Essays on Flack

Hypertension is one of the chronic illnesses whose presence within the communities in the last one decade has been significantly felt. The morbidities, mortalities and costs incurred in management and treatment are issues that have impacted on individuals, families and communities (Ferdinand, 2013). Within the US, there are significant disparities especially from a racial perspective in the cases of hypertension. As at present, it is estimated that 41% of African Americans have hypertension which is a high figure as compared to the 27% of Whites who have hypertension (Flack, Nasser & Levy, 2011). Further, up to 28% of African Americans ...

Discuss the Influences of His Age, Gender, And?

Age is an important factor in influencing the manner in which hypertension is treated. In the general population, pharmacologic treatment should be initiated for adults aged sixty years and older when their systolic blood pressure level is ≥150 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure level is found to be ≥90 mm Hg (James et al., 2014). The goal of the pharmacologic treatment should be to attain SBP <150 mm Hg and goal DBP <90 mm Hg.

Ethnicity on Hypertensive Medications. ?

Considering that the patient in the case study is a Black, two hypertensive medications should be used in managing hypertension in ...

There are diverse perspectives of egoism relative to ethics. Ethical egoism, elucidated as a perception and perspective principle that holds that each and every person is compelled to act and behave from their own self-interest. In other words, people have but one definitive objective in life, and that is to act according to his/her perspective.

One of the egoism perspectives relative to ethics is the ethical egoism that holds that it is imperative and appropriate for an achievement to be decently right that it capitalizes on one’s self interest. Rational egoism is the second one, and it holds that ...