Radiation Therapy What is radiation therapy? According to wikipedia Radiation therapy discovered in 1889 also known as radiotherapy‚ radiation oncology‚ or XRT‚ is the medical use of ionizing radiation as a part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells. Radiotherapy may be used for curative or adjuvant cancer treatment‚ with curative being the cure and adjuvant being additional treatment. Radiation therapy can also be used as palliative treatment‚ which is where a cure is not possible and
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Therapy and laughter is something that is rarely or never think of the global community. In the dictionary‚ the definition of therapy is "an effort to restore the health of the sick." therapy is a treatment that is very serious and requires the expertise of certain individuals to overcome. After all‚ people enter a therapy for a serious cause‚ often at critical times in their lives. There are many different types of therapy we generally known as Crystal and Gemstone therapy‚ Aromatherapy‚ Pet
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the old courthouse and snacks will be served after each meeting. I have chosen this particular population because I watched how my own divorce affected my children. Had I known then what I know now about the benefits of therapy for adolescents I would have sought therapy to help them cope with this devastatingly life altering event. Establishing the parameters of confidentiality between the adolescents‚ their parents‚ and other individuals within the group will be set forth from the onset of the
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Humanistic therapy is the therapy used in humanism psychologists in order to treat a patient. Some psychologists started to disagree about the explanation of personality by the precedents psycho-theories. Because the theories ignore the qualities that make us unique to the other animal. Some of these psychologists started a humanism school. Humanism theory is started my Maslow and developed by Rogers. The humanism psychologists claimed to be the 3rd force after the behaviourism and psychoanalysis
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In his article Effectiveness of Talk Therapy‚ Benedict Carey states that antidepressant drugs and talk therapies are modestly effective‚ and the combination is better than either approach alone. However‚ for those who do well or fully recover‚ psychotherapy‚ particularly cognitive behavior therapy‚ seems to be most effective in cutting the risk for a relapse long-term. The researchers found that thirteen of the funded studies against talk therapy were completed but never published‚ usually because
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Reality Therapy “If you want to change attitudes‚ start with a change in behavior”. William Glasser (b. 1925) William Glasser‚ an american citizen born in Ohio began his psychological career in 1948 with the intension of becoming a psychiatrist‚ but later turned his interests to developing what is best known today as ‘Reality Therapy’ (1962). Glasser leads us to believe that it is best to talk to the sane part of clients‚ not their disturbed side. The here and now. He stressed that clients must
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Future of Respiratory Therapy By entering the field of respiratory therapy‚ one is entering a growing field of opportunity. There are continually emergent job opportunities in this field whereas there is also a rise of growth in the technology and developments in the field such as medicines‚ techniques‚ and other aspects. Respiratory therapy refers to both a subject area within clinical medicine and to a distinct health care profession. During the 20th century‚ there were many health care fundamental
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either tacitly or overtly. “We knew that by asking questions we could help people access and relive “resourceful” experiences.” (Freedman & Combs‚ 1996‚ p. 116). It is these backgrounded stories which need to be recalled to allow for different and better versions of life to emerge‚ which until now has not lisped a single syllable. Thus‚ when counselors ask
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workplace. Throughout the U.S.‚ workplace injuries occur on a daily basis. This has been an issue in the workforce for many years and is still an ongoing issue. Are there laws that protect employees from an unsafe work environment; what is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); and how did the labor unions affect the law? In this paper these following questions will be addressed‚ as well as the background and driving force of OSHA. Definition of the OSHA Law According to the OSHA website
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Morse and Field observed that the impact of animal-assisted therapy on patients could be described by eight themes: motivation increases with animal interaction; patients benefit physically from animal interventions; reminiscence and alertness are promoted by interactions with animals; AAT enhances emotional well-being; improved social interaction was observed during AAT sessions; AAT presents opportunities for nurturing; patients partake in animal caretaking responsibilities; AAT creates a comfortable
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