Cancer Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Ethics in business are vital as they limit the extent upon which administers and managers may go so as to earn more profits. It is paramount that any organization maintains an ethical code that all employees and stakeholders will follow and maintain.

The ethical dilemma in this scenario is whether to sell or not to sell. The salesman of the company has been offered a deal that will see him earn a commission of over $100,000. He will also earn the company huge sales. He can justify himself and argue that the sale of the drug is legalized by the ...

The current united state healthcare is not very good. There are many problems that the citizens of the United States face as a result of the poor condition of the healthcare. In the first place, a high percentage of the people in the United States have no insurance cover such that they cannot receive treatment sometimes due to the fact that they cannot afford. The other problem is that the healthcare is very expensive and therefore many people end up not accessing the Medicare care they deserve. In addition, these high costs make it difficult for the citizens to have regular ...

Idea # 1: Narrative addressing barriers to colorectal screening

This narrative has been used to intervene in the process of promoting the colorectal screening of cancer disease. Recruitment of participants, whose age ranges between 49 to 60 years has been done to investigate the claims made by renowned researchers, that there is an overestimate of barriers towards cancer screening but the results are not universally satisfactory . I propose that there be a categorical and random allocation of one-half of the recruits to encode the message, the results will be conclude that barriers to screening be predicted to have a minimal barrier in the near future.

Idea # 2: Examining HPV Threat-to-Efficacy Ratios in the Extended Parallel Process Model

The research model postulates that ...

A review of the article by Jankowska, et al., 2008, titled “Reduction of human chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit expression by modified U1 snRNA caused apoptosis in cervical cancer cells”
Jankowska, et al in their article published in the journal “Molecular Cancer” demonstrate the expression of hCG-beta in cervical cancer and examine the functional significance of hCG- in-vitro cervical cancer cells by making use of modified U1snRNA to silence the mRNA of hCG-. Silencing of the maturation of mRNA by use of a novel silencing technique results in inhibition of growth and apoptosis of cervical cancer cells.
Lipofectamine 2000 ...

3 Commercial Analyses

The car company Lexus has a TV advertisement that breaks the tradition of form of most car commercials. Most car commercials feature a car driving along an urban or rural roadway. Amazing in motion starts with full band music with the letters “Amazing in Motion” appearing above a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton. Then the scene jumps to a number of flying futuristic drones. They move with personality and do not seem robotic. The music in the background is uplifting orchestral music that guides the drones music. They fly through city streets and museums and finally they fly into the sky where ...

DNA DAMAGE

1. Introduction
The p53 gene is a tumor suppressor gene that is activated whenever a cell is subjected to cell damage. The p53 gene determines whether a cell should survive a damage or should undergo apoptosis. These decisions are regulated by posttranslational modifications. Phosphorylation of the serine 46 residue is one such modification that is relevant to this study. However, it is unclear why a Ser46 phosphorylated p53 favors apoptosis over survival (Feng et al. 2006, p. 2812; Taira et al. 2014, p. 717).
Studies have shown that the elusive molecular mechanism of Ser46 phosphorylation of p53 induce apoptosis in the tumor ...

Introduction and overview

According to conventional wisdom, the more the diagnosis, and especially early diagnosis, the better health and medical care treatment and management one is likely to receive, and in return the less the mortality rates. Apparently, this is not the case, according to one Dr. Gilbert Welch et al, in his book, ‘over- diagnosed making people sick in the pursuit of health’ who believes that more and more diagnosis leads to excessive treatment and that can actually have a negative impact on the patient’s health. This is because it makes people who are healthy feel less healthy and this can ...

Ericsson, Stephanie. "The Ways We Lie." Trans. ArrayBack to the Lake: A Reader for Writers (Second Edition). 2nd ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. 336-343. Print.
In her essay, “The Way We Lie,” Stephanie Ericsson states a well-known fact that everyone lies, while she also argues that every lie is not essentially bad, but accepting lies turn them into a “cultural cancer” and lead to severe consequences. With structure and style of writing, Ericsson supports her claim by appealing to logos, pathos and ethos, namely: she appeals to the logos by describing historical events and facts to provide ...

Introduction:

It is always a harrowing experience when a family member or a friend gets ill. It is however particularly hard when they are hit by cancer of any form. Cancer is a word that strikes fear into the heart whenever heard. Its continued resistance to cure in many of its forms causes to classification of a majority of its forms as a terminal. Cancer is the group of diseases characterized by the abnormal growth of cells in the body. If the growth of these abnormal cells cannot be controlled, it can lead to death.
In the unfortunate incident where my friend was diagnosed with ...

