Essays on Pain

You will not get wrinkles if you regularly do yoga exercises. This statement or useful advice you may have heard from many yogis or your yoga instructor. In fact, this statement is true as yoga increases the stretching ability of your muscles and your body becomes more elastic and beautiful, as well. Yoga is the only exercise that not only shapes up your body, but also cures many diseases.
In yoga, you will find many “asana or yoga poses” that stimulate our internal organs,and they perform their function in much better way. Like “tritone asana” that stimulate the ...

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The older adults mostly have chronic pain as a major healthcare problem. According to a research, “50 percent of older adults who live on their own and 75-85 percent of the elderly in care facilities suffer from chronic pain” ("Seniors and Chronic Pain"). However, the under-treatment of chronic pain brings serious health outcomes like sadness, unease, decreased mobility, communal segregation; deprived sleep, and associated health hazards.
Chronic pain conditions are of various types i.e. osteoarthritis, musculoskeletal, diabetic neuropathy. The back, hip, knees/legs, and other joints are the most common sites where chronic pain occurs. This pain ...

Soft tissue injuries of the handCarpal tunnel Syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an arm disorder that causes tingling, numbness and other indications. Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with a pinched nerve in the wrist. Factors that can contribute to the carpal tunnel syndrome are; patterns of hand use, anatomy of one's wrist or certain health risk factors. Bound by tendons and bones, carpal tunnel is a thin pathway that is situated on the palm flank of the wrist. That passageway protects the main nerve from the hand and tendons that bend the limbs. The compression of the nerve is ...

Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that is mainly used as an illicit drug and for medicinal purposes. It is said to be the most commonly used drug worldwide today. Its legalization has been a topic of contention among many, with both sides giving strong reasons about their stand. Due to its psychoactive effect, the drug has been illegalized in many nations, except for a few who have legalized it for medicinal purposes. The question is should medicinal marijuana be legalized? Yes, medicinal marijuana should be legalized in order to save lives that are being lost, yet something can be ...

- What Is Endometriosis?
Abnormal growths of tissue that resemble the endometrium histologically, but present in locations other then the uterine lining are observed in the disease endometriosis. It occurs commonly in women who are at their reproductive ages (American Medical Network, 2011).
- Causes for Endometriosis
Retrograde menstruation has been attributed to be the leading cause for endometrioses. Proposed in 1920, it postulates that during menstruation, there are viable endometrial portions shed. These fragments pass through the uterine tubes and develop into endometrial lesions once deposited on the peritoneal surfaces in the pelvic cavity.
Another theory postulates that ...

I would like to become a chiropractor when I grow up. A chiropractor is a healthcare professional who diagnoses and treats neuromascular disorders while putting a lot of emphasis on offering treatment through manipulation or manual adjustment without the use of medication. A chiropractor would do anything to reduce the pain a patient is going through with the sole aim of improving the functionality of the patient while at the same time educating these patients on how to go about improving their health by embracing exercises, ergonomics and therapy in order to alleviate pain of the back. A chiropractor ...

Recovering from trauma cannot take place when one is isolated from the rest of the people. The process of recovery has to be involving and deliberate. Failure to this, the victim remains haunted by the pain of the past. The recovery begins to take place when the trauma is spoken out. In the Funeral singer, Freda, while speaking about her friends who were suffering says that she thought “exposing a few details of my life would inspire them to do the same and slowly we’d parcel out our sorrows, each walking out with fewer than we’d carried ...

THE COMFORT AND PAIN RELIEF NEEDS

OF THE
ANTEPARTUM, INTRAPARTUM, & POSTPARTUM PATIENT
Pregnancy and Pain
One of the miracles of nature is Pregnancy. Two cells that cannot be seen by the naked eye join and create a human being that walks, talks, thinks, loves, and lives. For women this stage of their life is a time of happiness and sometimes of concern. They realize that now they are in charge of their lives and the life of a new individual. While most pregnancies run a normal smooth course, some others can become high risk pregnancies. Mothers become aware of the many changes occurring in their ...

