In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Anne Fadiman narrates the story of Lia‚ a Hmong girl suffering from epilepsy who was surrounded by challenges due to conflicting viewpoints of her parents and her health care providers. For the Hmong people‚ epileptic seizures are viewed as a positive trait; those people who suffered from seizures are attributed to be a “twix neeb”‚ or “a person with a healing spirit” (Fadiman‚ 1997‚ pg. 21). Lia’s parents—Foau and Nao Kao (the Lees)—considered her condition
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and could decriminalize the drugs for patients who seek its medicinal purpose. Through vigorous evaluation and study marijuana has been proven to treat the symptoms of AIDS/HIV‚ Alzheimer’s disease‚ Arthritis‚ Asthma/breathing disorders‚ Glaucoma‚ Epilepsy‚ Migraines‚ nausea due to Chemotherapy‚ Tourette syndrome and Psychological conditions. There are numerous positive effects that medicinal marijuana has on all of the illnesses that are listed. For example marijuana primary benefit for patients
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Decision Making essay Care Scenario 1 for Summative Assignment (Sept 2011 Intake) You are to write a 3 000 word (+/- 10% excluding reference list) essay reflecting on the decision making involved in the assessment and delivery of care related to the scenario below. In your work you need to draw on the theoretical perspectives explored during the module so that the learning outcomes are met. The nurse’s role will be an important focus but you need to demonstrate understanding of the importance
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RUNNING HEAD: THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN 1 THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN COLL 100 Judith Levin THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN 2 A question that has commonly been asked amongst this generation‚ are you a right brained thinker or left brained thinker? It has been more and more about in the past half a century for psychologists
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Being Human and Self-Awareness Throughout the entirety of The Tell Tale Brain the author‚ V.S Ramachandran makes distinct points regarding what makes humans‚ well human. He describes this determining factor as self-awareness. In his book he points out that self-awareness not only makes us human but also wants us to be more. Essentially‚ it makes us always want to be better than what we are and‚ as humans‚ this is unique to only us. Ramachandran defines self-awareness as “This aspect of the self
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abilities‚ and understanding of the culture they were surrounded by and the rationalized facts that Western medicine and its culture provide bring us to the borderland of the two. When these two cultures meet Lia’s life is put in danger‚ not only by epilepsy and septic shock‚ but also by the conflicts between her parents and doctors. Lia’s life depended on the realities of the two cultures to act together in harmony to bring her health and happiness. The mutual misunderstanding of the two failed to
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Case Database: Loss of self-control Case Facts Legal point Clinton (2012) D suffered from depression. Was on medication. Killed his wife. Found out she was having affair. V taunted D about committing suicide. V&D argued. Convicted of murder. Appealed on basis of loss of self-control. Should have been left to the jury. CA quashed the conviction and agreed. Dawes and Others (2013) D found his wife and V asleep on the sofa‚ legs entwined. Was altercation. D stabbed V‚ killing
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Endocannabinoids (found in the mammalian body) and Plant Cannabinoids (found in THC in plants). 2) What can Marijuana treat? (Wikipedia Medical Cannabis‚ n.d.‚ Pg. 3) * Crones Disease‚ Glaucoma‚ Anorexia Nervosa‚ Huntington’s Disease‚ Arthritis‚ Epilepsy‚ Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome‚ Distoria‚ A.I.D.S.‚ H.I.V.‚ Menstrual Cramps‚ Digestive Diseases‚ Cancer‚ Alzheimer’s Disease‚ Appetite Stimulant‚ Anxiety‚ P.M.S.‚ Pruritus‚ Leukemia‚ Methicillin- Resistant Disease‚ Tourette Syndrome‚ Multiple Syntosis
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Jannys Ramos Lambert Professor Joe McDade English Composition 2 11 November 2014 Marijuana is a drug that people love and may hate. Weed produces a pleasurable feeling too many people and to others it produces relief. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) the ingredient in marijuana that produces the high‚ remains in the body for 2 to 4 weeks (Cary‚ 2006) Marijuana impairs attention and coordination and slows reaction time‚ and these effects make operating complex machinery such as an automobile dangerous
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