high risk of contamination of food by customers when they pick up their food. These are all possible reasons leading to the outbreak of food poisoning in Regal Kowloon Hotel. Based on the foregoing causes‚ some tactics can be used to eliminate or prevent the food poisoning outbreak in the future. First of all‚ when the person in charge of purchasing of a restaurant is buying high-risk foods likes pre-prepared sushi‚ sashimi and oysters‚ he/she need to make sure the foods are supplied from licensed
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Suicide Risk Assessment We have all felt down in the dumps‚ or blue at some stage in our lives‚ being or feeling depressed‚ but it’s when those feelings of depression creep into our lives enough to interfere with how we are‚ being able to disrupt us living our lives‚ interfering with our daily functions‚ then we have symptoms of a mental illness known as clinical depression. 19 million Americans are estimated to suffer from depression every year‚ and anyone can suffer from depression having nothing
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Assisted suicide is the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable disease‚ affected by the taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for this purpose. I am neither for nor against because I see the pros and cons on this topic‚ which puts me on the fence. Although if I had to choose a side I would say I am more leaning towards being for assisted suicide. There are times where assisted suicide is acceptable and there are times where it is not. All in all‚ assisted suicide depends on the situation
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depression and suicide been taken seriously. Depression is an illness that involves the body‚ mood and thoughts. Depression affects the way a person eats and sleeps‚ feels about themselves‚ and the way they think of the things around them. It comes as no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman‚ 1995). Teen suicide has more than
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Assisted suicide Assisting a suicide is in itself another form of suicide in which a person decides if wants to end his life but cannot do it alone for lack of means to suicide. Normally in assisted suicide‚ the individual is too sick‚ even almost paralyzed‚ so the person has to ask someone’s help to achieve the goal. Then‚ this person is who gives aid drugs or equipment to commit suicide. Thus‚ assisting a suicide - to maliciously incite a mentally ill person to act on his self-destructive impulses
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ending someone’s life. These group of people also say‚ that patient should not be allowed to decide when‚ where and how their live should end. They also think like this because of the pain that is left because of losing a loved one. For those reasons‚ these people say assisted suicide should be illegal and should always be maintained illegal. In the article “Right to Die” shows how
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As physician assisted suicide is becoming legal in a growing amount of states such as Oregon‚ Washington‚ and Vermont; patients are being guided to their death with dignity. If physician assisted suicide is left illegal in the remaining states‚ we will continue to see a high amount of terminally ill patients begging for a better option. In the state of Oregon‚ during the ten years since they have implemented physician assisted suicide there number of successful deaths has grown. More precise statistics
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On the Moral Permissiveness of Suicide Euthanasia and suicide have a long history of producing polarized opinions. Although neither explicitly used the word euthanasia‚ eighteenth-century philosophers David Hume and Immanuel Kant’s opposed views on the morality of suicide pertain greatly to the modern debate. It is safe to say‚ when considering the arguments proposed by either philosopher‚ that David Hume would be greatly in favour whereas Kant would be vehemently opposed. Both philosophers use
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Physician-Assisted Suicide An estimated 40-70% of patients die in pain‚ another 50-60% die feeling short-of-breath. “The way I see it; our greatest prejudice is against death. It spans age‚ gender and race. We spend immeasurable amounts of energy fighting an event that will eventually triumph. Though it is noble not to give in easily‚ the most alive people I’ve ever met are those who embrace their death. They love‚ laugh and live more fully.” …by Andy Webster‚ Hospice Chaplain
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that physician-assisted suicide is a humane and ethical solution to the suffering of the terminally ill? Is one acknowledging their life’s value by having another person doom them to their death? Two esteemed physicians‚ Dr. Laurence Hartmann and Dr. Jack Kevorkian have both suggested that there should be no negative effects to having a physician assist in one’s suicide. When it comes to the topic of physician-assisted suicide‚ many readily agree that physician-assisted suicide is a very controversial
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