Essays on Boisvert

Heart failure’s context exemplifies the important role played by nurses in addressing social and health care challenges that confront aging populations. Heart failure (HF) is a common phenomenon throughout the world. Over two million patients in Japan, five million individuals in the US, and six million patients in Europe suffer from HF (Boisvert et al., 2015). Moreover, nearly one million people are diagnosed with the disease every year globally. The illness is further associated with an increase in the prevalence of various comorbidities and chronic conditions. Accordingly, cases of HF are complex and include an elevated risk of ...

Sustainable Studies

I think that infinite economic growth is not sustainable. This is because of the fact that it is not possible to have no consumption of resources in the world. The utilization of the resources has enabled people to live their lives and also bring improvements in their life. So, planet earth is a limit as well as a source of growth. Sustainable development represents the development that ensures fulfillment of the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations (Baxter, Boisvert, Lindberg, and Mackrael 1). But, in order to achieve economic growth, countries are using ...

1.0 CHAPTER I 1.1 Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity along the Southern Border Drug trade has been rife with violence for decades, though the level of violence we experience today are extraordinary. Without working on minimizing the severity of the problems that confront us today, it is critical to understand the background of the culture of violence and the cyclical nature of the violence epidemics. Substance abuse is one of the major problems facing nations while costing them a lot of money in health care costs, lost productivity, related crimes, and other social costs. It also contributes to high ...

Planned change is a process that needs a continuous implementation of elimination of the demand for illegal substances. Setting up goals and objectives would unilaterally resolve the drug problem eventually, as absent demand. Thus, the impetus for the drug trade would disappear. Therefore, the cost of social and health costs related to drug abuse would reduce. Goals and objectives establish a framework for the program to be effective. They create a direction for the program. They also make the goals and objectives measurable through periodic assessments of items achieved. Goals have the mission of orienting the integration activity and budgets of the program ...

Abstract

Physician –assisted suicide or euthanasia, which means terminating a person’s life, painlessly, with a ‘humane’ motive of putting an end to his suffering, has been going on for centuries. Though it is practiced widely, it is a highly debated issue and there is a lot of controversy surrounding it. In some countries, it is legalized, whereas it is still considered to be illegal in many other countries. However, today, most of the population, including the society as well as physicians, are in favor of this practice. If the benefits and harms of the practice are to be weighed, practicing euthanasia seems to ...

Should Euthanasia be permitted for Terminally Ill Patients?

The question about the permission, need and legality of Euthanasia is a long pending one and generates heavy debate with strong reactions from both the sides. Understanding what Euthanasia is of paramount importance before getting into debate and form opinions. In medical terms, Euthanasia is defined as the painless, physician assisted killing for a person suffering from a highly painful and deadly disease (incurable in most cases). There are many angles and aspects to this debate of permitting or legalizing Euthanasia but over the years, Euthanasia for terminally ill patients has gained support not only among the medical and legal lobby but also ...