Essays on Ailing

The topic of euthanasia is one of the burning issues of debate all over the world for a long time with the advocates for and against the act of mercy killing coming up with their explanatory views and perspectives regarding the matter. It is beyond doubt that the ethical dilemma encompassing the act of euthanasia would make one ponder about the correctness of ending a life. However, to shed more light on the matter, one should delve deep into the concept of voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia as well as involuntary euthanasia so ...

The growth of a person is considered to be a very complex process. There are diverse elements that impact a child’s development and growth throughout its life cycle. These elements could be grouped into two – environmental and hereditary. One of the environmental elements is nutrition. Along with other factors that impact growth, including migration, altitude, climate, and urbanization, as well as migration, nutrition impacts retardation or the increase hereditary abilities of a person. There is a close correlation between nutrition and growth. The process of cell multiplication, as well as their size, necessitates a sufficient supply of amino ...

Criminal justice organization faces complex and major challenges. It is worth noting that the criminal justice organization is responding to the challenges through diverse initiatives. The chronic health issue is one of the problems affecting the criminal justice organization. This is linked to the increase in operating costs. It is essential for the organization to comprehend the personal and health lives of the employees. One of the reasons for this concern is employee’s health. Analytically, the payout that the organization makes on chronic health issues has tremendously increased. It means that the resources which are meant to enhance ...

Modern technology is one of the fastest growing economic rates in the country and workers at health sector need to be trained for them to be well equipped with the knowledge and skills for its operation. The changes, for example, were formed to reduce the number of hand-written reports that gave false information about the illness of some patients and ensured that the staffs update all medical information data in an accurate way for easy reference by any patient caregiver or the doctors. The administration at health facilities is required to ensure that the technology used to offer services ...

Though the settings differ substantially, the theme of love is clear both in “The Greatest Thing since Sliced Bread” and “The Gift of Magi,” through the author’s use of character, style and point of view. The book "The greatest thing since sliced bread" by Don Robertson and Gift of Magi are used to expound themes of love even though the two have different settings. The authors have employed the use of characters, point of view and style to bring out the theme of love. Gift of magi is a book concerning a couple and has inspired many readers ...

Community

What issues in the film are relevant to what is happening in your community? In your schools? The widely acclaimed 2010 feature film ‘waiting for superman’ raises pertinent issues which are relevant to the current happenings in school. To begin with the tenure of teachers which is featured in the film applies also to my school and the impact of such tenure is that teachers cannot be fired despite the fact that some underperform or under deliver on their mandates. The film also addresses the attempt of the American education system to admonish poor performing teachers. Such an attempt ...

Individuals with advanced age are prone to acquire a spectrum of illnesses due to a decline in their body functions. This group requires a thorough care management from the health care system to overcome further consequences. In such context, the present description deals with a topic entitled ‘Nutrition and Hydration in Older Adults’

Significance to nursing students:

This topic is important to nursing because nurse serve as the ideal candidates who could provide the care and warmth needed for the patients of this particular old age. In the nurse profession, geriatric nurses are special category of nurses who assist the older patients. The ...

The major changes in the health care system have led to the development of lots of technologies which have been helpful in solving many of the ailments that are currently facing the United States population. The specific areas that have been affected by these advancements are mainly the medications that are currently in use in the healthcare market in addition to developments in terms of new bodies of knowledge which collectively have been helpful in providing holistic care to ailing individuals (Gale, 2014). As such, these improvements in the medical field have been helpful in ensuring that the country’ ...

Introduction

Human nature is a debate that has gone on for centuries. Recently, and more specifically, the nature of a child has become a heated topic. More and more children are being diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, ADD, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder, ADHD. Does this mean that as a whole, each generation of children has become increasingly difficult to keep focused on tasks at hand? As a result of this concept, as well as the increase in these diagnoses, more children are being prescribed medications to help “control” their focus. However, with the medications being prescribed affecting the child’ ...

