Essays on Pregnancy

Source One:

http://uofmhealthblogs.org/womens/pregnancy-childbirth/oh-body-will-change-pregnancy/8463/

Posted by Helen Kang Morgan, MD on September 24, 2013 In addition to the obvious physical changes as your belly grows during pregnancy, what other surprises may your body have in store for you? Pregnancy is an exciting time, but often one filled with many questions — is my baby healthy, can I do this/eat that, and what the heck is happening to my body?

During your first trimester, you’ll probably feel tired, perhaps more tired than you’ve ever felt before. Get as much rest as you can. About 70 percent of women will also ...

Interesting Population to Work With

According to Hulme and Blegen (2010), Appalachia is a cultural group that is found in Appalachian region. The Appalachian region stretches from Northern Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama to New York State’s Southern Tier. This region hosts a population of 23 million persons but even with this big population the region has suffered isolation. The Appalachians are viewed as a very temperamental people with undesired behaviors. Many writers have revealed that the Appalachia community is prone to violence and education level is very low. In deed most of the West Coast and East Costs and popular media have constantly portrayed the image ...

In Sally Markowitz's "A Feminist Defense of Abortion," she argues that abortion is an equal right for women, due to the fact that women currently do not have equal status and rights in society as compared to men. In her eyes, women are not given the rights they are entitled to (and which men enjoy), and therefore abortion is justified in order to help even out that imbalance. Markowitz's argument is, for the most part, extremely sound and strong, though there are a few logical fallacies that must be addressed in order to more fully understand her argument.

Markowitz lays ...

- Physical exercise is very important for pregnant women, as they help them to ease the state, prepare muscles to the stress of labor and to the loads of the last trimester of pregnancy. - Conditions in which physical activity should be avoided are also listed. - It is also a good idea to include the recommended types of physical activity into daily life, while excluding certain other types. The experience of previous generations is also described in brief.

Physical Activities during Pregnancy

General routine for women during pregnancy mostly remains the same as it was before it. However, a pregnant woman doesn’ ...

The first slide describes the main job capabilities and descriptions whilst the second slide focuses intrinsically on the capabilities in the health sphere especially those to do with registrar procedures and with Medicaid. Collection of signatures and other administrative procedures are also mentioned and demonstrate a capability of maintaining a high level of accuracy in these procedures. The third slide deals with the job description regarding childbirth procedures as well as possible investment procedures by patients. The fourth slide also talks about financial considerations especially with regard to costs and other similar methods. Patients are nominally assisted with their own ...

John Tierney’s article, which was published in New York Times, expounds on cloning of human embryo and its acceptability in different parts of the world with a focus on Europe and Asia. The controversy arising in this regard is whether cloning of the human embryo is morally acceptable or whether its acceptance is an affront to the supremacy of God. Arguments for and against cloning fall into two domains: the religious perspective and the scientific perspective. Some religious factions generally argue that cloning of the human embryo is immoral and is akin to competing with God in the ability ...

DHEA:

Dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA, is a hormone the human body produces via the adrenal glands, which are above the kidneys. The exact effect of DHEA is not yet fully identified; however, it is believed to be a precursor of the female and male sex hormones, namely estrogen and testosterone, among others. Precursors are substances that the body converts into hormones.

The production of DHEA usually reaches its peak around the mid-20s and declines ever after. The same applies to estrogen and testosterone, whose production also declines with age. For that reason, if an individual wants to increase their hormone levels, it ...

Gliosis, a process of neural scarring, is considered to be the characteristic feature of neuronal degeneration (Holtman C). Research across last few decades has shown conflicting results with respect to gliosis being present or absent in schizophrenic brains.

A couple of decades ago, Stevens and colleagues reported gliosis in approximately 70% of their schizophrenic brain cases (Stevens, 1982). Around the same time, some other research by Roessmann showed that gliosis injury to the brain resulting in schizophrenia can occur as early as the 20th week of intrauterine life (Roessman, 1986). In a separate research, Roberts GW concluded that injury to ...

Currently, many girls have been engaging themselves in “unsafe sex” that has resulted to STD infections and pregnancy. To mitigate the situation, the youth programs and related organization should enhance campaign against unprotected sex. Young girls should be taught how to adopt behavior and attitude that support their well being and health. There should be created awareness among teen girls about the consequences associated with unprotected and early age sex. If all this measures are well practiced, STD and pregnancy among teen girls is expected to decline.

