Essays on Dowell

I will use the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI, 2013) assessment protocol to evaluate the patient. I will conduct a history, physical, and assessments of pain and function. I will next ascertain the biological causes of the patient’s back pain, i.e. if the pain is neuropathic, muscle-related, inflammatory or compressive/mechanical (ICSI, 2013). If the pain is chronic, it is necessary to find out if the cause can be corrected which may require referral to a specialist. If not, I will perform assessments of work, disability, psychological and spiritual wellbeing, contributing factors, and barriers to pain management (ICSI, ...

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Obesity among young children is on the rising trajectory. Research journals about obesity focus on the causes of obesity and mitigating interventions for childhood obesity. According to the Center for Disease Control in the United States, obesity cases pose a health risk to children and thus there is need to prevent it. Medical practitioners in most health care centers are also worried with the increase of the cases of obesity among the young generation. Ebbelin, Pawlak & Ludwig, (2002) suggests that the increase in the cases of obesity has resulted in a high number of cardiovascular infections among the youths. ...

Flannery O’Connor is known for her knack of incorporating Southern values and religious beliefs in all of her stories and novels. Often, the main character goes through a horrific event that extracts views and interpretations of religion from the characters as well as the audience. “Good Country People” is a story about a woman and her daughter, and their reluctance to escape their small world on their country farm. Mrs. Hopewell, who lives with her daughter Hulga, welcomes a bible salesman named Manley Pointer into their house one day under the impression that he is wholesome and innocent. ...