I. Introduction A. Opening Remarks: For centuries, countries have been working on having easy access to foreign markets for a variety of reasons. B. Thesis Statement: Although the NAFTA presented positive changes to the economies of all signatories, the labor market suffered in some areas of the United States and Mexico due to the changing labor demand in the market and the lack of opportunities for the rural folk. II. Background of the NAFTA A. History: Economic integration has long been an issue discussed by North American governments since the 1900s. B. Aims: Under the NAFTA, each signatory will ...

Introduction

This novel revolves around kitchen, and its contextual interpretation is in the Mexican society. The recipe was a major element to the Mexican kitchen, and it signified the life endeavors in this society. The thesis of this essay is a discussion on various attributes of the Mexican kitchen through the ailing Mama Elena, her three daughters and the surrounding love inferno between Tita and Pedro in the contextual ranch setup. 1. What was the general interpretation of this novel, and what impacts did it have? ( what conversations did it start or what understanding did the book generally bring to ...

Question 1

Prior to its enactment in July 2002, the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were felt apparent subsequent to the fact that its enactment fostered a series of company fails. Inherently Sarbanes-Oxley Act cultivated the downturn of major companies such as Tyco, Enron and WorldCom (Khanna & Palepu, 2010). In addition, this act further caused dire damage on major companies between 2002 and 2004. With such apparent effects, Sarbanes-Oxley Act is more likely to affect the America’s stock exchange in many perceptible ways. Swath changes subsequent to the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley Act were deep and profound. To execute the ...

This procedure is a way that gives a clear and logical structure that enables one to think critically through a certain bioethics case regardless of the theories and principles in issue. This paper intends to accomplish certain bioethical reasoning issues with relation to this procedure. This paper brings a discussion that provides different perspectives on a certain issue. Moreover, there is an intention of vividly bringing out the importance of this procedure in making moral decisions affecting people in the societies around the globe. This paper argues persuasively on what morally ought to be done regarding bioethical issues like clinical trials. The moral reasoning ...

In this paperwork, I am going to outline the purpose of the fireside chat that was given by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt assessing how effective the speech was in helping the American public. I will also address the techniques adopted by the FDR to appeal to average Americans and how it addressed the fears of the American people in the wake of the great Depression.

The main objective of the speech was aimed at restoring the country, since it was facing numerous problems, such as the decline in trade and commerce. A timely program had to be applied, according ...

In the case study, the social worker makes his own unethical decisions of reporting late or leaving early to find time to attend to his ailing wife who suffered a stroke that affected the neurological system. According to the principles of management as stated by Henri Fayol, all employees should subordinate their interest at the expense of the organizational interest. Apart from that, utilitarian theory of ethics stipulates that a moral action that seeks to benefit many and derives maximum utility should be adopted (Barsky, 2010). Accordingly, the social worker should have identified a relative or an alternative person to take care ...

Introduction

The House of God is a hilarious novel with information on everything doctors do not want patients to know. The author based the story on his experience at the Beth Israel Hospital. The novel caused a scandal when it first appeared. The work glamorized traits of dehumanizing and unprofessional attitudes towards ailing patients, which are a set of very unethical issues. Such include a sadistic and dark humor such as how to “turf” patients to other specialties. Another idea is that GOMERs go round. The text promotes a detachment from the patient, which causes them to act in ways that may prove unsafe ...

Part I: Decision-making and Philosophy

Unemployment and the legislator’s decision regarding the unemployment benefits Congressional republicans’ reluctance to extend the unemployment insurance, which led to its expiry on the 28 December last year, is cruel. The high unemployment rate caused by the 2008 recession prompted the government to expand the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program. The expansion was aimed at providing some income for the long-term unemployed persons who had already exhausted the usual 26 weeks of the period of state benefits. The program was extended for a period of up to 99 weeks whiles the federal and states also collaborated to ...