Discussion 1

Parent talk is one of the effective measures that can mitigate the ...

Northway and his colleagues were the first to describe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in 1967. The condition was described as a lung injury affecting preterm infants with surfactant deficiency as a result of mechanical ventilation and oxygen therapy. A lot of the infants that develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia are born at about 30 weeks gestation, weigh about 1kg and are inundated with breathing problems. Also, infections shortly before birth or after birth have also been implicated as a cause of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

CAUSES

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a complication in premature infants that are undergoing treatment for respiratory distress syndrome. Respiratory distress syndrome is a severe breathing disorder that ...

Introduction

Nutritional needs vary according to the stages of life. From infantry to adultery nutrition is a vitally important aspect of such characteristics as mental development, growth, sexual development and resistance to illnesses. That is why maintaining a well-organized healthy diet is crucial for providing the population with appropriate development and omitting health problems.

Infants

At the infantry stage the differences in nutrition for boys and girls are generally not observed. Infants are first of all fed through breast milk, which is preferable in all cases, and infant formula, if breast feeding is not available. Infants receive most calories from fats, namely omega-3 ...

Adolescent Pregnancy.

The health of America’s adolescents is being called into question. On the Healthy People website, they make the point of saying that “The behavioral patterns established during these developmental periods help determine young peoples’ current health status and their risk for developing chronic disease during adulthood.” (Healthpeople.gov). Put simply, this means that the decisions that teenagers are making now, can drastically affect their lives as adults. This includes drinking, smoking, sexually transmitted diseases and, the topic of this essay, pregnancy. By having a child as a teenager, adolescents are setting themselves up for a lifetime of having to prioritize that baby; ...

Induced abortion is the intentional ending of pregnancy. In the United States there are approximately 1.3 million abortions performed every year. In the western world, the most common presentation of a patient seeking an abortion is a young, unmarried woman who is pregnant for the first time. A normal pregnancy takes 38 weeks and is divided into three trimesters, 88% of abortions occur in the first trimester. There is a fierce debate around the world regarding philosophical and political issues surrounding abortion (Kaplan and Sadock, 2007, p. 863). Most healthy women who choose to have an abortion are satisfied with their decision, ...

Prenatal health care is also commonly called antenatal care and entails frequent nursing and medical care for pregnant or expectant women. This aims at preventing or treating health problems during the entire pregnancy period. The expectant women are informed on prenatal nutrition, physiological maternal changes, and even biological changes. This health care has been paramount in effectively reducing miscarriages, birth defects and also maternal deaths (Pillitteri, 2010, p.4).

Anemia caused by iron deficiencies augments the danger for preterm birth and very low neonatal weight on birth (Fowles, 2004, p.6). Maternal iron paucity anemia lessens fetal and neonatal stores ...

Objective: To study the rate at which women of varying ages in Malaysia visit the emergency departments due to gynecologic disorders. Methods: Data was gathered from the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). The data collected was for a period of 8 months. The data was analyzed for women who visited the emergency department of UMMC from October 2013 to May 2014. The data was analyzed so as to determine the rate at which women of different ages visited the emergency departments due to gynecologic disorders. Calculations were done on the average annual rates of every 1000 women. The calculations ...

The short story, ‘Hills like white elephants’ utilizes heavy use literary elements to convey the theme of the story, while managing to keep the reader captivated by story trying to deduce further meaning to its conclusion. The author uses the setting of the story to draw a deeper meaning to the story thus enhancing the ability of the reader to comprehend the situation the couple faces without using express language (Koloze, 2005).

The story is set in a train station where a couple sits drinking bear while waiting for their train. The setting in the context of this story is important. ...

Wisse, B. (2014). Hypothyroidism: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 14, 2014, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000353.htm

This reference is a National Institutes of Health website that focuses mainly on the basic information on hypothyroidism. This reference provides an introduction into the topic by defining hypothyroidism as well as providing various causes of hypothyroidism. The website also offers information on the symptoms of the condition, different tests that are used to diagnose the disease as well as different treatment options. The information from the paper will be useful in introducing the paper and giving basic concepts on the topic.

Brent, W., & Zieve, ...

