a passage from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a well-known English writer‚ the author wrote his “Doctor” series‚ which is noted for description of medical student’s years of professional training. The present extract touches upon the final examinations of medical students. The text under analysis belong to the psychological type and description type as it is concerned mainly with the emotional actions of the characters. The subject-matter of this text is about sitting for examinations
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Text Analysis “Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in
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THE FIVE STATUTORY PRINCIPLESThe five principles are outlined in the Section 1 of the Act. These are designed to protect people who lack capacity to make particular decisions‚ but also to maximise their ability to make decisions‚ or to participate in decision-making‚ as far as they are able to do so. There is a lot of detail in the MCA but there are some key principles that are important to understand. 1 All adults have the right to make decisions for themselves unless it can be shown that they
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He is most famous for his “Doctor” series‚ where he describes different things concerning with the medicine. It is necessary to mention that such things are close to him because he took up the medicine. His literary contribution is great because his “Doctor” series are very popular. They are even screened. As for me I have already heard about this author but haven’t read his works before/ And after reading this text I have become interested with his works. So this text is about terrible feelings
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Under our study the passage of the story ’Doctor in the house’ written by a famous British writer and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal of the 20 th century Richard Gordon who worked also as a ship’s surgeon‚ but left his medical practice in 1952. The story ’Doctor in the house’ is one of Gordon’s twelve ’Doctor’ books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s years of professional training. ’Doctor in the house’ is not really intriguing title for the story‚ but
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Doctors of the Holocaust The Holocaust was one of the most inhumane genocides in history. Millions were killed in concentration camps by gas chambers and crematoria; others died in combat trying to fight the Nazi regime. But there were some who died more horrid deaths at the hands of Nazi doctors in the camps. These doctors would perform experiments meant to mutilate and cause intense pain for the victims. Many of the Nazi physicians were captured‚ while others fled before the liberation of camps
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How does Shakespeare portray Lady Macbeth’s state of mind in her first speech (“The raven was hoarse…”) and how does the speech relate to the plays concerns with ambition? Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy (Act I scene 5 lines 37-52) provides a vivid insight into her twisted state of mind as she creates initial plans to murder Duncan in order to fulfill the prophecy the witches made and have Macbeth become the King. The first lines of the speech reveal her first dark thoughts on killing Duncan. “The
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Understanding the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) assesses the degree that quantitative variables are linearly related in a sample. Each individual or case must have scores on two quantitative variables (i.e.‚ continuous variables measured on the interval or ratio scales). The significance test for r evaluates whether there is a linear relationship between the two variables in the population. The appropriate correlation coefficient depends
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King Lear by Shakespeare Act 5 Timeline Scene 1 1. Regan asks Edmund if he loves Goneril‚ she’s jealous 2. Albany takes part with Edmund‚ Regan‚ and Goneril against the French invasion 3. Edgar gives Albany in which Goneril asks Edmund to kill Albany 4. Edgar tells Albany to sound the trumpet in order to call him to fight Edmund Scene 2 5. The battle begins 6. Edgar (peasant disguise) leads Gloucester to shelter of a tree and goes to fight on Lear’s side in battle 7. Albany’s army took
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visit: www.pearsoned.co.uk/albaum ISBN: 978-0-273-71390-6 Pearson Education Limited 2008 Lecturers adopting the main text are permitted to download and photocopy the manual as required. Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies around the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk ---------------------------------This edition published 2008 © Pearson Education Limited 2008 The rights of Gerald Albaum and Edwin Duerr
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