Introduction

In many societies, in the world, the role of women was that of caregiver or nursing care. The nurturing of children by mothers gave people the supposition that the women can provide the same care to the ailing and wounded in the society. Nursing history, as a piece of women’s history, has faced the paradox of being women’s work: invisible, devalued, and underpaid and yet a critical necessity to society (Judd et al., 2010). In the early years, there were no learning that existed for the caregivers, it was a trade passed from one generation to another or through try-out ...

Introduction

While the world continues to deal with a number of challenges, the nursing shortage has become the new phenomenon on the list. Many countries are today faced with a dilemma as to how best nursing shortage can be addressed (AACN, 3). To some, the nursing shortage is an accident waiting to happen if not amicably addressed. One wonders what the problem really is because in the older generations, there were no shortage of nurses in fact there was plenty. It is critical to note that things keep changing and the timing of the events is what makes the difference (Talking Points, ...

New experiences in life such as death usually cause a considerable amount of anguish especially in cases where the deceased person was a close friend or a relative. Johns’ reflection provides an insight regarding how people and institutions tasked with looking after the elderly people behave. In particular, the reflection provides a general concern regarding the quality of medical care that the elderly residents get in the residential and nursing homes.The treatment of Johns’ mother at the nursing home shows that the quality of care is not the same as that which elders get in their own homes. Nursing care is the responsibility ...

Although 11 years of the Cultural Revolution is usually defined as a holistic period, it is better to view it as consisting of two parts. The movement began with a sudden and strong explosion of radicalism of the Red Guards, angry workers and ambitious petty officials. This massive mobilization of the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, successfully helped Mao to unseat his rivals. The second period of the Cultural Revolution lasted from 1968 to 1976 and established a new order through the negotiations and the use of force, as well as controlling the rebel groups. The revolution was followed by repression, ...

Philosophy

In his philosophy, Nietzsche appraises the origin of morality, in an attempt to recount the backgrounds of both sin as well as morals (3). Owing to the fact that basic words of ethical deeds entails several connections with nobility alongside the slavery theories; he capitalizes on the coincidence to genially sum up the difference between nobility and the slave moralities. He tailors the nobility morality on magnificence alongside the aspiration to enhance quality as opposed to inferiority, whereas the slave morality tends to proclaim ‘good’ as the absolute opposite of nobility “beauty or good.” For instance, the slave nobility ...

Introduction

Across various professions, including nursing, stress has and remains to be one of the most comprehensive factors that prejudice an individual’s professional progress, and performance. This paper limits itself to discussing a wider array of factors that are closely aligned with stress. Precisely, this paper comprises of two parts; Part A, and Part B. The first part of the paper; Part A will offer an analysis of various theories on stress; hence, come up with a personal definition of this concept. In addition, this paper will offer a reflection of a stressful situation I had in my life. As such spiritual, maturational, ...

Considering that no apparent reason has been attached to Leopoldo Lopez detention, people have come out for his defence particularly the many countries that embrace freedom and human rights. From a critical perspective, Leopoldo Lopez deserves his freedom; because the charges are not true. This paper will, therefore, present views that oppose Leopoldo Lopez’s release. On the flip side of this case, Leopoldo Lopez ought to be detained owing a number of reasons. As perceived by those in favour of his detention, he should remain in detention for having spearheaded protests that have since destabilized the country (Latin Times ...

Abstract

Employing the services of Nursing Homes is becoming a huge trend in the United States in recent years. Families can bring their elderly and ailing love ones to these nursing homes and pay for a certain cost to support their treatment. However, there is a growing debate within the country with regards to the use of these nursing homes as some groups believe families should take care of their love ones at home. Supporters to these alternative facilities argue that nursing homes would provide better care to their love ones, especially given the financial and living conditions. This paper will discuss the ...

- Introduction - Criminal justice is a wide landscape today compared to what it used to be in the last century. Crimes have escalated and new avenues such as cyber crime have evolved along with the advancements in technology. Moreover, criminal justice and law enforcement incorporate sophisticated and advanced forensic technology to unmask even the most slippery perpetrators. - Although criminal justice bridges the gap to fight crime, it’s not always successful. There are cases where sex offenders get away with light sentences or early release from prison citing good behavior. A vast majority of them indulge ...