Slide 2 – Introduction

Trauma in pregnancy is one of the key contributors to maternal and fetal mortality. The potential impediments include maternal injury or death, internal hemorrhage, shock, direct fetal injury, intrauterine fetal demise, uterine rupture and abruptio placentae. The leading causes of obstetric trauma are motor vehicle accidents, assaults, falls, gunshots, and ensuing injuries. Ensuing injuries are classified as pelvic fractures, or penetrating trauma, and blunt abdominal trauma. The assessments and managements aspects of obstetric trauma are distinctive to pregnancy, while initial evaluation and resuscitation is always being directed maternally. If maternal stability is established, then vigilant evaluation of fetal well-being ...

The tradition applied in medical practice since time immemorial that treatment is administered upon ascertaining that the person is a patient may be misleading as it is helpful. A patient should not necessarily be a person in order to qualify as a patient. I agree with this article because: In past medical ethics literature, the notion of “person” does not seem to have executed a major role in determining how medicine should not or should be administered with regard to a particular patient (Szasz). This notion does not just reveal the bad shape that the philosophy of medicine or medical ethics is in, ...

The rate of teenage pregnancy cases have increased rapidly in the past few years not only in this locality but also throughout the whole country. According to the Martin, Hamilton, and Sutton (2009) report, about one million girls at teenage become pregnant at the end of each year. The report continues to indicate that about 40% of the young women become pregnant before they attain 20 years. The situation is not different in the Riley locality where the rate is even higher compared to the national teen pregnancy rate. This can be attributed to many factors such peer pressure, ...

The chicken limb (wings) develops and buds out from the lateral plate mesoderm at typical locations along the sides of the embryo. These limbs grow with regional specification that includes distinct anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral pattern. The limb buds out because of the interaction between the mesenchyme and apical ectodermal ridge (AER). The signals sent from the AER maintain the progress zone in the mesenchymal layer. The progress zone has cell in highly proliferative and undifferentiated state. This knowledge can be used to produce higher number of chicken wings from fewer chickens.

There are certain compounds that are known to ...

1. Like everything in Pecola’s life, her being pregnant is packaged with her ugliness. Instead of seeing compassion for Pecola, as a young girl in a difficult situation, they use this fact to criticize her. Morison includes a number of fragments of conversation on the issue. Some say that it is Cholly, her father. They imply that even though she is twelve, she is to blame for the pregnancy: “But you never know. How come she didn’t fight him?” (Morison, 189). Others use it to remind themselves how ugly Pecola is, “Ought to be a law: two ugly people ...

Andersson, H.C., Hallstrom, H. and Kihlman, B.A. (2014). Intake of caffeine and other methylxantines during pregnancy and risk for adverse effects in pregnant women and their fetuses. Denmark: Expressen Tryk and Kopicenter. Birrittieri, C. (2012). What every woman should know about fertility and her biological clock.

New Jersey: Career Press.

The study further indicated that about 151 milligram or higher of caffeine consumption can also increase the risk of miscarriage that may occur either on the first or the second trimester of pregnancy. Caffeine intake in more than the moderated amount can cause a delay in conception, even ...

Annotated Bibliography

Gilbert, S.F., and S. Brauckmann. "Fertilization Narratives in the art of Gustav Klimt, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo: Repression, Domination and Eros among Cells." Leonardo 44, no. 3, 2011: 221-227.

The abovementioned source is a journal article and is written by Scott F. Gilbert. The author uses various books written by different writers in this article. This article presents a study of fertilization narratives and connects them with social and political ideas. The author describes how Gustav Klimt used fertilization theory to describe repression by governments. This article is very useful for students of art, political science and sociology. The ...

Substance abuse is one of the key factors having a negative impact on pregnancy outcomes. The illicit drug use in women of reproductive age increases year by year in many countries, and the use of drugs, along with misuse of prescriptive drugs such as antidepressants and pain killers during pregnancy is common. Nicotine and alcohol which are the major risk factors for the fetal development itself are often used in combination with other drugs. Many women under special treatment report “polydrug usage” (Whittaker, 2003), a substance abuse can be accompanied by poverty, psychological distress and victimization. According to study by ...

