[U MAD BRO?] Legal Medicine Notes 2011-2012 (Prelims Ed.) I. INTRODUCTION What the hell is legal medicine‚ anyway? Legal medicine is a branch of medicine which deals with the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice. It is the application of basic and clinical‚ medical and paramedical sciences to elucidate legal matters. What is the legal basis of the inclusion of the subject “Legal Medicine” in the medical school curriculum? Sec. 6 of RA
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The kidney is made up of nephrons‚ which are a kidney’s functional units. These nephrons collect fluid filtered from the blood. The kidney connects to the renal artery‚ renal‚ vein‚ and ureter. Purified blood leaves the kidney using the renal vein‚ urine leaves using a ureter and the renal artery carries blood from the aorta to the kidney. The nephron has a cup-shaped nephric capsule that surrounds a cluster of capillaries called the glomerulus. A good deal of fluid from the blood filters into the
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Essay Final Draft Russian Traditional Medicine: Its roots‚ history and popularity in the modern world Russian culture is usually considered as the experience accumulated by Russian people from the times of ancient Rus’ through the Russian Empire and up until now. Russian culture is very rich‚ mostly by its diversity‚ as there were a lot of different nations living in one country and affecting each other. Also‚ Russian culture has always been quite open for other cultures and throughout history
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Last term our class studied Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah. It is Adeline’s story‚ about her tough and horrible childhood as a neglected and unloved daughter of a rich and arrogant man‚ and a cruel‚ and abusive Stepmother. Right from the moment her mother died‚ Adeline was labelled as ‘bad luck’. Her family was very superstitious and believed she caused her mothers death so was therefore despised‚ no one wanted her around at all. Unfortunately for Adeline she didn’t really have any parents
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”Laughter is the best medicine” – a well-known saying‚ but is it actually true? Does laughing really help? Keep that in mind for the rest of the presentation So laughter is contagious from one another. If you come to think about it‚ laughter is more contagious than any cough‚ sneeze or sniffle- of course in a good way. As we all know‚ laughter makes you happy‚ it’s really entertaining. But have you ever thought of digging deeper into the subject? Probably not. Well‚ I did. Laughter personally
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Unit 1 Responsibility‚ Accountability & Confidentiality |Q1. Define responsibility - what does it mean? | |Responsibility is an expectation to carry out your duties to the very best of your ability in accordance with your position and your | |level of training. | |Q2. Define accountability
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From Chinese Cinderella Growing up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong‚ Adeline Yen Mah should have had an enviable childhood‚ but she was rejected by her dominating stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to a boarding school and left there. In this extract from her autobiography she relates one of the few occasions when she went home. Time went by relentlessly and it was Saturday again. Eight weeks more and it would be the end of term … in my case perhaps the end of
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Hello everyone! “Laughter is the best medicine”. I am partially disagreed that laughter and humour will help me to overcome challenges‚ heal pains‚ and enhance my life. Yes‚ it is somehow may help me to reduce a bit of my stress‚ but it is not totally will overcome pains and all of the challenges. According to Harvard Health Publication by Harvard Medical School‚ laughter might contribute to some benefits for our health. Firstly‚ laughter relaxes the whole body. A good‚ hearty laugh relieves physical
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Read “Shock Medicine” in Scientific American from March 2015‚ and discuss the following questions. Submit your answers on SafeAssign by the due date specified on Blackboard. 1. Summarize reflex circuits and how the nervous system sends signals to organs. Why is the pharmaceutical industry interested in this function? Reflex circuits harmonize single organs activities‚ so you don’t have to consciously plan your heart beat and breathing. Reflex circuits are made up of neural circuits‚ which are
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FROM CHINESE CINDERELLA Adeline Yen Mah’s ‘Chinese Cinderella’ is the story of pain‚ rejection and triumph. Mental pain‚ contempt and cruelty were the harsh realities of her life. But the will to succeed and win recognition proved to be powerful motivating factors. The subtext is based in the years 1940-1950 and on memoirs of Adeline’s childhood. This extract is based on one of the few occasions when she went home. The title has a dreamy fairy tale like tone. It is used in an ironic manner and appropriately
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