SCENARIO: Baylie Cole is a 27-year-old female, diagnosed with a soft tissue benign tumor on the large toe, no prior pain or illness.Ms. Cole had a procedure in order to remove a soft tissue benign tumor from her toe. Anesthesia was not needed, localized numbing of the area sufficed. The tumor was removed by a single surgeon and biopsied.Everything went according to plan and she was released the same day.

THE CODES USED WOULD BE:

CPT Code: 28108-T5 Excision or curettage of bone cyst or benign tumor, phalanges of foot, right foot, great toe (Abraham)
HCPCS Code: G8883 Biopsy results reviewed, communicated, tracked and documented (“hcpcs codes”)
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The epidermal growth factor belongs to the HER family receptor tyrosine kinases and it regulates cell differentiation and cell growth and interlinked with several human cancers. The signal transductions in the cells are controlled by EGFR. It is one of the oncogene which is involved in producing cancers via over expression of the ligands and the continuous activation and amplification of EGFR. The activity of the EGFR can be reduced by monoclonal antibodies against them. The activation of the EGFR is activated by binding of the transforming growth factor. The EGFR binds to receptor of HER family in order ...

The lung cancer is of primary concern among western population in the western world by virtue of exaggerated rate of smoker compared to non smokers. The pathology of lung cancer comprises of genomic instability resulting in abnormalities over a long span. The variations occur at gene level via process called as gene silencing mediated methylation; amplification of DNA, sequence changes in DNA along with looses and gains of whole chromosome. The genetic alterations observed in cell lung cancer contain a loss of regions which are in turn part of the genome especially chromosomes 9p and 3p and it is also observed ...

Abstract

Ethical issues at the hospitals that prohibit nurses, doctors or any medical practitioner to disclose a patient’s personal data and information has created several dilemma cases especially if there is an exposed person who might be affected in some way if the information is withheld. This is mostly more difficult when the patient fails to willingly inform the other people especially family members or spouses and the medical practitioner is left with a choice of whether to disclose the information or just keep quite. Such scenarios where the ethical duty to disclose privacy data for the patient and the duty ...

Cancer Treatment Worldwide

Cancer industry and Big Pharma's effect on treatment and drugs in the United States of America is different from that of other countries’ largely because of its interaction with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) .
The United States’ Patent Office also has its share in the problem. Pharmaceutical companies do not want to fund research into a drug that will not pass through the FDA usage guidelines if it will be off patent before it can be sold for cancer treatment , , . A new law, signed in July 2012 will change how the industry views this. While patent ...

Cancer and Mitotic Rate

There are basically four types of tissues in the body namely; connective tissues, epithelium, nervous tissue and muscle. Admittedly, these types of tissues have differing mitotic rates perhaps due to the type of the role they perform in the body. Even though the type of tissue that has the lowest rates cannot be accurately pinpointed, it is openly believed that epithelial tissues have the highest mitotic rates. Quite notably, neuron and muscle cells do not always undergo mitosis.
Epithelial tissues are the tissues made up of cells that form the external surfaces that cover the body. The tissues, ...

Fracking

Prof;

Suspected of causing adverse effects such as; skin, eye and sensory problems, respiratory, GIT, brain & nervous, Immune, Kidney, cardiovascular & blood, cancer, problem related to mutagens.

Boric Acid

B.C 140
Adverse effects relates to; respiratory, GIT, immune, kidney, brain & nervous system, Skin, eye and sensory organs problems.
Naphthalene
Busan 1030
Suspected to cause adverse effects on the following organs: skin, eye and sensory problems, respiratory, GIT, brain & nervous, Immune, Kidney, cardiovascular & blood, cancer, problem related to mutagens.

Zirconium nitrate

Zirconium nitrate
Affects skin, eye, and sensory organ. Also affects respiratory, GIT, brain and nervous system and could also ...

State

Article Critique
The paper presents a statistical analysis of Brisbois, Kock, Watanabe, Mirhosseini, Lamoureux, Chasen, MacDonald, Baracos, and Wisner (2011) article "delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol may palliate altered chemosensory perception in cancer patients: results of a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled pilot trial". The research aimed at determining whether Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) therapy on cancer patients can improve smell and taste perception. This is well outlined in the article. The research was triggered by the effect of anorexia and weight loss on patients with advanced cancer; this results to functional loss, low quality life and low survival chances. Therefore, the research investigated the ...