According to Schulz et al. (2006), prenatal care refers to health care that pregnant women receive from a midwife or an obstetrician. Essential services include lifestyle advice, dietary, examination for pregnancy problems such as preeclampsia and edema, weighing to ensure weight gain and infections test. In addition, a blood test is done to ascertain HIV status. If the mother is positive for this, then checking with the medical practitioner will help her avoid infecting the fetus. In such situations prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) is advised, encouraged and a follow-up is done to ensure the future of the baby and ...

- Answer: In the case concerned, UMDNJ unlawfully put pressure on 12 nurses to participate in abortions or threatening them with dire consequences of termination of employment if the nurses object to take part in the abortion procedures, and when they filed a lawsuit and got a restraining order on the hospital against such forceful participation, the hospital called them to a meeting for discussing possible changes or transfers. However, the New Jersey Court has rejected the request of the nurses to put a restraining order on the hospital in this regard, thereby allowing the hospital to call the nurses to a meeting ...

Basch, C. E. (2011). Teen Pregnancy and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth.Journal Of School Health, 81(10), 614-618. doi:10.1111/j.1746- 1561.2011.00635.x

Teens who become pregnant are at risk in terms of educational achievement (many are high school drop outs) and poverty. Moreover, daughters of teen mothers are more likely to become unwed teen mothers themselves. (Basch, 2011) Basch agrees with Kearney and Levine that teen pregnancy is mostly due to low socio-economic status. There is also an indication that teen mothers score lower on cognitive exams. He also agrees with Pazol and McKay that decreases in teen births are due to increased sexual education and use of contraceptives. However, he also indicates that among African-American females, the increase may also ...

I am responding to an article dated 16th December, 2013 posted on Articlesbase under the caption health medical tourism written by Sanjaygupta. It is entitled ‘Go Surrogacy India a place to where dreams come true.’ The author’s argument advances that the options offered for surrogacy in Indian are phenomenal because the process is 100% successful; far less expensive than when conducted in United States of America and other developed countries; laws are more parent-friendly; quality of treatment is internationally compatible and surrogates are easier to find (Sanjaygupta, 2013). This is definitely commendable, but the article while discussing the ...

The society, today, is faced with numerous challenges on the effective ways of dealing with the rise in popularity of the hip hop and rap culture, the hardest task being, to draw the line between the negative and positive effects of this culture especially amongst the youth. Abortion in the other hand is an issue that that has polarized the society with opposing sides drawing hard stands on the issue. The debate has been given a new twist in relation to addict mothers and if they should be allowed or even forced, to abort their fetuses. This discourse will explore ...

Introduction

The story talks about a fourteen –year- old girl who becomes pregnant for the second time. After becoming pregnant she is sent by her mother to go and live with her aunt and uncle in the south but she takes it as if she has been sold into slavery. She compares her stay in her uncle’s house to be as slavery and takes as if she has been sold into slavery. Gayle does not regard anybody or anything as a human but only herself and her free friends. She is hard to be understood as appears self centered yet ...

The media affect my perception of the social problems faced by societies in America. Some of these problems include crime, violence, and immorality. The media are often focused on their quantity of coverage, so much that they undermine individuality and aspects of rich culture. Media representations of the social problems in America promote disapproval of the society. This is because they encourage excessive consumerism at the expense of core societal values. The negative depictions of the media, thus, create an impression of an unconstructive society, hence increasing the social problems.

Illegal immigrants are helpful to the United States because ...

Part 1

A: In the pea plant, the purple color is the dominant one while the white color is the recessive color. The F1 offspring that had purple colored flowers were 445 while those that had white colored flowers were 437. This gives a phenotypic ratio of almost 1:1. To attain this ratio, a parent with white colored flower (pp) had to be crossed with a heterogeneous purple colored parent (Pp). This can be confirmed by crossing the two patents as shown in the Punette square below.

B: The pattern observed can be explained using the first law of inheritance also called the Law ...

The rate of teenage pregnancies varies across the globe. This is still a rampant problem in the United States, where an alarming number of teenage girls under the age of 18 are becoming pregnant (Anand & Khan, 2013). This issue of teen pregnancies goes far beyond the social stigma that might come along with the pregnancy, here are three reasons why teenage pregnancies is an issue for the families of those involved:

1. Teenagers cannot support themselves or a child – many teenagers who are pregnant with a child before graduating high school usually are not able to provide for themselves, let ...

