A Baltimore, Maryland, mom signed a school permission slip for what she thought would be a routine teeth cleaning for her son. She found out that much more happened to her 9-year-old child when he came home crying with a swollen face.…
In her essay, “Plato o Plomo,” Marie Javdani compares & contrasts the stories of two boys, whom live separately in two countries, to signify their indirect relation. The phrase “Plato o Plomo” translates to “silver or lead”, meaning that peasants of South America can either accept a bribe & live (silver) or take a bullet & die (lead). Eric, an American boy, & Miguel, a Colombian, are both out on the road on a Friday night, but their intentions are entirely different. After scoring drugs, Eric whistles while walking down his street to meet up with his friends for “a bit of fun.” Miguel creeps down the road in his village, praying for the last time in his life; he to be murdered by the guerillas who have been threatening him & his father. The two stories of both Eric & Miguel begin to unite as Javdani narrates the cause & effect of America & Colombia, showing how choices made in the U.S. can affect the harsh realities of Colombia’s drug cartel.…
It is time for your yearly check up at the dentist to clean and polish your teeth. How do you react? Are you scared to go? You may be thinking about your last trip to the dentist where they poked and picked you with needles. They left you with your teeth hurting and gums swollen. They may have even had to give you a shot in your gums to numb your mouth and you couldn’t talk without spitting everywhere. You are dreading this trip and don’t want to go. You ask yourself, “Is this really going to help me?” Even though going to the dentist may be painful, it does keep your mouth healthy, which is important to live a healthy life. This is what dental hygienist do. Dental hygienists keep patients teeth and gums clean, access patient’s…
The Dominican Republic of the mid 1950’s reflected on all horrible events a dictator . can bring. Dictator Rafael Trujillo worked his way up and caused his people great fear. Lord Acton once said, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Trujillo’s abuse of power caused him to become a corrupt man. In the novel In the Time of Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez, Trujillo’s abuse of power created loss of many substantial rights for the people of the Dominican Republic including loss of freedom of speech, loss of women rights, and loss of prisoner’s rights which proved that Trujillo was a bad man.…
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” (Andre Gide) In the novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, written by Julia Alvarez, four sisters are led through a risk infested journey in which they must overcome hindrances with hollow consequences. This historical fiction novel takes us through a rollercoaster of events, incorporating everything from the partialities towards women, to life below the oppressive administration of the Dominican Republic’s dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The events painted by the four sisters give us some insight as to the positives and negatives of life in the Dominican Republic. As the novel progresses, we see the diversity in relation to the sisters’ personalities, each of whom is fueled by a different cause. Julia Alvarez uses reproving diction in the quote, “His own terror was a window that opened onto the rotten weakness at the heart of Trujillo’s system…” (Alvarez 278) to exemplify the major theme of authoritarianism; and specifically through the three phrases, “terror”, “weakness,” and “rotten system,” we are able to visualize Trujillo’s iniquitous use of fear, his exploitation of power, and the major flaws in his system, respectively, which all can be tied back to the principal theme of authoritarianism.…
Following a horrific shooting of the towns sheriff by Lupito, a damaged and disturbed returning Mexican G.I. – Antonio witnesses Lupito’s own murder on the river by his father, and a group of towns men seeking vengeance for the senseless murder of the sheriff by Lupito. Here, Antonio sees how Narciso, the town drunk is kinder even than his own father, as Narciso tries to prevent the group of men from killing Lupito – but fails.…
In attempt to examine the patient, the doctor acted extremely unprofessionally. The doctor was very forceful and harsh. When the young patient wouldn't allow the doctor to look into her throat, the doctor forced the wooden tongue depressor between her teeth, and the patient broke the tongue depressor. The doctor at that point had become violent, and decided upon continuing the examination with additional power towards the young patient. While the young patients' mouth was bleeding because of the broken wooden depressor, the doctor forced the handle…
In anthropological discussions it has been said that cultures are never separate, pure objects, but rather are shaped and interact with the forces around them. Latin America is more than evincive of this, but also serves as a warning, with the violence caused by the conquistadors embodied in the construction and language, and the eternal aftermath reverberating in the collective memory of society (Shelton, 2007).…
There are many definitions of the word power, but Merriam Webster dictionary provides the best explanation of what the dentist does in “One of these days” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines power as the ability to produce an effect on someone or something. The story “One of theses days” is a story about a dentist not wanting to work on a corrupt mayor but being forced to work on him. While working on his mouth the dentist uses this opportunity to hurt the mayor as a sort of revenge for the mayor being corrupt and hurting people the dentist cares about. The dentist in “One of these days” uses his power to produce an effect of pain on the mayor to make the mayor feel the pain that he has caused the dentist those…
The Neighborhood newspaper article, “Amputation Mishap; Negligence”, describes an incident where a 62-year-old man had the wrong leg amputated in surgery. The man suffers from diabetes, which has led to poor circulation in his leg, requiring surgery. The man woke up after surgery to find that the wrong leg was amputated. The newspaper article also states that the hospital has been suffering from a nursing shortage and union problems.…
A patient arrives in your chair, and tells you that his lower left molar has been keeping him up at night, hurting. However, he does not want a “x-ray” because his finances are scarce. It is important to let your patient know that the dentist, under the guidance from the Oregon Board of Dentistry, cannot diagnose the problem, or perform any treatment without a radiograph.…
Confused by a repeating dream, Joseph Benson wakes up and realizes the wrong leg was amputated. Even under the best of circumstances, mishaps such as this one do occur as a result of negligence and cause unnecessary duress to patients. This paper will discuss the difference between negligence, gross negligence, and malpractice. I will present my opinion of the article “Amputation Mishap; Negligence” from the Neighborhood newspaper. I will also discuss the importance of documentation as it relates to ethical and legal requirements, and the ethical principles that would guide my practice as a nurse in this situation.…
There are only a few things said about the Mayor in “One of These Days.” You sort of have to look at the few things that are said and done to him, to realize that he is not a very likeable person. When, the Mayor tells the dentist’s son that his tooth needs to be pulled, the dentist, Aurelio, replies by saying, “Tell him I’m not here” (693). If the Mayor was someone that was liked, chances are Aurelio would not have made an excuse to not be of service to him. When the son informs the Mayor about what was said, he makes it a point to tell the son that if Aurelio does not take out his tooth, “…he’ll shoot you” (694), this is in reference to Aurelio. Eventually Aurelio does pull the Mayor’s tooth, but while getting ready to pull the tooth, anesthesia free, Aurelio tells him, “Now you’ll pay for our twenty dead men” (694). Automatically you can start to assume the Mayor must have been some kind of dictator or controller and that Aurelio only agreed to pull his tooth because he wanted to inflict pain on him.…
Reflection: The author begins the story by describing the main character, Aurelio Escovar. He is a dentist, and supposedly a professional, yet the author depicts him as poor and unprofessional, wearing ‘a collarless striped shirt, closed at the neck with a golden stud, and pants held up by suspenders’. The author describes Aurelio as ‘erect and skinny, with a look that rarely corresponded to the situation, the way deaf people have of looking’, which totally does not fit with his profession of a dentist. From the above description, we can clearly infer that Aurelio is not a powerful man in this town; also, later in the story, we see that his office is poorly supplied and dirty, which is a sign of poverty.…
The doctor is to be judged on the state of knowledge at the time of the incident.…