Organ transplantation as a scientific and medical method in treating patients have become successful and popular over the years. However, repositories of human organs have faced shortage while demand for organ replacement becomes mandatory for some families dealing with patients diagnosed with an organ-related disease. Such trend also has increased over time. It is a common problem for immediate family members looking to keep the concerned patient alive and to survive the effects of organ diseases. For some family members and health beneficiaries, finding a generous and wholehearted organ donor can be both tedious and time-consuming. It may take months/years, to have ...

#1. Patient-centered care Today’s healthcare system has changed dramatically in terms of the methods or procedures adopted in the provision of care. Apart from the technological inventions that have immensely transformed care and the need for critical thinking skills for nurses in decision-making, there has been more focus on the provision of patient-centered care. This entails the individualization of the care process to suit the individual needs of the patient (DiGioia, 2014). This approach has been adopted highly due to the changing demographics and the public awareness programs that have advocated for more involvement of the patient ...

Abstract

Modern science and medicine have influenced the healthcare industry in many ways. Modern science believes in the intervention rather than focusing on the spiritual factors that are associated with the disease or illness. It is important that the modern medicine realizes the importance of spiritual healing. With advancements in spiritual healing over the last 3 decades, spirituality has been introduced in modern intervention. General physicians and healthcare professionals are seeking more focusing on the spiritual needs of patients. Clinical studies have found that spirituality when combined with modern medicine improves the quality of life and increases the survival rate ...

There are many facets of Europe that many foreigners find endearing and appealing: the rich culture, history, tradition, food and unchartered or undiscovered opportunities. While most find Europe the best place to travel and explore, many foreigners find the region to be filled with countless job opportunities that can help them financially and begin a new life. Although host countries, such as the members of the European Union, are open to migrants due to their contributions in their society; the high influx of migrants both illegal and legal is slightly alarming especially in the current financial crisis in the region. ...

Introduction

The introduction of banks replaced the traditional method of storing money. During the Stone Age period, human beings stored their possessions in caves and caverns. An ancient Chinese legend talked of a dragon which was the kept by villagers to guard their treasure. The banking industry replaced the need for hiring animals and soldiers to guard their possessions. The advent of banking replaced the barter trade and signaled the demise of the traditional method of keeping money. The conventional banking system was first developed in England. Banks kept equal an equivalent amount of gold or platinum with the amount of ...

Introduction

The paper focuses on the entrepreneurial profile of Oprah Winfrey, who was born in rural Mississippi. Despite their humble background, her parent was determined to educate her. She learnt to read at age three and started to show her exceptional oratory skills. She worked extremely hard toward shaping her future and won many laurels via her education. She was part of a speech team and received formal training for her communication skills. Similarly, joining the drama club helped her in developing her oratory skills. Oprah won a $1000 college scholarship, which enabled her to secure a full scholarship for higher education at ...

The Australian car industry has been experiencing a decline in sales both domestically and internationally. According to reports the continued poor performance of the industry will lead to lose of jobs with the leading car manufacturer, General Motors Holden, announcing that it is planning to lay off 400 workers. The poor performance is basically due to the high cost of production in the Australian market. As a result, to rescue the industry therefore, the government has to come in by providing subsidies (ABC News, 2013). The subsidies will help the industry survive the hard economic time it is experiencing. The high ...

Lou Gehrig's (ALS) disease is a health disorder that is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, abbreviated as ALS. The symptoms of the disease include muscles becoming smaller and weaker, and at the same time lose sustenance. Pain in the spinal cord because the disease affects parts of the spinal cord, and it is in the spinal that the nerves that nourish muscles are located. Development of hardened or scarred tissue in place of healthy nerves is also a symptom. In health care provision, there are ethical issues and principles that determine, and control actions that health care providers take in ...