Pain Management in Pregnancy

Part I
Introduction: Pain and pregnancy
Pain is an occurrence that almost always occurs at one time or the other during the antepartum, intrapartum or postpartum period during the obstetric sojourn of the woman. Different factors result in the development of pain which is most severe during the intrapartum period. It is important for the woman to be offered modalities of abolishing or reducing the pain to the barest minimum in order to reduce the psychological and emotional trauma that excessive pain might cause the birthing mother.
Moreover, it is important to give the laboring patient sufficient and exhaustive ...

Introduction

Aspirin is one of the most commonly used drug in the world. The generic name is acetyl salicylic acid and the drug belongs to the group of non- steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, which works by inhibiting the production of compounds in the body that cause pain, fever, inflammation, and blood clots (Koester, 1993). Aspirin is also a member of the salicylate family of compounds as it is synthesized from salicylic acid, which was discovered in Oxford (UK) by Edward stone in 1793 and first synthesized in the laboratory in 1897 by a German scientist, Felix Hoffmann of the Bayer company ( ...

Sport Fishing Pros and Cons

Abstract
In the past, people used to fish for the purpose of eating or trading, this tradition has seen great change afterwards, so we can see people practise fishing for entertainment purposes, or what is called “Sport Fishing”. Those who perform sport fishing are fishing only for the sport; they catch the fish and return it again to the water. They do not eat it, not even keep it, some people prefer to capture photo with the fish and then let it return to the water again. From the foregoing, people who practise sport fishing are found to have ...

Hemophilia is a chronic medical disorder that causes internal bleeding and can result in deformity, joint mobility impairment, chronic pain, and narcotic medication abuse. There is no cure for hemophilia, so psychological interventions are necessary to help the affected individuals manage their condition and emotionally cope with the consequences of the disorder. Even though psychological interventions are considered an essential part of care delivery to hemophilia patients and their families, most of the interventions focus on acceptance, coping strategies, and cognitive-behavioral changes while neglecting potential psychiatric problems associated with hemophilia. This paper will discuss the importance of psychological interventions ...

Having an addiction of any kind is dangerous. However, one kind of addiction that involves the most amount of health risk is drug addiction. Drug addiction is an ill that can rear its ugly head no matter who you are, and that is reason enough to take notice of it. Sadly though, despite what many people would like to believe, addiction to drugs is still very much a part of modern society, and the numbers surrounding the addiction are mind boggling to say the least. According to figures provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, around ...

Oxygen therapy refers to administration of oxygen to a patient as a medical intervention. The purposes can vary in care for both chronic and acute patients. It is normally used when a patient is hypoxic and is unable to supply his or her cells with enough oxygen through normal respiratory processes. The delivery system chosen depends on the age of the patient, humidification needs, oxygen requirements or the therapeutic goals, and, the patient’s tolerance to the selected interface.
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The nursing actions needed to assist Mr. Jerrison’s ...

What is utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism, also referred to as the greatest happiness principle, is defined as the principle that human beings should base their actions depending on the consequences of those actions. The consequence-oriented variety theory claims that people should perform acts that make them happier, or make them less unhappy. People at different ages have varying rules. The weight of every action is determined by the nature of consequence and the mounting pressure it impacts to the society. Utilitarianism falls under two categories, the classic utilitarianism and the rule utilitarianism. The classic utilitarianism defines a right act as the one that maximizes ...

It is common for most to believe that the desire to legalize marijuana comes from the mouths of drug addicts and recreational users. This claim, however, is not justified. There are several reasons to legalize marijuana that have nothing to do with recreation or getting high. Marijuana can be a viable food source, as well as a source of material and even a food when grown as a crop and used as hemp. Marijuana can also be used successfully in the treatment of many medical conditions such as glaucoma, pain management, and chemotherapy. For these reasons, marijuana should be ...

Introduction

Over the years, research has been uncovering more and more rare diseases, especially genetic disorders. Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is one of such rare disorders of the blood that causes a disfiguring swelling of a part of the body, particularly the face, larynx, extremities, abdomen, and genitalia. It may range from a simple painful swelling of an extremity to asphyxiation from laryngeal involvement. Diagnosis and prognosis of this condition depends on a heightened sense of awareness of the symptoms of the disease by the managing clinician and the availability of effective interventions.
HAE is known to occur in people with ...