Introduction

Breast cancer is a type of disease where certain breast cells develop abnormally mostly in the milk ducts and lobules leading to formation of tumors. The exact cause of breast cancer is a topic that has flavored many debates and researches but still remains unknown. However a plethora of research has established that certain risk factors have a direct linkage with breast cancer. Breast cancer related risk factors are wide and varied and may include lifestyle choices like smoking/ diet or factors that are beyond the control of a person like gender, age or family history. It is however worth noting from the start ...

In “Transition from Treatment to Survivorship: Effects of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors,” Menesus et al. aim to showcase how a particular breast cancer education intervention study is effective among people suffering from the condition. The researchers clearly lay out this aim in the abstract and the body of the text, emphasizing the infant nature of the investigation of post-treatment breast cancer, which requires a study of this kind.

The literature review seems remarkably low effort, as the text all but admits that a literature review is outside the scope of the article, merely listing the sources ...

Abstract

Obesity and breast cancer are key health issues for American women. Obesity has approximately reached epidemic percentages in the United States and is more widespread among American women. The breast cancer mortality rate persists to mount in Americans. A review of the recent literature was conducted to bring into focus the relationship of these two health problems as they relate to American women. The review is separated into three subjects, obesity prevalence and incidence, breast cancer incidence and mortality and the relationship between obesity and breast cancer. The two studies reviewed are facts of a connection between obesity and breast ...

Article Review

Brenner, H., Chang-Claude, J., Seller, C. M., Rickert, A., & Hoffmeister, M. (2011). Protection From Colorectal Cancer After Colonoscopy: A Population-Based, Case-Control Study. Ann Intern Med, 22-30.

Introduction

The article, Protection from Colorectal Cancer after Colonoscopy, by Herman Brenner, Jenny Chang-Claude, Christoph M. Seller, Alexander Rickert and Michael Hoff Meister, seeks to define the relation between risk of Colorectal Cancer and previous colonoscopy. Colorectal Cancer, CRC, is common in both men and women; it is common in women than men. There are more than 1 million cases of CRC worldwide, and it claims more than 500,000 deaths annually (Brenner, Chang-Claude, ...

Chasing Life is a TV show about a young woman who has a great life, but who is diagnosed with cancer. The questions that this show arouses are: What will you do if you find out that you are diagnosed with cancer? What would you do if the doctor told you that you had only six more months to live? How would you live the last days of your life? What kind of future would you plan and? What would you try to accomplish for such a short period of time?
This show is a drama and it is ...

Introduction

Kim Hong-Joon, Park Tae-Jun, and Ahn Kang-Min developed a study to review 25 cases on Bisphosponate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in metastatic breast cancer patient's analysis in the year 2016. The study aimed at reporting Bisphosponate-related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BRONJ) in metastatic breast cancer patients. The research objective plays a critical role in helping the reader understand the main issue discussed by the authors. Kim et al.'s study findings play a significant role in the field of medicine today by recommending effective methods of preventing BRONJ in metastatic breast cancer without subjecting the patient to high risks of ...

Red meat, fatty foods, high-cholesterol, high-salt, high-sugar, and too many calories – these are some of the characteristics of a Western diet (Wollston, 2015). It is a fact that this kind of diet is harmful to one’s health. According to the data from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2013, around 610, 000 people die annually because of heart disease (as cited in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). In addition, around 78.6 million adults in the U.S. are classified as obese. This means that 78.6 million are at risk of deadly ...

Introduction

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

The modern pharmaceutical industry has currently developed several medications in an effort to address a wide array of concerns—concerns that they hope could be addressed by medications. However, along with that development is the ever-increasing number of individuals resorting to substance abuse. A number of substances, despite their medical value, are ...

Abstract

Working as a medical practitioner requires a keen observation of ethical controversies regarding patient confidentiality as defined in the medical code of conduct and ethics. However, there are some instances when medical practitioners are faced with a dilemma of disclosing patient’s confidence data as stated in the HIPAA incidental disclosures regulation. Some instances are where there is a third party who may be affected by the consequential withholding of the patient’s private medical history especially in case of hereditary and deadly transmitted diseases.
The ethical dilemma in this case involves a patient, Mrs. Joan Smith with ovarian/breast cancer that is genetically ...