- Sperms are normally produced in the seminiferous tubes. After production sperms are stored in the epididymis where they get to mature. During ejaculation sperms travel from the epididymis along tubes known as the vas deferens. When sperms pass by the seminal vesicle and the prostate fluids get added to the sperms. The sperms then pass by the Cowper’s gland where even more fluids are added. The semen then reaches the urethra through which it exists the human body as semen. The fluids added to the semen are very necessary because they ensure travel of the sperms. They ...

The constitutional amendments and the court rulings among the American institutions in matters regarding abortion have led to multiple reactions among the people on the stance of the government. The restrictive aspects of the abortion policy define the nature by which the people regard the abortion policies. The Obama health care bill provides for only elective abortion meaning not all the people with an insurance cover can undertake abortion. Court rulings have not left the issue to chance as with a number of cases having no favor for abortion. The most notable decision was in the case of Roe vs. ...

According to the New York State Department of Health (2013), the rate of teenage pregnancy in Bronx was 97.4 per every 1,000 teenage females between the ages of 15 and 19 in 2011. That number is significantly lower than the rate of 136.4 pregnancies per 1,000 teenage females, but Bronx alone has the highest prevalence of teenage pregnancies when compared to entire New York City, which recorded a 69.9 teenage pregnancy rate per 1,000 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19.

According to Kost and Henshaw (2013), teen pregnancy rates in New York are the highest ...

Patel, P., & Sen, B. (2012). Ten motherhood and long-term health consequences. Matern Child Health J,16(5), 1063-1071. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21656056

In this article, the researchers, Patel and Sen, have tried to ascertain the association between teen motherhood and the long-term physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) health outcomes. They have used the physical and mental components of SF-12 Healthy Survey in the NLSY79 health module to evaluate the health outcomes of teenage mothers. Various other parameters such as familial, demographic and environmental have been used as comparison as well. The teen mothers have also been compared with two ...

In 2003, scientists completed the mapping of the entire human genome. Understanding a human’s genetic makeup allows for all sorts of possibilities, like the cure for diseases. The first use of IVF treatment in 1978, allowed for the prescreening for certain diseases. For example, nowadays the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) allows for the detection of cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, Tay-Sachs disease, and hemophilia A. This is only the beginning; soon enough parents will be able to pick specific traits that they want passed down. One method of doing this is called germline gene therapy.

This means manipulating ...

When a child asks his parents that where did he arrive from, the usual reply is god, carriage, heaven, and the clouds. Such vague answers often mislead children which further complicate their perceptions about sexuality. The topic of human sexuality has always resulted in a variety of mixed reactions depending upon the culture, age and society to which it is addressed to. This makes it a sensitive subject which requires to be dealt carefully because of the positive as well as negative effects which are associated with sexuality. In this regard, the tool of delivering information regarding human sexuality involving anatomy of ...

Introduction

Since the Supreme Court declared that abortion is a fundamental human right, this issue has continued to generate a debate for over 3 decades. The proponents have until now Identified themselves as pro choice. They contend that abortion is a privilege that should not be limited by either the government or religious groups. On the other hand, opponents claim that life begins right at conception and therefore abortion by any standard is killing of innocent human being (Carrick, 2001). Despite all this, the debate still carries on without indications of relenting. The big question is; “should abortion be legal?” The reality ...

Chronic bronchitis is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is characterized by excessive bronchial mucus secretion and a productive cough that usually lasts three months or longer in two consecutive years. Abnormalities associated with chronic bronchitis are thickened bronchial walls, mucosal inflammation in the walls and airways, and hypertrophied and hyperplastic mucus glands (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). The recommended drug treatment for controlling chronic bronchitis is divided into three lines (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). First, aminopenicilins, such as ampicillin and amoxicillin, are usually sufficient for simple chronic bronchitis cases. Second, in complicated chronic bronchitis, second-generation or third-generation ...

Introduction

Stress is caused by a number of factors such as pregnancy, disease and financial constraints and the environment. It is possible for mothers who are pregnant to often experience stress due the anxiety of delivery or having too much responsibility. Stress can also be experienced by college students due to the new environment and colleagues. This paper analyzes the annotated bibliography of several articles about stress management in various situations.

Talley, L. (2013). Stress Management in Pregnancy. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 28(1), 43-45.