How Mill Apply the Principle of Utility to the Issue of Capital Punishment

In his parliamentary speech in, 1868, Mill argues in favour of capital punishment retention. In support of capital punishment, Mill argues that a punishment being an essential malice, it should be accomplished in a more severe way that it ought to be in order for the punishing party to attain the anticipated effect to the murderer. He further accentuates that, the desired effect of punishment can best be achieved economic wise if the suffering is inflicted more severe that it ought to be. Based on his perceptions, execution is less cruel when compared to life imprisonment where one will ...

Music is an art widely appreciated for its effect on the human psyche. Researchers are increasingly drawn to study the effect of music in the day-to-day lives of people with a bias toward quantifying its scope of impact and understand it as they do science. Personality theorists, cognitive psychologists and applied psychologists alike are interested in how a musical distraction has varying effects on the cognitive task performance per individual. Uhrbrock (1961) noted that amongst other observations, the quality of work can be adversely affected by the use of music in the work situation and Instrumental, rather than vocal, ...

Summary

In the article Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace is quick to vividly describe how inhuman human beings are. He makes use of lobsters as an example and more specifically the Marine Lobster Fest which is a popular festival in which large quantities of lobsters are consumed. David begins by introducing the culture and tradition of the festival and then vividly describing the large number of lobsters available. He estimates the lobsters to be about twenty five thousand pounds, fresh and ready for human consumption. In the subsequent part of the article, he describes in detail how the lobsters ...

There are four major classifications of drug actions on the human body. These are stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and narcotics. These are the four main classes of drugs used in most parts of the world (Walsh & Schwartz-Bloom, 2007).
Stimulants, just as the name suggests, “stimulate” or “increase” body activities and processes. Some are legal and widely used in the world. However, all stimulants are addicting. Heavy use of stimulants has both short term and long term effects. The short term effects include depression, headaches, exhaustion and apathy. The short terms effects include addiction, irritability and feelings of hostility and paranoia, ...

Introduction

Alternative or Manipulative therapy has been used since 400 BC. Modern medicine that using surgery and drug therapy have many disadvantages. These include Post-surgery pain, side-effects and high costs. Over the decades, alternative therapy has been a useful for treating osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal disorders. Of the different alternative interventions for musculoskeletal disorders, osteopathy and chiropractic systems have been widely used around the globe. Since traditional allopathic medications had many drawbacks, physicians recommend patients to undergo alternative or manipulative therapy.

The Decline of Allopathic Medicine

Allopathic medicine was the only intervention for the treatment of ‘bone setting’ in the early 19th century. No alternative ...

Experience is always an experience. It is through experiences that we learn and grow and expand ourselves. It does not matter whether it is good or bad one. This is exactly what I was told when I was little, this is what I was taught and in my love it has been shown to be true. Much time has passed since that time, and many bad things happened to me. Some of them were disappointing, another were disturbing, and, of course, there were frightening ones. Lots of such situations have happened and I know there will be thousands more. ...

The aim of the article is to reduce the chances of musculoskeletal conditions among individuals through reduction of impairment, occurrence, and limitation in the social participation and, and functional limitations. This enhances reduction of osteoporosis and fractures that occur because of increased intake of calcium. Chronic back conditions, osteoporosis, and arthritis affect the ability of individuals to work, the quality of life and the daily activities of human beings. There are many types of arthritis, which are accompanied with chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Interventions that treat pain are important in helping the people with ...

Experience is always an experience. It does not matter whether it is good or bad one. This is exactly what I was told when I was little, this is what I was taught. Much time has passed since that time, and many bad things happened to me. Some of them were disappointing, another were disturbing, and, of course, there were frightening ones. Lots of such situations have happened and I know there will be thousands more. But I do not see them as problems; I do not consider them as serious obstacles. People are meant to overcome the issues ...

Introduction

The integumentary system is made up of the skin together with other accessory structures including nails, hair, as well as glands. The four major functions that are done by the integumentary system include protection, production of vitamin D, sensation, and temperature regulation (Bailey). The integumentary system offers protection of the body against ultraviolet light and abrasion while preventing dehydration as a result of water loss and entry of pathogens into the body (Seeley, Stephens and Tate).
The skin possesses numerous receptors that make it also function as a sensory organ. The receptors are usually referred to as free or ...