The Role of Diet in Human Health

The human immune system is highly developed and complex to ensure that it fights with a wide range of microorganisms, viruses, bacteria, particles and other foreign objects that may affect the body in any way. The system is made up of various components within the body, and all are in some relation with each other to ensure that there is an effective immunity against any foreign body capable of causing some pathological conditions in the body. The major components of the human immune system include a group of immune cells such as the T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, natural killer cells, memory cells, and ...

Lesson 2.1

- What are the red flags of back pain that must be considered in the management of any patient?

The red flag symptom is pain. The details are antecedents of minor or major pain, MVA occurrence or heavy lifting (Bigos et al. 1994; Jackson & Browning, 2005; Chou et al., 2007; Leerar et al., 2007). The red flag symptom is chronological age. There is an augmented hazard of cancer resulting from aortic aneurysm (Bigos et al. 1994; Jackson & Browning, 2005; Chou et al., 2007; Leerar et al., 2007). The red flag is antecedents of cancer. There is the possibility of ...

Introduction

Genetic counselling is defined as the information, guidance, and support provided by a genetic counsellor or medical geneticist to an individual, a couple, or a family about a genetic condition. The information may help the client (affected individual or family) understand how a gene variant underlies an observed phenotype, disease prognosis, and the probability of transmission to progeny. Apart from information to help the client make informed decisions about lifestyle, treatment, and reproduction, a counsellor provides psychosocial support to minimize the adverse psychological, intrafamilial, and social consequences of genetic testing. Therefore, genetic counselling has an educational as well as ...

Vince Gilligan’s crime/family drama Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is often cited as one of the greatest television shows ever made, one of the best examples of the era of prestige cable drama. Telling the story of science teacher-turned-meth-cook Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his burnout assistant Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Breaking Bad’s serialized narrative, layered performances and dedication to dynamic visual storytelling elevate it in ways not enjoyed by most cable dramas. Perhaps one of the most presentational and ambitious episodes of the series is the tenth episode of season three, “Fly,” directed by Rian Johnson. A classic ...

Abstract

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) refers to those medical substances and practices that are not the part of standard or conventional care. Complementary medicine is often used along with other standard medical treatment strategies or they can be used alone. CAM practices can be used for the relief in different problems such as heart diseases and cancer. It can also be used for certain psychiatric problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression, usually caused by different ecological factors such as risk and supportive factors related to parents, peers, and school. Different CAM practices can be used for the treatment ...

English

It was 1973 when the US Supreme Court ruled, in favor of granting Jane Roe, “a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion”. (Roe v. Wade, 2010) This ruling ignited heated debates across the country ̶ Debates that have continued to today. Abortion is still an extremely controversial issue, and has kept us divided since the landmark ruling of Roe vs. Wade in 1973. Politically, it has divided democrats and republicans, conservatives and liberals. Strong emotions and opinions drive both sides of the issue. Of course there are ...

Literature Review

An appraisal is a document that gives explanation about something or someone and aims at giving the value of quality of that particular thing or person. In this essay, the appraisal of the above- mentioned article would be outlined in details. However, before the highlight of this book is done, it would be fundamental to carry out a brief comparison with other related literatures. Here, the comparisons would be done between the article and at least four other articles. The first article to be looked into is the ‘Effects of surgery, general anaesthesia, and preoperative epidural analgesia on the immune function ...

That tobacco causes lung cancer and other forms of cancer has long been established and accepted by the health community and the general populace. Daniel Neal in his essay “Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse” shows stats of public perceptions to indicate that we have moved on from the period when there was a debate of the dangers of tobacco (Neal, 2011). However, there are studies that have shown that tobacco use has other unwanted outcomes beyond just cancer and the better-known effects of smoking. A number of studies have linked tobacco use to depression.
Jane Collingwood asks ...

Abortion is defined as the act of clinically or surgically terminating pregnancy. A clinical abortion involves the use of medication to get rid of a pregnancy while a surgical abortion is carried out in the operating room whereby surgical equipments are used. There are many concerns on whether abortion should be permitted. Some people equate abortion to murder while others are neutral. This has resulted in two schools of thought; pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-choice are those who believe the woman should make a choice. On the contrary, pro-life are who believe abortion to murder. Therefore, it should not be legalized. Consequently, abortion ...

