I recently saw a young 18-year-old female in my clinic who was seeking pain medications for abdominal pain. Her urine pregnancy test was positive. The moment I told her the results‚ the patient was in tears. She broke down and told me that she was addicted to opiate pain medications. She was suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms and did not know what to do. She said that her father left the family when she was 9 and her mother died from an overdose last year. She did not have a job‚ nor had
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Representative Michael Oxley drafted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or "SOX" in 2002 in order to curb the incidence of corporate fraud. The “Act” was signed into law on July 30th 2002 by President George W. Bush with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in the financial markets; and after enacting “the Act”‚ neither Sarbanes or Oxley would run for re-election in the 2006 elections (Jahmani & Dowling‚ 2008). The intent of the SOX Act was to protect investors‚ and any other stakeholders in
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Texts that challenge my view of the world • Pauline Hanson’s speech • Montana 1948 Challenge the view of the world by: • Racism‚ anti-multiculturalism • Abuse of power‚ politically How do two texts challenge your view of the world? It is evident that in the 21st century‚ racism and political abuse of power from one ethnic group to another is languished. We live in a multicultural society – Australia’s foundation is built upon different racial groups. It is normal that in everyday life‚ we see
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Option 2 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed‚ in effort‚ to protect the hiring rights of disabled persons in the workforce. It sought to make the bigotry and prejudice that faced disabled people in the hiring process illegal and‚ also‚ to lesson the economic burden put on firms to accommodate disabled persons needs in the office by making it illegal to refuse to hire and accommodate to save money. The logic was that if all businesses must‚ then no business can gain a competitive
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According to Republic Act 5173‚ to ensure all safe passage of all vessels and watercrafts thru all navigable waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Philippines‚ the construction of all bridges over navigable waters has to be referred to the PCG for issuance of appropriate clearance‚ particularly confirming that the structure would not be hazardous to navigation. In addition to Republic Act 5173‚ the navigational span of the bridge should be provided in a way that it does not
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Faith is a 19yo‚ G1 P0‚ who was seen for an ultrasound evaluation to complete the full fetal anatomy assessment. The patient has a history of type 2 diabetes in the past and previously took metformin but is not on any medication currently and did have a normal hemoglobulin A1C of 4.4 in July. She also has a history of chronic HTN but is currently not on medication. Her BP was normal today at 134/76. She was unable to leave us a urine sample to check for glucose or protein. She has a history of
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111TH CONGRESS " 2d Session LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL ! PRINT 111–1 COMPILATION OF PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT [As Amended Through May 1‚ 2010] INCLUDING PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HEALTH-RELATED PORTIONS OF THE HEALTH CARE EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010 AND PREPARED BY THE Office of the Legislative Counsel FOR THE USE OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 2010 June 9‚ 2010 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:17 Jun 09‚ 2010 Jkt 000000 PO
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Kristine Kim CPSP119F 11 February 2013 This case study focused on the millions of deaths caused by diarrheal disease in Egypt. It was recorded that in 1977‚ was found that in Egypt this disease was the cause of half of all infant deaths. Diarrheal disease results in dehydration which greatly contributes to those high mortality rates. The National Control of Diarrheal Disease Project of Egypt was created to promote the usage of oral rehydration salts which can reverse dehydration. This program
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police security issues instead of focussing on crime within areas. The Group Areas Act‚ Act No 41 of 1950 – assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas. An effect of the law was to prevent non-whites from living in the most developed areas. The law led to the forced removal of non-whites from homes located in areas designated for whites. The implementation of the Group Areas Act was phased in over four decades. The last recorded forced removals through
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side of the world. Technology has improved and scientists are trying to join it with health care systems and they came up with great good devices so it made it simpler. New heath care technology is still doing a good job but people are demanding for more so they developed their care systems into applications in phones. Patients like to have some privacy and security and it’s a top priority to secure their health information. Security is
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