Talley (2013) points out that pregnancy is an exceptional life event which in itself may ...

Economidoy, Electra, Klimi, Amalia, and Vivilaki, Victoria G. Caring for Substance Abuse Pregnant Women: The Role of the Midwife. Health Science Journal, 2012; 6(1): 161- 169.

This article explores evidence-based practices that can be used for caring for substance abuse pregnant women by midwife. The article is based on a through literature research based on the premise that proper approaches, support and health provision are critical in addressing drug abuse in pregnancy. The article also outlines the effects of substance abuse in pregnancy and postnatal period, provides ways of managing women who abuse drugs during pregnancy and provides a model care. The role of the midwife is described as being very important since she is the first professional a pregnant woman encounters when seeking maternity care. The article ...

Becker, Davida, & Olvarietta, Claudia. “Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico City: The Effects on Women’s Reproductive Rights.” American Journal of Public Health, 103.4, 2013 1202-1204.

Most people take abortion as an illegal act which should not be prohibited at all. However, there are some indications that in order to safeguard the rights of women and give them a chance to control their reproductive health, there is the need to decriminalize this act. This has been adopted by Mexico City, with the argument that this legislation “is an first step in improving reproductive rights, but unsafe abortions will only be eliminated if similar abortion legislation is adopted across the entire country” (Becker and Olavarrieta 1202). This article is a good piece since it will help to ...

The question on the social system of humans depends on several factors. These factors include: religion, evolution, necessity and environment. Different religions have different views on how humans are supposed to associate with one another, for instance Christianity advocates for monogamous relationships while Islamic religion encourages polygamous relations. This means that those prescribe to a given religious view tend to behavior to the prescribed social behavior, it therefore cannot be said with certainty at this point that humans are monogamous or polygamous.

The social behavior of humans cannot be compared to that of other species since humans have a power of ...

Abstract

In this essay, the four main points in which Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection is based on are presented and explained: variation, inheritance, high rate of population growth and differential of survival and reproduction.

After this, and regarding the colleague’s previous answer about the topic, a relation is established between the factors that the colleague stated, being that a population’s distribution, density and abundance are intimately related to the four main points discussed earlier, of variation, inheritance, high rate of population growth and differential of survival and reproduction, helping one another to be able to happen within a certain ...

There are many social issues that affect the lives of people in the community. Some of the social issues affecting our community include drug abuse, crime, teen pregnancy, social discrimination, racism, sexism and pollution. Most of these issues have been addressed by various philosophers in the world with the motive of ending them. Many communities are affected by most of these problems in one way or the other. However, there are some communities that are more affected than others. Teen pregnancy is a social issue that has increasingly affected many communities in the world. This issue has been taken seriously ...

Opportunistic pathogen

A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause a disease or has the ability to cause a disease. An opportunistic pathogen is not different from any other kind of pathogen. The only difference is that, an opportunistic pathogen can cause a disease in a person who has a lower immunity or an impaired immune system, but not in someone who is healthy. In other words, an opportunistic pathogen, which can otherwise not harm a person, finds an opportunity to establish himself in the affected person’s body and cause some kind of disease (Pirofski, 2012).

An example of an opportunistic pathogen is the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which ...

Annotated Bibliography

Anderson, J., & Etches, D. (2007). Prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage. American Family Physician , 875 - 882.

The authors of this journal article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology are two doctors trained in Family Medicine specialties. Their 8 page article focuses on the importance of vigilance in the management of the third stage of labor or the placental separation stage. Most of the hemorrhage episodes typically occur on this stage of labor. The authors emphasized the importance of uterotonic medications like oxytocin as a routine medication to help the uterus contract and stop a potential bleed. The ...

Lactation is the secretion of milk from mammary glands of a woman who has delivered an infant. This is the period of time in which the mother lactates to feed her child. In humans, it is commonly called as breastfeeding or nursing.1

This is a very important phase in the life of a woman where she needs to take care of her nutrition to keep the baby healthy, in short term as well as long term. The nutritional demands of lactating period are greater than the pregnancy period. In the first 4 to 6 months of life, infants double their weight they ...