LETTER OF APPEAL

Dear Sir/ Madam. RE: APPEAL FOR PLAGIARISM I am a third year part time student of admission numberwrite your number here taking a degree course in Behavioral Aspect of International Business. I am writing to appeal for plagiarism claims suspected in one of my module paper that I submitted date/ month/ year. This was the first of the three module papers that I am yet to complete before my graduation. I acknowledge there might be such suspension of plagiarism in the work I submitted due to lack of full citation and referencing in the submitted paper making it ...

Many people believe that we now live in a world where we can make decisions – women are allowed to choose if and when they want to get pregnant so they take pills to ensure they have their choice. However just like with birth control, there is a lot of debate on euthanasia. Many people are of the opinion that euthanasia should not be allowed. Euthanasia is the process of allowing someone dies willingly and has being mercy killing by many. Unfortunately it is the killing that gets many people riled up as they are of the opinion that lives should not ...

Introduction

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, it gives a horrifying count of events that Eliezer and his father underwent together with other in a concentration camp during the World War II, the autobiography and of Elie gives the terrible conditions of life in the concentration camps where prisoners of war were dehumanized and their spirits and minds reduced into animals instincts of preservation and basic rules for survival. These conditions as they are vividly described turned everyone including father and son against each other, which led to the reversal of roles. This is what happened in Ellie’s case where ...

Introduction

The development of medicine and medical care during the American civil war were significant due to its watershed impact on social and military evolution. The Civil War was the bloodiest war in the history of America, and had the war that had the most impact in the field of medicine. Civil war medical care providers such as surgeons had to learn fast and develop new techniques as the number of injured people were too high. The high number of the injured fighters included top officers and commanders in the military, which intensified and prompted the need for new developments. ...

Introduction

The goal of any form of technology is motivated by the need to create a machine or system that can perform all the duties of a human being, only more self sufficiently. The use of technology is the only way human beings can manage not to work, but continue to progress. Human beings in the most typical case are collectively lazy, and often go to great lengths avoid any real type of work. This is where the development of technology in our society has played a key role in our evolutionary success. The technology we have evolved to use help maintain a more ...

- Briefly summarize the key features of the case. A Good Death delves deep into the condition of a certain individual by the name of Martin Cavanagh who suffered from COPD and was being treated at the Dunedin Hospital in New Zealand. The documentation of the ailment and the assorted conditions which shrouded the life of this person channelizes the thought of the audience toward the associated trauma and impediments which affect the hapless patient in such cases where the contemporary health care system is not equipped enough to provide respite from the prolonged ailment. The video describes ...

Abstract

In leiu of the various reforms and proposals being undertaken to rehabilitate the ailing health care industry in the United States and elsewhere, this paper presents the benefits and advantages of succumbing to one excellently managed system of health care delivery – through a managed care health insurance plan. It is the best proposal to reform the already cost-burdened health care system of the country. This is due to the fact that with the insurance system, the government is able to reduce its spending and save trillions of money through the unification of the government sponsored Medicare and Medicaid with the ...

Introduction

Disease brings the abrupt end of Helmer’s marriage in the play ‘A Doll’s House’. The play has various characters. It has Mr. Helmer, Nora, Mrs. Linda, Dr. Rank and Krogstad as the main characters. The play contains three separate parts. In the first part, the stage conveys a positive and happy living home. Mr. Helmer’s marriage seems to be nice in the first part with limited challenges despite some hidden secrets emerging. It shows the Christmas joyous mood and buying of presents by Nina . In the second part of the play, Mr. Helmer successfully secures the ...

Abstract

Physician –assisted suicide or euthanasia, which means terminating a person’s life, painlessly, with a ‘humane’ motive of putting an end to his suffering, has been going on for centuries. Though it is practiced widely, it is a highly debated issue and there is a lot of controversy surrounding it. In some countries, it is legalized, whereas it is still considered to be illegal in many other countries. However, today, most of the population, including the society as well as physicians, are in favor of this practice. If the benefits and harms of the practice are to be weighed, practicing euthanasia seems to ...

