Franz Kafka’s "The Country Doctor" Commentary by behnam Kafka’s story "The Country Doctor" is one of his most enigmatic‚ because it is one of his most symbolic‚ and his symbols defy easy explanation. The story opens with a kindly physician standing outside his home in "great perplexity"; his horse has died‚ and he has been summoned to see a critically-ill patient some ten miles away. The doctor’s maid has gone to try to borrow a horse‚ but he is sure she will be unsuccessful. The story is introduced
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Doctors Without Borders is a humanitarian organization that works to provide medical and mental health care during crises around the world. They are an independent organization that gets funding through various donors. The organization was founded in 1971 when two doctors and four nurses from The Red Cross set out on a mission to help others in need. Through their independent funding‚ they were able to grow and prosper and in 1991 they won the Nobel peace prize for their efforts. They have continued
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The Law of Three or The Three-Fold Law is the belief and principle on which magic is used. This is where the law relates to the use of power and energy‚ for when used‚ the power is then returned to the sender‚ three times the level it was sent out. The Rule of Three (also Three-fold Law or Law of Return) is a religious tenet. It states that whatever energy a person puts out into the world‚ be it positive or negative‚ will be returned. This is a cautionary one. It also‚ if heeded‚ keeps individuals
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Doctors Without Borders Physician: As a physician with Doctors without Borders (MSF) ‚ the day to day tasks include everything that a regular doctor would do and much more. A doctor in the middle of Uganda may‚ or may not‚ have the same supplies that a doctor in the United States will have; supplies that is available will be scarce and may require choices that need to be made when it comes to saving someone’s life. The physicians who work with MSF are on call 24/7 and may be the only medical aid
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Professionalism in the context of being a student in a doctor of physical therapy program contains promptness‚ time management‚ consistency and a great attitude. There is a famous quote by Alistair Cooke that reads "A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it." I agree with that quote because over the span of a 2-3 year doctorate program life will change and difficult circumstances can present themselves to our lives. A true professional can still remain consistent
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Doctors’ involvement in any form of healthcare is inevitable‚ which is why their opinion and occupation is crucial. In terms of sexual and reproductive healthcare‚ there is sensitivity regarding patient confidentiality‚ whether or not the doctors inform an adolescent’s parent. Issues such as STD’s‚ contraception‚ and abortion are the most common situations in which a teen desires privacy. There is controversy over what the limitations of parental involvement in sexual health care should be because
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or show‚ because even though it can have the same basic idea‚ they can be completely different. Doctor Who and Back to the Future are two of the world’s most beloved franchises‚ however‚ even though they are both based on time travel‚ they completely different but have some key similarities. Both of these franchises have a basis of time travel. Doctor Who is about an all-knowing alien named The Doctor‚ who travels through time and space in his time machine called the TARDIS. He is normally accompanied
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Some might disagree with Fadiman’s claim because they might think that it is only the doctors’ fault or only the Lees’ fault for Lia’s life. Because it a doctor’s job to take care of their patients‚ some might think that the doctors should have done better to make Lia’s life better or make communicating easier. For example‚ the Lees should have been provided with a quality interpreter so that the doctors would have better understood the Lees’ needs. On the other hand‚ it is also the parents’ job
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With doctors being too quick to go to prescription drugs‚ they do not fully consider long-term‚ and broader impacts for each and every patient. To not automatically accede to drug requests; consider nonadherence before adding drugs to the picture‚ avoid restarting previously unsuccessful drug treatment‚ discontinue treatment with unneeded medications‚ and respect patients’ reservations about drugs. This includes patients and doctors realizing a person’s health is better served by positive lifestyle
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book called The Story of Doctor Doolittle. The author of this book is Hugh Lofting. The main characters of the story are: Dr. Doolittle Chee-Chee the monkey Polynesia the parrot Crocodile Monkeys from the monkey kingdom Pushmi-pullyu Doctor Doolittle lived in Puddleby‚ England. First he was a human doctor‚ but then he changed into an animal doctor. This was because his parrot‚ Polynesia‚ gave Doctor Doolittle a book about animal languages. From this book the Doctor learns all sorts of animal
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