Purpose: This is an informative speech, and its purpose is to enlighten the audience about the importance of a smile and the role it plays in their lives.

Thesis: Smile is vital to our health and social life.

Introduction
- Do you know that forcing yourself to smile can boost your mood? If you are experiencing a terrible day, just try to force a smile, and that false smile will finally turn into a real one.
- Many people do have a clear understanding about the importance of smiling to their lives.
- Smiling has numerous health benefits including relieving stress, reducing pain and boosting one’s immune system.
...

One of the most frightening experiences of my life happened when I was nine years old. I had stayed after school to play with some of my friends, as I lived close enough to home that I could walk. We were playing “Superman,” which is what we called the game where you swing as high as you can on the swing set and jump off. My friends and I always tried our hardest to see who could get the highest. As it got late and the sun started to set, my friends would wander off one by one to ...

CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY AND DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

The causes for chronic venous insufficiency are attributed to three types of abnormalities. First one being the varicosity of veins second is the incompetence of the valves which are responsible for a unidirectional flow in the veins and third is the deep vein abnormalities. Formerly it was also known as post phlebitic syndrome post thrombotic syndrome depending on its remote cause (Weiss, n. a). However in some patients the cause could be attributed to congenital absence of the valves.
Varicose veins are dilatation, tortuosity and elongation of the veins. It can occur as a result of occupational hazard, prolonged ...

Introduction

According to Huether (2012), venous insufficiency is a medical condition characterized by the inability of the veins of the lower extremities to effectively push blood back to the inferior vena cava. The venous blood evades its normal antegrade flow path and refluxes down the veins in the lower segments resulting to lower limb venous congestion. Syndromes in this condition are mostly due to valvular incompetence common in the low pressure superficial venous system, although they may also be due to incompetence of the valves in the deep venous systems.

Pathophysiology of CVI

The failure of the valves of superficial veins is attributed ...

It is often believed that back pain is the mainly caused as a result of Scoliosis. Many people believe in this myth because in degeneration of the spine the muscles gets stiffer with age and the spine loses its structural dependability with maturing and progressively creates unusual arches that can be terrible and lead to indications including back pain, leg issues (deadness, weight, shivering, pain and shortcoming) and progressive trouble in walking which obliges successive rests and movement impediment.
The study conducted by Buttermann (2008) enlisted scoliosis and control patients, every one of whom had evaluation for back pain ( ...

The purpose of this letter is to seek your consideration regarding the grade I received for this class. When I found out the results, I was disappointed because I knew I exerted effort but due to an unforeseen incident my grades were tremendously affected. First, I would like to express my gratitude for allowing me to see the breakdown of the grade. I tried personally communicating to you, but I was not able to due to my class schedule. I learned from a friend that your office hour is up to 11 on Wednesday.
After the final exam, I ...

Problem Statement/Introduction:

Prescription pain medication abuse has become an epidemic. The statistics on this form of abuse are increasing and are fatal. Prescription opioid pain medicine are being abused and are leading to more deaths than all other street illicit drugs including cocaine and heroin. Over 86% of OxyContin abusers report that they had not been prescribed the drug for medical purposes. Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American to have a bottle of pills. In 2012, of the 41,502 drug overdose deaths in the USA, 22,114 (53%) were related to ...

Humans are not the only animals to feel pain – all animals feel pain. Accidentally tread on your pet dog or cat’s paw and it will let you know immediately that you have hurt it. You will very probably apologize to the injured creature (even though it doesn’t understand your words), and fuss over it to show you are sorry. The fact is you really do not want to be the cause of any unnecessary suffering to your domestic pets – your household companions – so it is only right to behave in the same way to all other animals ...

Abstract

The data from a study was analyzed to see the effect of smoking on non-life-threatening disease such as mobility, joint pains and psychological disorders. A longitudinal sample, by merging two studies, was created with five groups to predict the effect of smoking over a period of 34 years. The severity, based on scoring should that there was a increasing effect of smoking on the trajectories of non-life-threatening illnesses.