The cost of health care in the United States has increased in recent years. Health care providers and policy makers are facing a huge challenge in providing quality health care with the rising health care costs. This paper focuses on the policy decision-making process that determines what types of care provided by private and public insurers and the ethical aspects that surround such financial decisions.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Med Pac) decides what health care services the Medicare program will and will not cater for. Med Pac determines the treatments, procedures, and medications. Medicare program uses information on ...

Introduction

Through the years, circumcision of male infants occurs worldwide for a variety of reasons. The reasons range from; religious, medical, cultural and even personal preferences. Though it is a widely practiced ritual, recent debates have seen debates rise over its importance and necessity according to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (2010), arguments arise on the ethical, and human rights issues, and health benefits of infant male circumcision. Circumcision is a safe procedure; however, in some cases, there may be minor or major complications. The process involves the surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. Before the process, anesthetic cream is ...

Assisted suicide

Recently in the newspapers there was a man who killed his wife who was suffering from stage four cancer. In his defense, he said that the wife had asked him to kill her in order for her to stop feeling pain. The wife was no longer responding to pain medication and was in agony for several weeks. This act of mercy killing is called euthanasia.

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is defined as the intentional killing of people in order to relieve them from pain and suffering. Euthanasia is a hotly debated topic. Critics believe that mercy killing is unethical. They believe that the choice ...

Martin Health System is a healthcare center founded by three medical practitioners, namely Van William Burns, Walter F. Davey, and Julian D. Parker in 1939, in Stuart, Florida. It was originally based on the principle that all patients should have access to medical care and treatment irrespective of their racial or financial background. Originally, it consisted of a facility that had twenty-three bed, ten workers, and three physicians, which has now expanded into one MediCenter, three hospitals, a free-standing Emergency Center, as well as, many outpatient clinics. It is a non-profit community based healthcare organization that provides preventive and ...

There is a growing concern over the use of animal testing the medical research field. Different views have been fronted by proponents and opponents of the practice on how ethical the practice is. It is true that animals have contributed to some successful medical research in the world; however, the number of animals used in wasteful and non-beneficial research works raises concern. According to Dolgin 1348, it is, therefore, essential to consider the benefits and demerits of using animals in research before the experiments are done to avoid tests that are wasteful.
The proponents of animal testing support their ...

Genetic engineering has made significant strides in the treatment of different diseases. Technologies that are employed in genetics have been growing in efficacy in the recent years, and they hold promise in the treatment of diseases proved difficult to treat in the past few decades (Bess 56). In addition, these technologies have opened new avenues in which people can make advancements to their bodies and minds. However, in the wake of genetic engineering, there are a number of problems that are cropping up. One of the most significant challenges is perfection. Because of the great promise that genetic engineering ...

Biology

Based on the talk given by Graham Hill, he advised the audience to become a weekday vegetarian to improve the health condition and fitness of the human body. Hill stated that eating a burger will advance the risk of death by at least one-third. Being a vegetarian is more advantageous aside from health reasons, it also help save pollution in the environment and opposes cruelty to animals. The best solution for everyone is by becoming a weekday vegetarian, by removing meat from the weekly menu starting Monday until Friday. However, Hill suggested that on weekends, the audience can shift again to being meat ...

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Introduction

Smoking has very deleterious effects on the human health. Smoking can cause serious lung diseases including lung cancer. A person who is involved in smoking acquires illnesses due to the harmful chemicals. These chemicals are gained inside the body where it affects the blood and other organs particularly lungs. Smoking can cause infections and cancer of lungs. Therefore, smoking can be lethal to human life. In addition to this smoking also affects the persons surrounding the smoker. Passive smoking also has harmful effects on the ...

In his 1994 book The Massacre at El Mozote, Mark Danner offers a clear description of the the massacre of hundreds of men, women and children by the El Salvadoran army, who were trained by American consultants and military advisors. He also provides excellent background and analysis of the political background that encouraged the massacre. At the time, the story of the massacre was covered-up, ignored or minimized by the right-wing anti-communist El Salvadoran and U.S. governments for political reasons. There were also practical diplomatic, communication and journalistic obstacles and mistakes which made the story ambiguous, opaque and hard to ...

Population- adult women, including the pregnant women

Intervention-avoiding chemicals during pregnancy
Comparison –miscarriages
Outcome- the patients will have fewer complications during pregnancy
PICO Question
In pregnant women, how effective is it for them to avoid working in chemical based conditions and environment?
Background
Most women fail to take precaution measures during pregnancy, where they work in every provided condition. Some women only think that they should stop working only when they are in the advanced stages of pregnancy. For example, in the provided case, Maria is working as a cleaning agent in a household cleaning company, which specializes in cleaning small residences ...

