, it is clear that Telehealth in these locations is not being used to its maximum potential. This triggered the research question, “What do Island Health programs and providers think about Telehealth and how can we increase its clinical adoption?” In order to find this answer we studied the results from a past Telehealth survey titled “Telehealth Provider Survey: How are we doing?” distributed in December 2014 and January 2015. This voluntary survey was distributed to…

Being a psychiatrist is more than just diagnosing people with their personal turmoils, such as “crazy” or “disturbed “, and handing them a pill for a “quick fix”. Psychiatrists need to know how to treat different patients, whether that be handing them a certain pill for maybe depression or anxiety along with some counseling, or just being someone for them to confide in and trust. A psychiatrist has to be able to put a lot of time into their job due to having a lot of responsibilities, and being…