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Counselors
<view this essay>.... ofren find
themselves in the midsyt of some change they do not understand or over which
they have little control. In its most general form, counseling provides a
context for such change. How to evplain any change, how to assess its direction
or to predictg irs effects, and how to understand the meaning any change may
have for the client are questions the effective counselor must ask.
The counselor relies on the concepts of human development to assess the
client's level of functioning and uses different developmental theories as
lenses through which to view the client. The professional counselor appreciates
that people are different but users knowledg .....
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The Ebola Virus
<view this essay>.... painful, often lethal symptoms.
The Ebola virus is a member of a family of RNA viruses known as ‘
Filoviriade' and falling under one genus, ‘Filovirus'. "The Ebola virus and
Marburg virus are the two known members of the Filovirus family" (Journal of the
American Medical Association 273: 1748). Marburg is a relative of the Ebola
virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston,
and Ebola Tai. Each is named after the geographical location in which it was
discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what
kill victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's
Medical, Nursing, and Al .....
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Medical Uses Of Marijuana
<view this essay>.... as "hoax referendums," and insisted that voters had been "duped" by deceitful ad campaigns whose real intent was to legalize drugs. Attorney General Janet Reno announced that prescribing or recommending marijuana was still a violation of federal law, and that any doctors who did so could be prosecuted and lose their license to prescribe all drugs regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
However, the medical use of marijuana has been gaining respectability. Several states have research programs of their own and some governors, including Republican William Weld of Massachusetts, openly endorse medical legalization. The editor of the pre .....
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RU-486 The New Abortion Pill: How Safe Is It?
<view this essay>.... terminate ectopic pregnancy (pregnancies that the fertilized eggs grow outside of the uterus). Misoprostal causes uterine contractions and is sometimes used off-label to soften cervix when inducing labor.
RU-486 was first promoted as a “morning after pill” to be used after unprotected sex. It was discovered that it was not effective early in the pregnancy before the progesterone levels had reached a critical threshold. The drug’s first large testing has only been under way in France and England. The massive field trail has involved dating more than 100,000 women.
The creator of RU-486 is Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu. He made this for the French pharmaceutical com .....
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Different Life Crises Have Different Impacts
<view this essay>.... past experience with similar situations, and the duration of the crisis situation. I propose to focus specifically on the life crises with which the elderly population faces, notably the loss of a spouse or companion, retirement, and contending with a terminal illness. Through examining the latter crises and their potential to influence the health of an elderly individual, I expect to learn of means by which the elderly may give way to in order not to become overwhelmed with the changes.
. In many cases, however, it may be possible to anticipate crises and prepare for them. It may also be useful to recognize the impact of crises that have occurred so t .....
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Plagues And Epidemics
<view this essay>.... and Jews (proposed by both
groups)." (H p2) The point is, someone was to blame even when the obvious
reasons, flea ridden rats, were laying dead on the streets. As time progressed
to the twentieth century, there have been few if any exceptions made to this
phenomena. In the case of Oran, the people raced to find a culprit for the
sudden invasion of their town, which became the unrepentant man. This is one of
Camus’ major themes; The way a society deals with an epidemic is to blame it one
someone else. Twenty years ago, when AIDS emerged in the US, homosexual men
became the target of harsh and flagrant discrimination, and even today are still
held accountable .....
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Euthanasia
<view this essay>.... dependent on those who care for them. This is rare though. I believe that life is precious and is worth fighting for. I am glad that assent-suicide is a crime in most places, including here. The word comes for a Greek word meaning literally “good death.” “Disconnecting respiratory devices is not a acceptable method of . It causes the patient to starve for oxygen and gasp for it, but when he/she cannot breathe, the body is starved for oxygen and suffocates. This is not merciful by any means, ().”
There is also another point that has to be looked at which is future medical advances. It would reduce pressure on scientists to come up with cures and symptom .....
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Nutrition In Schools
<view this essay>.... school lunches have 65 percent more sodium and saturated fat than the department recommends for a healthy diet (Meyer&Conklin,1998).
More children then ever are suffering from obesity at the school because of the poor food choices offered to them, such as an abundance of fried foods. Students that spoke at a USDA and Senate hearing complained of school lunches regularly consisting of, "greasy cheeseburgers and tater tots or french fries. Another student held up a napkin soaked with grease from a piece of pizza served at his school! Other students complained about canned vegetables being drenched in butter(Norvell, 1995).
Many of the school meals s .....
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