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Euthanasia
Number of Words: 1063 / Number of Pages: 4
... and unusual
punishment. They may ask that life support equipment be disconnected so that
they can die quickly, painlessly, with dignity. Most doctors are trained to try
their best to defeat death, or at least try to delay it as long as possible. But
if the patient is hopelessly ill, and would prefer to die, the doctor may
consult the hospital ethics committee, and take him or her off of life support.
When taken to court in these issues, the doctors defend themselves in saying, "I
didn't kill him, I let him die." This is illegal throughout the United States
and the rest of the world, but it still is a ...
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Euthanasia And The Moral Right To Die
Number of Words: 1161 / Number of Pages: 5
... with his terminally ill friend Jack, forces us to ask why a dying dog is entitled to more humane treatment than a human in the same condition. Finding a humane and sensible approach to treating the terminally ill has become a hotly debated topic in recent years. One approach to this problem is euthanasia, which by definition mean "a painless death, a mercy killing"(Webster's 190). In other words, euthanasia is causing the death of someone who is already dying and in such pain that their continued existence will only produce continued unbearable suffering. There are two forms of euthanasia, ...
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Why IQ Tests Don't Test Intelligence
Number of Words: 726 / Number of Pages: 3
... too cold? Is the chair uncomfortable? Or in the worst case, do they
have an illness that day? To test a person's mind, it is necessary to
utilize their body in the process. If everyone's body is placed in
different conditions during the testing, how is it expected to get
standardized results across all the subjects? Because of this assumption
that everyone will perform equally independent of their environment,
intelligence test scores are skewed and cannot be viewed as standardized,
and definitely not as an example of a person's intelligence.
It is obvious that a person's intelligence stems ...
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized For Medical Purposes?
Number of Words: 2281 / Number of Pages: 9
... to [its] effects, medical uses, and
potential for abuse” (Claim V). In this classification system, marijuana is a
Schedule I drug, grouped with heroin, LSD, hashish, methaqualone, and designer
drugs. These are drugs having “unpredictable effects, and [causing] severe
psychological or physical dependence, or death” (Claim V).
A closer analysis of the DEA's Federal Scheduling system reveals that,
according to various studies by physicians on both sides of the legalization
debate, marijuana does not meet the requirements of a Schedule I drug, but not
those of Schedule II. The differen ...
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Vaccine
Number of Words: 799 / Number of Pages: 3
... did not compare it to those of being
unvaccinated (qtd in Miller 9). This means that the research done by the panel,
which proved vaccination risks to be 'too small to count', contains many
weaknesses. McTaggart links the appearance of learning disabilities, autism, and
hyperactivity to the beginning of the mass vaccination programs (1). Thus,
vaccination is directly related to many diseases, in which some are still
unknown. McTaggart adds that the mumps vaccine has proved to be a direct cause
of seizures, meningitis, deafness, and encephalitis. (6). These are extremely
dangerous and unrecoverable ...
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Down's Syndrome
Number of Words: 2663 / Number of Pages: 10
... mental retardation. The majority are on the border of mild-to-moderate
mental retardation, and some are exhibiting normal IQ scores today.
*The average reading level for persons with Down syndrome is 3rd grade,
with many reading at 6th-12th grade levels today.
*The vast majority of adults with Down syndrome today can be expected to
live semi- or totally independently and many enter the work force with today's
supported employment programs and some are competitively employed.
Some medical conditions that demand special attention for people with
Down syndrome include:
*Congenital H ...
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Abortion
Number of Words: 1427 / Number of Pages: 6
... younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000.
The most popular procedure involved in s is the vacuum aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted through the cervix and the contents of the uterus are vacuumed out. The most commonly used type of second trimester is called dilation and evacuation. Since the fetus has bones, bulk and can move, second trimester is not as simple. When as much of the fetus and placenta are vacuumed out then tweezers ar ...
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Xenotransplantation
Number of Words: 808 / Number of Pages: 3
... of how the human immune system recognizes foreign implanted tissue and rejects it.
He concluded that the immune system works likes an army with several lines of defense to protect the body from infection by foreign organisms such as bacteria and parasites. This line of defense will also attack a foreign organ. It will do this by gradually causing an ischemic blockage of the organs blood supply, and will be adventally killed off after several days or weeks. This will be followed by cellular and finally chronic rejection. (Aziz, 2000). Another major problem would be Hyperacute rejection this is ...
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Prozac: Mania
Number of Words: 1759 / Number of Pages: 7
... depression. In some cases, it is even prescribed for anxiety or low
self-esteem (Chisholm and Nichols 38).
Part of the popularity of Prozac stems from declining health care. "As
medical plans cut back on coverage for psychotherapy, says [Dr. Robert] Birnbaum
of Boston's Beth Israel, psychiatrists feel pressure simply to Śmedicate and
then monitor side effects'" (Cowley 42). General practitioners, however, write
the majority of Prozac prescriptions. Both of these scenarios raise concerns,
as some psychiatrists state that it can be dangerous for antidepressants to be
used without concurrent ...
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Number of Words: 190 / Number of Pages: 1
... of Sickle Cell Anemia are pale skin, short of breath, easily
tired, and whites of eyes turn yellow.
Ethnic or special groups affected with Sickle Cell Anemia are mostly
blacks, and Hispanics of Caribbean ancestry. The disease also affects some
people of Arabian, Greek, Maltese, Sicilian, Sardinian, Turkish, and Southern
Asian ancestry.
How transmitted type of gene or chromosomes that causes the disease.
Sickle Cell Anemia is a sex linked gene. One way somebody could get this
disease is if both parents are a carrier for Sickle Cell Anemia. There is one
in four chance that a baby wi ...
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