Academic papers on Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

An Argument for Active Euthanasia For People With Fatal Diseases
A 5 page overview of the issues surrounding euthanasia. Provides a brief background of the practice and distinguishes between active and passive euthanasia. Suggests that death is a right, not a privilege to be withheld by either medical staff or...
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Breast Cancer and Hormone Replacement Therapy
This 20 page report discusses the fact that postmenopausal estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) has been repeatedly linked with breast cancer. Some studies show no increased risk for breast cancer. Others suggest there may be a slight increased...
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Diabetic Eye Disease: Psychosocial Impact
10 pages in length. Diabetes is perhaps one of the most debilitating and dangerous diseases known to mankind; however, it is just as silent and invisible as a burglar in the dead of night. This chronic disease can affect anyone at any time of his...
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Canine Oral Spirochetes
A 12 page overview of canine oral spirochetes, concentrating on Treponema denticola, Treponemapectinovorum, and Treponema maltophilum. Notes that although oral microflora cannot be held solely responsible for the presence or absence of periodontal...
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Lower Back Pain And Chiropractic Care
5 pages in length. Chiropractic lends itself to addressing spinal misalignment
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Cataract Surgery
A 12 page survey of today's cataract surgery and the health promotion opportunity it presents. This is one of the oldest surgical repairs and one that formerly required a good deal of recuperation time. Advances in technique have served not only...
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Cataract Surgery: A Description of the History, Surgical Techniques, and Postoperative Concerns
An 11 page discussion of the evolution and contemporary state of cataract surgery. Describes the procedure in detail, distinguishing between extracapsular surgery and phacoemulsification. Reviews the potential complications of the procedure and...
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The Evolution of Nursing Equality
A 7 page discussion of the change in nursing roles which have been experienced over the last one-hundred years. Compares the status of women in nursing with their status in other occupations. Notes the initial perception of a nurse as an inferior...
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Hildegard Peplau's Theory of Interpersonal Relations
An 8 page discussion of the background and implications of this theory. Contends that this theory is directly relational to all of the metaparadigms of nursing: to the more commonly recognized metaparadigms of person, environment, nursing, and...
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Community Assessment Based on the Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory: Implications for Atlantic County, New Jersey
A 7 page overview of the concerns of a community assessment for health care concerns. Uses Atlantic County New Jersey as an example of a community with a number of health care concerns which are important in the self-care deficit theory. Provides...
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Skin Cancer And Exposure To The Sun
This 6 page paper provides an overview of the relationship between exposure to the sun and the development of skin cancer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Effects of Volatile Anesthetics on G Proteins
This 12 page report discusses the effects of volatile (inhalation) anesthetics on G-proteins. G proteins are a key to the chemical
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Public Health Nursing's Role in Preventing and Treating Chlamydia
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the disease as well as the public health nurse's role in campaigns against the illness. Campaigns in various countries are explored. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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How Valium Is Used to Treat Anxiety Disorders
This 11 page paper applauds this vilified drug by looking into pharmacological aspects. Many details of the drug are outlined, including dosage information, side effects and contraindications. Anxiety disorders are defined and the thesis that...
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Coping With Breast Cancer
6 pages in length. One might readily surmise that myriad breast cancer patients have significant difficulty coping within their situation, no matter if they are long-time survivors or in the midst of treatment. In order to meet the needs of this...
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