Question 1

Introduction The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness is a story based on real life experience. It actually revolves around the life of Joel Ben who at the same time serves as the storyteller. Each chapter of the book begins with an international tales or a story or from places such as India, Middle East or China or the Chelm (Jewish town).These tales actually contribute a lot to building a good understanding of the narrator’s life. Joel shares different phases of his life as a husband, father, and cancer patient. Through his life, readers get to learn various life lessons, ...

The European Debt Crisis or the Eurozone Crisis of 2007 up to the present time is considered as one of the major declines of the European market since the inception of the European Union in 1993. What was considered an ideal move to unite the integrating the European countries into one currency, it became a disaster that has made these same integrating countries experience bankruptcy due to the depreciating rate of the Euro. Not only did the crisis escalate into financial debt and economic instability, it had also influenced as to how the European Union competes with the international market ...

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The Eurozone Debt Crisis The Eurozone crisis is essentially a problem of over-borrowing by some countries and their inability to pay these debts. These countries are unable to pay the debts because their economies are not performing well enough so government and banks cannot generate enough revenues from internal economic activities. At the same time, the collapse of some US financial institutions severely aggravated the situation. Banks and government completely lost their investments. The Eurozone crisis began as early as 2005 when some countries began having problems paying their debt from private banks. The problem escalated when some ...

The Eurozone crisis began as early as 2005. The problems were mostly related to internal economic problems mainly low productivity. The crisis took a plunge in 2008 as many financial institutions in the US—like Lehmann Brothers—collapsed. Many governments and banks lost their investments in these institutions. In turn, these governments and banks began to fail in paying for their own loans. Because they were unable to pay their debt, they could not find any source of funding so entire economies. The economic crisis was not solely the result purely of the collapse of financial institutions. Some economies— ...

When the first congress on alternative medicines was organized by the Faculty of Medicine in the University Of Rome in the year 1973; private practitioners from across the world presented more than one hundred and fifty brands of alternative medicines (Whistler 14). The congress, which sought to establish the validity and effectiveness of alternative medicines established that most of the alternative therapies were indeed functioning and that they could be tested and proven scientifically. Some of the therapies were found to be common in more than one community with most of the communities coming from the Asian continent. The ...

Abstract

Since 2007, the European markets continued to experience a decline as several European nations had felt the consequences of applying the unstable Euro into their countries that had influenced the nation’s economic instability as seen in the case of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In recent news, the European debt crisis continues to prevail as the Eurozone reaches its all-time low for the past5 years as both strong and weak European markets now enter a state of recession that affects the entire world market. With the current European Debt Crisis continuing to influence the European markets, the United States may ...

John Keynes, a reknown economist, argued that recessions are caused by the reduction of consumer demand within the economy. In his calssical understanding of recession John keynes believed that there was no way that prices and wages that are presented to labourers could be slashed in order to be able to help a given economy to be in a position to bounce back froma recession( Carbaugh 288). Keynes understanding of a recession was driven by the idea that because every participant within the economy hurts during a recession, it is not worthwhile to introduce a collective measure that would create more strain to the peiople ...

Introduction

Euthanasia is the gentle act of inducing death painlessly with the aim of reducing suffering of the patient . Debates for and against euthanasia have been going on since the early 1800’s, and they are still going on to date. Different countries have different takes and laws governing euthanasia . Despite the debates, euthanasia started being performed even before the debates started. It was supported by Seneca the Elder, Plato and Socrates in the ancient days. However, leaders such as Hippocrates were opposed to the idea of euthanasia even on those early days. Additionally, most Christians were also against the ...

According to the case study, it is evident that both Jennifer and Michael are undergoing a lot of challenges all at the same time. Stress is the physical and mental reaction in a responsive manner towards the hassles and challenges that people face in their day to day activities. It is basically a counter response to the various challenges that one faces, in an attempt to maintain the body as well as the brain at an equilibrium state.

In the case of Jennifer and Michael, the cause of stress in their life is the numerous challenges that they are going through, such ...