Abortion refers to voluntary termination of pregnancy through removing the Uterus of the embryo or fetus prior to viability. In many countries, human abortion is illegal. Many people who oppose abortion rely on the argument that a fetus is a human being from since conception. On Contrary Judith Jarvis Thomson differs with this view and give several examples as a way of proving her point. From Judith's point of view, she argues that a fetus is not a human being from the time of conception. She likens a fetus to acorns which develops top become oak trees. She argued that simply by the fact ...

Thesis statement

While the law should be observed in all situations, HIM professionals must act according to their professional code of ethics; this is what they vowed to observe.

This paper is arranged as follows:

i. Introduction ii. Roles of HIM professionals iii. Ethical and legal challenges facing HIM professionals; the case of abortion and euthanasia. iv. How HIM professionals can overcome the challenges.

Introduction

This section gives the general overview of the paper. The Health Information Management (HIM) is a profession that comes along with many legal, ethical and moral issues coalesced within it. A HIM professional, in the course of his/her career, might ...

Introduction

Teenage pregnancy in modern societies is being viewed as a dysfunctional. Historically, across cultures it was discovered to be functional since teenage couples were encouraged to begin raising a family very early. With contemporary educational trends this value of childbirth at a very early age has been replaced by getting into college, having a degree and then thinking about childbirth in one’s late twenties; thirties or even forties. This research project hopes to explore how appropriate this perception of when pregnancy should occur and the damnation cast on teenage pregnancy in our modern world. It is also the author’s intention to ...

What is love? The answer to this question is sought as long as the humanity exists. Any other feeling can be described quite easily, but love is something that different people understand in their own way. It cannot be seen, touched, heard or smelled – it only can be felt.

We all know that there are different kinds of love – one can love a husband or a wife, children, job, a dog or Italian cuisine. In this essay, I am going to write about the differences in the types of love giving short explanations of how I understand them. The first ...

Introduction

The current paper is designed to consider the issue of domestic violence towards women in several different aspects. There are three contemporary studies analyzed in the scope of this research. Each study contains different information regarding domestic violence. Thus, Flake and Forste (2006) researched the issue of the reasons of domestic violence in Latin America, Crempien, Rojas, Cumsille, and Oda (2010) paid attention to the correlation between pregnancy and domestic violence occurrence, Green and Kelso (2010) considered punishment with regard of committing violence towards women.

The research aims at analysis of the reasons of committing domestic violence towards women ...

RESULTS: DATA COLLECTION METHODS

The data collection procedures in the study are appropriate because they have given the results of the study as required. The topic on the pregnancy prevention from the teens is a sensitive study that needs the people concerned to have an informal environment. Therefore, the data collection procedure used in the study was group interview (Corcoran et al, 1997, p. 365-382). This procedure is appropriate for the study because it allowed qualitative research. The sensitivity of the study needed the researcher to operate in a natural setting that would allow the interviewees to relax. The group interview allowed the researcher in ...

Abstract

Abortion is a very controversial topic has been on many people’s minds and discussions. The abortion debate has spiked a lot of activism, with groups coming up to either support or oppose abortion. Those in favour of the practice refer to themselves as pro-choice, whereas those against it are known as pro-life. These opinions mainly stem from the influences of culture, religion, ethics, morality, and government laws. During debates, both private and public, the main focus is usually on the moral acceptability of induced abortions, or the rationalization of laws restricting or permitting abortion. Most women who undergo abortion are ...

Children having children

The article ‘Children having children’ by Claudia Wallis aims at drawing society’s attention to the problem of teen pregnancy. Throughout the twentieth and twenty- first centuries, raising of this issue may seem corny. However, people have realized the negative effects of being an under-age parent and started reacting to the problem not a long time ago. Surely enough all the consequences are caused by certain reasons. Accordingly, the author is aimed to find out and investigate both – the reasons and the consequences of teenage pregnancy. One can find a lot of causes mentioned in the article, though a low ...

The variables

Stress can occur to any human being. Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life particularly to traumatic incidences. The process of induced abortion or natural is a stressful time for many women (Adler, N. E., David, H. P., Major, B. N., Roth, S. H., Russo, N. F., & Wyatt, G. E. 1990, p. 41). The stress can occur before and after abortion. In this study we are focusing only on post abortion stress. Women who undergo abortion natural or induced are likely to experience acute stress i.e. Acute stress originates from the demands and pressures of ...