Dementia is a group of brain syndromes that leads to gradual mental retardation and usually occurs in people older than 65 years of age. The health care and nursing of dementia patients is largely dependent on the medical practitioners. Dementia may be accompanied by symptoms like senescent forgetfulness, loss of language function termed as aphasia, delirium or confusion, apraxia or difficulty in performing deliberate movements . Some diseases that can manifest as dementia are Alzheimer’s disease, Creutzfeld-Jacob’s disease, Wilson disease, Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease, Neurosyphilis and cerebral tumors. The care provided to the dementia sufferers by ...

Management Operations

Management Operations

Question1

There are many reasons of current global economic downturn but the most important factor in this regard is ethical management. Ethical management is basically the art of managing stakeholders, employees and the people directly or indirectly connected with the organization. It is recommended that organizations constitute an ethics committee with educational responsibility. A Monitoring and transaction environment is correlated with the establishment of internal control systems, whose objective is to reduce the possible vulnerabilities in the organization's processes and thus mitigate risks (Mullins, 2005). Appropriate trainings are required in order to enhance management skills of managers. These ...

Psoriasis: Overview

Introduction and Clinical presentations
Psoriasis is a common skin infection that is usually persistent, recurrent, and immune mediated. It affects about 2 percent world population with associated negative impact on the physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing of the individual. No predilection for any age group. It is a papulosquamous condition with different morphology, distribution, severity and course.
Presentation is in the form of moderate or severe. In patients with moderate presentation (10 percent of the body surface is usually affected) (Ayala, 2007) while severe cases tend to affect the quality of life of the patient with several systemic conditions ( ...

Michele Causse ingested 15g of powdered Nembutal, dissolved in 60ml of normal tap water, ending her life. In Switzerland it’s legal to assist someone in ending their life if it is not done for egotistical reasons. Michele Causse loved life but didn’t want it to lose form; she’s basically saying that although she loves life it’s all downhill from here because of her health. Life is only going to get worse, so she wants to end on her terms instead of slowly deteriorating into a creature that can’t feed itself. She already can’t shop ...

Tony Nicklinson suffers from locked in syndrome as a result of a stroke, he is unable to communicate verbally or physically, and he is completely paralyzed from the neck down, he is literally a prisoner in his own body.

The fifty-eight year old was denied the right to die by the high court.

“I have locked-in syndrome and it makes my life a living nightmare.
I cannot speak and I am also paralysed below the neck, which means I need someone to do everything for me.
For example, 90% of itches have to be endured because by the time someone comes to scratch it and I have laboriously explained where it is, the itch has ...

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia all have a common goal of voluntarily terminating one’s life by administering a lethal substance directly or indirectly assisted by a physician. In physician-assisted suicide, the physician provides the necessary information, and the patient performs the act while in euthanasia the physician performs the act that finally ends life. The practices have their proponents and opponents. Physicians who oppose the acts believe that they violate fundamental function of medicine and believe that doctors are supposed to be healers and not killers.
Before her father’s death, for over two decades Wolf totally opposed the legalization of ...

Discarding Explanations that are Intuitively Appealing

Intuitively appealing explanations are those explanations that are reasoned out using one’s instincts instead of using conscious logic. Human beings are usually confused by intuition because it may act against them or in their favor. In most cases, intuition tends to be correct, but total reliance in intuition should be avoided or made minimal. This means that intuitively appealing explanations should be discarded if they cause confusion in humans. Additionally, in order to discard these explanations, once should put into consideration the feelings, logic, rationale, insight, and methods of acquiring knowledge. For instance, a person will use the mineral ...

INTRODUCTION

The concept of critical appraisal has made it possible for the realization of the improvement of quality and cost of healthcare. This is made possible through getting the best evidence (research evidence) on the results of health care intercessions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of research, assessing the usefulness, and validating the findings. In a critical appraisal, assessment of the suitability and the methodological features of the study design are of utmost importance.

This work was aimed at evaluating the Randomized Controlled Trial by Lesley Fallowfield, Valerie Jenkins, Vern Farewell, Jacky Saul, Anthony Duffy, and Rebecca Eves on communication ...