Introduction

Smoking is considered as a significant contributor to life-threatening diseases including cardiovascular diseases. As the population, especially smokers, reaches old age, they are subjected to debilitating health issues such as non-life-threatening ...

Euthanasia has been a good moral debate for generations. It has challenged the way humanity define life and even love. It has been a moral grey area that is popularly requested for loved ones who are in extreme pain and cannot be relieved from it due to medical pain. Philosophically, one may argue the definition of “pain”, “extreme”, or even “love”. Be that as it may, without any of these three words in the definition, the term “mercy-killing”, which is effectively the meaning of euthanasia, is not applicable to the act. Without these three words, in their full meaning, ...

Introduction

Morality deals with distinguishing the difference between right and wrong. It dictates the actions and behavior of people; what they should do, and what they should not do. However, because of the diversity of the human conditions and cultures all over the world, there are many ways to perceive morality. These various ways are manifested in different moral theories. One of them is utilitarianism. This is the moral theory that we will be focusing on. The questions that this paper will now try to answer are: what is utilitarianism and is it a valid moral theory?
In order to ...

Pain is one of the common health problems that prompt immediate medical attention. Pain, a normal bodily response to negative stimuli, can negatively affect one’s quality of life if treatment is not readily administered or applied (Baliki, Geha, Apkarian, and Chialvo, 2008). Pain, as described by The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), is considered as the unpleasant sensation felt by a patient in the event of potential or actual exposure to any forms of tissue damage (Kyranou and Puntillo, 2012). Pain serves as an automatic withdrawal reflex that signals the occurrence of a potential or ...

Side effects and Structure of Acetaminophen

The most common drug used in the United States for treating pain is the Acetaminophen. In 2005, there is an equivalent purchased of 28 billion doses of the medicine. Since 1997, the combination of hydrocodone–acetaminophen has been the most commonly recommended treatment in America. Nevertheless, beyond the limit of the suggested dose of acetaminophen can result to severe liver injury and can eventually lead to death.
Acetaminophen is the general term for medications that can be obtained in numerous ordinary trade name of over the counter and prescription products. It is very significant because its effectiveness in pain ...

David Foster Wallace, in his essay Consider the Lobster, questions the ethics of being a non vegetarian consumer and whether it is morally alright to kill an animal for food. The essay addresses the Maine Lobster Festival (known as MFL) where lobsters are abundant in supply. While covering this story Wallace was faced with certain issues of morality towards killing of animals. In this paper I will discuss Wallace’s concerns, in addition to which I will give my response to the issue.
Wallace begins the essay by introducing the MFL of 2003 where he describes how it is ...

Why you selected pharmacy as a career and how the Doctor of Pharmacy degree relates to your immediate and long-term professional goals. Describe how your personal, educational, and professional background will help you achieve your goals.
The reasons for my choosing pharmacy as a career are many. First of all, pharmacist has consistently been ranked as one of the best jobs in the USA. A pharmacist plays a crucial role in the health care system. Apart from dispensing medications that have been prescribed by health practitioners and physicians, they also monitor the health of the patients, and give advice ...

Coping with depression connected to rheumatoid arthritis

What is depression?
Depression is essentially feeling ‘down’. It is a severe mood state that may affect the general state of mind. This usually comes about as a result of encountering a stressful condition or failing to meet one’s expectations in life as expected of them by the society or just at an individual level. Chronic lifestyle illnesses have been largely associated with such cases of anxiety and depression and so patients with rheumatic arthritis have been faced with the same condition. The nature of the disease incapacitates the patients and makes them fully dependant on others. This ...

1. The broken rib will affect the breathing system by blocking the air that L.D may lack the enough breath that causes death. If L.D does not follow instruction to breathe deeply and cough the he may have high chances of suffering heart attack.
2. The pain medication affects his ability to deep breath and movement because of the intake of tabs that innings to the blood tissues.
3. L.Dlifestyle, health habit and age can affect the healing of the damaged tissue because he usedto move from one place to another while dieting, thiswould affect the body since he ...

