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Depression And Its Causes
Number of Words: 480 / Number of Pages: 2
... or loss of a loved one, a family history of
depression, incarceration, pregnancy, lower social statuses, homosexuality,
and mental retardation could also cause a child or young adult to become
depressed. Doctors say that the depression symptoms for kids are the same
as in adults, except that children suffer more from physical symptoms such
as hallucinations, agitation, and phobias. This depression in childhood
and adolescence can lead to poor school performance, alcohol and drug abuse,
promiscuity, teenage pregnancy, other pyschiatric illnesses, and suicide.
The suicide rates have doubled sin ...
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The Argument Against Female Circumcision
Number of Words: 1145 / Number of Pages: 5
... most cases two women members of the family would hold the girl by her
thighs to expose her genitals and to prevent struggling. Then the daya
would proceed to cut of the clitoris of the girl with a sharp razor. One
of the women El Saadawi interviewed explained "the daya sat between these
two women, holding a sharp razor in her hand which she used to cut off the
clitoris." (Nawal El Saadawi 170)
Although El Saadawi claims there are no advantages to this
operation, many people tend to disagree. One claim made by people in
favor of female circumcision is that by minimizing sexual desire, a girl ...
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Dreams
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... irrelevant to the preceding one. Why?
Mankind has been baffled since the beginning of time as to why they [] occur. Minds from all over the globe have united, and each person has attempted to formulate theories of their own as to why all of this is occurring inside our conscious and subconscious mind. Though none of these theories have been proven to be 100% correct, it probably will not be too long before someone gets on the right track to proving why happen. No one person is an expert when it comes to , nor does one individual dream more than the next, according to a popular theory, which ...
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Euthanasia Is Not Murder
Number of Words: 1023 / Number of Pages: 4
... violence at a time of the killer's rather than
nature's choosing.
Unlike murder, euthanasia is not an act of violence. In an editorial in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dr. Eric Chevlen argues that patients, who are worn
down by pain, extensive testing, and depression, will be easily persuaded to
seek assisted suicide (11B). Furthermore, Chevlen mentions that the courts have
decided that the right to die should be made available to everyone (11B).
Modern medical technology has allowed doctors to prolong life past the point of
a patient's natural death. In the case of euthanasia, the doctor needs t ...
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Euthanasia In Canada
Number of Words: 1328 / Number of Pages: 5
... death, but has come to mean
causing death with intent, whether by doing something (commission), or by
omitting something(omission). Euphemisms of the pro-euthanasia movement,
include "right to die", and "death with dignity". The term "passive
euthanasia" is often applied to the withdrawal of useless treatment that is
onlyprolonging the dying of a person. This needs to be differentiated from
withdrawing of something that is actually keeping them alive, the withdrawl
of which actually causes their death. It has been pointed out that the pro-
life lobby will be split and discredited if there is an insi ...
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Abortion: Complicated Issue With Moral, Political, Ethical, Religious And Economic Factors
Number of Words: 1030 / Number of Pages: 4
... is a mortal sin and the killer and the mother would suffer punishment in the afterlife.
Some are not religious motivated they just think that killing what they consider life is wrong, and that point brings up the hardest question to answer. When does life begin? Arguably life begins when you come out of your mothers body and are self sufficient in getting your own air and can eat your own food and water. Although there have been studies that show fetuses having brain patterns, respond to stimuli, they grow , eat , excrete wastes and all the other signs of life in which case abortion cou ...
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How Psychology Can Help Enhance Health Care Delivery
Number of Words: 268 / Number of Pages: 1
... typical health care scenario; these are obedience, conformity and compliance. These qualities shall be explored in great depth revealing how the knowledge of psychology can help enhance a health care delivery.
Obedience, conformity and complience are known to depend on what is at risk, whata person loses will dtermine what he/she is going to do and to what extent the person carries given orders,(Rungapadiachy(1990 p.1).
The Focus of this discussion is to highlight on three crucial qualities that can influence a typical health care scenario; these are obedience, conformity and compliance. These ...
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Medical Uses Of Marijuana
Number of Words: 1565 / Number of Pages: 6
... have research programs of their own and some governors, including Republican William Weld of Massachusetts, openly endorse medical legalization. The editor of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, Jerome Kassirer, lambasted the Clinton administration in an editorial entitled, "Federal Foolishness and Marijuana," that received national attention. "To prohibit physicians from alleviating suffering by prescribing marijuana for seriously ill patients," Kassirer wrote, "is misguided, heavyhanded, and inhumane."
In January, Director McCaffrey, finding himself knee-deep in a debate in which he ...
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The Human Brain
Number of Words: 2229 / Number of Pages: 9
... weighs about 2.75 pounds, and has a whitish-pink
appearance. The brain is made up of many cells, and is the control centre
of the body. The brain flashes messages out to all the other parts of the
body. The messages travel in very fine threads called nerves. The nerves
and the brain make up a system somewhat like telephone poles carrying wires
across the city. This is called the nervous system.
The nerves in the body don't just send messages from the brain to the
organs, but also send messages from the eyes, ears, skin and other organs
back to your brain. Some nerves are linked directly to ...
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