Abstract

Cocaine has a variety of physiological manifestations. Cocaine is a local anesthetic that was discovered in the sixteenth century. The characteristic of being a local anesthetic is the primary attribute for its application in medicine. There are a number of compounds that have been recently created that are more effective than cocaine for the purposes of anesthesia. Cocaine also has the characteristic of being a potent vascoconstrictant. The applications of vascoconstrictant are effective for the implementation of throat and nose surgery. The application of cocaine in the nose and throat areas has the characteristic of deterring bleeding. Cocaine also ...

The topic of this essay is to review opposing positions on the topic of “Euthanasia” . The source for the essay is James Rachel’s 'The Right thing to Do', 6th edition. Euthanasia is defined as intentionally killing by action or omission of a dependent person for his or her alleged benefit. If the death occurs without being intended, it doesn’t qualify as an act of euthanasia. (Euthanasia Definitions).
The discussion of Euthanasia is very important to our study of ethics as it is the process of ending a life voluntarily. Though this practice has surfaced to end the ...

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Opiate abuse in the 21st century is on a huge problem, and there doesn’t seem to be much slowing down either. Opiates are derived from opium plants, and can be seen in a plethora different street and pharmaceutical drugs. Some of these include heroin, codeine, oxycotin, vicodin, methadone, and many others. Normally. People take these medications to relieve pain, and most of them are only available via a doctor prescribing them, but once a tolerance is built up to the drug internally, the individual must use higher dosages to achieve the same effects. Also, ...

Rituals play a key role in the expression of grief and suffering. It is important to understand that grief and suffering bring about pain. Pain causes individuals not to function in the right way. Owing to pain, relationships between people with grief and suffering and the society are affected. Peoples with grief and suffering in many cases can become a threat to society. Therefore, there is a need for individuals to come to terms with pain if their relationship with society is going to be restored. This paper describes how ritual plays a key role in helping individuals come ...

Management strategies for adult patients with pain in outpatient clinics

Introduction
The current study describes a framework that applies systems thinking to the issue of under-management of chronic pain in outpatient hospitals. It expands the nursing focus from individual patients to the healthcare system. Consequently, the study investigates the various strategies of chronic pain management and formulates an effective approach for addressing under-management of chronic pain. Subsequently, it discusses the application of the scheme in a Chronic Pain Management Program. The formation of the management program is significant to the advanced nursing practice because it has the potential to ameliorate the care of all patients at a system level. ...

Marijuana raises controversial debate from time to time on the significance of its legalization. Although, many people attach massive demerits to the substance, others find exclusive benefits in the substance. The benefits of the drug may range from medical to economical. There are unique medicinal benefits that come with the use of marijuana. The economic benefits of the substance may be attached to the tax revenue that the drug attracts to an economy.
The first medical benefit of marijuana is that it acts as the pain reliever. There are some diseases that cause extensive pain to the patient, and ...

Music and its association with the medical field

There is a substantial amount of evidence based on the therapeutic benefits of music, some of the evidence dating back thousands of years ago. Many civilizations such as India, China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome have documented the role of music in the medical field. It was during World War I and II where the first ever clinical setting based on music therapy was conducted. The study was based on the therapeutic effect of music in soldiers to relieve pain after trauma from war-based injuries. These studies led to the foundation of music therapy in different fields of the medical ...

Deep vein thrombosis is formation of thrombus in the deep vein of leg. Most commonly it occurs as a result of post surgical complication, any chronic and debilitating disease, immobility for a considerably long period of time, post partum complications, local injury. The thrombus may be loosely attached to the vein, which may lead to fatal consequences like pulmonary embolism due to dislodging of the emboli.

PREDISPOSING FACTORS

- Stasis
- Increased blood coagulability
- Injury to the vessel wall

SITES OF INVOLVEMENT

- Calf vein
- Femoral vein
- Ileofemoral vein
- Pelvic vein

PREVENTION

Before operation : a) Pre operative hospital stay should ...

The Jewish perspective on the hallowing of life provides an explanation into a deeper understanding of faith. It has a belief in a supreme being that oversees life and expects our actions be handled properly. The hallowing of life makes the Jewish believers act in practical manner with little emphasis on creed. Through the hallowing of life, they have a strong association and union by their practices and ceremonies like marriage and circumcision (Smith 300).
The Jewish religion places an immense emphasis on rituals and practices contrary to creed since they bring them together. Their belief in practices and ...

Learning Points

The musculoskeletal clinical case helped in learning about the signs and symptoms of muscular problems. The care plan lets the patient know about his/her disease and take care of himself. By going through the muscular clinical case, the patient would know how to self-analyze the conditions of the body. The care plan highlights the prevention measures, medication, and advice about the daily routine. It makes the people aware of the procedures, tests, symptoms, and intensity level of the disease.
The muscular clinical care plan analyzes the client complaints, history of present illness, past medical history, body mass index, diagnostic ...

Part I

Kripke states first the principle of the necessity of origin; and then, second, the principle of essence; and finally gives an answer to the mind/body problem, given the nature of pain. For this essay, I will recount Kripke’s original response to the mind/body problem, given his support of his claims.
Kripke argues in an innovative way that one doesn't discover possible worlds, but in language, the modal realities are stipulated in such a way that how one attribute of Roger, for example, in one possible world can be compared with the attributes of another. What stays the same? ...

Introduction: Ethics is a philosophical approach that is concerned with defending, systematizing and recommending concepts of wrong or right conduct in the human social arena. The approach addresses disputes that arise from moral diversity. Being an ethical person involves doing and conducting oneself in an acceptable manner according to societal behavioral standards. Various ethical theories have been put across and are applied in our lives to address various ethical issues like cloning, abortion, legalization of drugs and euthanasia. The theories include emotivism, utilitarianism, moral rationalism and eudaemonistic virtue ethics. This paper will discuss the ethical theory of utilitarianism and ...

Evidence-Based Practice on Wound Packing Following Incision and Drainage

Identification, critical appraisal, and synthesis of evidence from research articles is an essential skill in evidence-based practice (EBP) (Titler, 2008). This paper will critique two primary research articles related to the issue of wound packing following incision and drainage. The first article is authored by Leinwand et al. (2013) and is entitled “Incision and drainage of subcutaneous abscesses without the use of packing”. The second article is authored by Alimov et al. (2013) and is entitled “Use of a silver-containing hydrofiber dressing for filling abscess cavity following incision and drainage in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial”.
The ...

The full elimination of animal use in medical research may seem as unachievable to some individuals. However, while working with practical goals, the task is quite achievable. The aim of the practical goals lies within reducing the animal use in science laboratories by ensuring the improvement of the conditions within the laboratories where these animals are evaluated and tested. The solution for the animal use problem in medical research was established along a study in 1959 that presented three R`s. The R`s stand for replacing, reducing and redesigning. For replacing, it means that individuals in the practice ...

This essay addresses the theory of hedonism in regard to happiness. Hedonism was recognized in the 4th century as a theory of happiness by Aristippus ``of Cyrene” who founded cyrenaics a Socratic school. Cyrenaics adopted the teaching of Socrates ‘regarding happiness and argues that happiness was moral (Bentham, 1978). Additionally, Cyrenaics taught that happiness was good for everyone thus people should engage in activities that promoted happiness such as visiting friends’ .However, selfishness was highly condemned because it reduced happiness of other people.
Hedonism explains happiness by stating that happiness is the ultimate goodness. Hedonism theory expounds that the ...

Torture is considered to be one of the cruelest and severest methods of punishment or investigation, which expresses human violence towards other people. It is mostly used by the CIA in order to get secret information from the terrorists and prevent the future terrorist acts. Although this kind of severe act of inflicting physical or psychological pain was prohibited in most of the countries, the debate over legislation and necessity of torture are continuing among the society till today. Plenty of arguments were given by the adherents of torture, the main aim of which is proving that terrorists deserve ...

Introduction

If one listens to Demi Lovato, in her song “Skyscraper” the incantatory, oratorical and the how she recites is clearly apparent of her good delivery. This pattern always the words’ meaning to live the audiences’ mind in which state they are remembered and also through this interaction the audience can derive further meaning. Demi Lavato song is common in all cultures. However, it plays different roles across cultures. In some, it is considered as natural as speech, while in others, it is a real call of duty. In such communities, where singing the Lavato song, it is vital; everyone ...