ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY “Should the State legalize the use of marijuana for medical treatment purposes?” 1. Trossman‚ Susan RN (2006). Rx for Medical Marijuana? : Promoting research on and acceptance of this treatment option for patient. [Miscellaneous Article] Vol. 106 Issue 4 Page 77. AJN American Journal of Nursing. Susan promotes and publicize advances in clinical research. Her opinion and thoughts does not conflict medical science not to put her practice away but to be the face of the campaign
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the treatment of the following conditions: AIDS. Marijuana can reduce the nausea‚ vomiting‚ and loss of appetite caused by the ailment itself and by various AIDS medications. Observational research has found that by relieving these side effects‚ medical marijuana increases the ability of patients to stay on life-extending treatment. (See also CHRONIC PAIN below.) HEPATITIS C. As with AIDS‚ marijuana can relieve the nausea and vomiting caused by treatments for hepatitis C. In a study published
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states permit residents to grow and possess marijuana plants in their homes (Robinson‚ 2017). Marijuana is growing in popularity with users and politicians‚ due to amount of tax revenue generated through its sales. Since 2012‚ Washington state’s non-medical marijuana dispensaries have totaled over one billion dollars in sales (Robinson‚ 2017). This question we need to examine is how the legalization‚
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Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the lives of many beyond the point of death. Death in recent times‚ often esures a long painful fall where on looses control both physically and emotionally. Some people accept that modern technology buys them time. While others find the loss of control frightening. They want their relatives to remember them as they were and not as a life prolonged by machines. Some people rather die than to live in pain. The demand for assisted suicides
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is a branch of the governemt who evaluate laws‚ clarifies laws‚ resolves disagreements and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. According to Dana C. McWay‚ there are four elemens a AAG must show to succesed in a negligence clain for medical malpractice. The first element to provide is the “a duty of care is owed to the patient”( MacWay‚ 2016 ). This means the health care provider have the duty and responsible for provideding treatment or care to patient (Baranoski &
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due to the benefits and progress it allows in medicine and cosmetic areas. Experimenting on animals has contributed to the creation of many treatments and cures used these days. According to California Biomedical Research Association‚ almost every medical breakthrough in the last century has involved experimenting with animals in some way. Various medicines‚ such as insulin‚ were a product of research through animal testing. Diseases like brain injuries‚ malaria‚ childhood leukemia‚ breast cancer‚
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The legalization of Marijuana for medical purposes or even entirely has been hotly debated for some time now. More and more states are passing voter approved bills to legalize the cultivation and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. One‚ state‚ Colorado has even legalized it completely. The legalization of marijuana for medical purposes is in the best interest of the people of the United States. The use of medical marijuana is much more effective and much less toxic to the body than many
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Brandon Smith Professor Gregor ENGL 1102 21 April 2014 Legalization of Marijuana: the financial‚ social‚ medical‚ and political benefits. The legalization of marijuana has been a topic of debate for many years. This may be because of the cultural diversity that the United States of America is known for. Recently‚ bills were passed in Colorado and Washington to implement the legalization and regulation of recreational marijuana use. These events along with the ever growing popularity of the
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for coding purposes must be assigned based on medical record documentation. A physician may be queried when documentation is ambiguous‚ incomplete‚ or conflicting. The queried documentation must be a permanent part of the medical record. The objective of the cases and scenarios reproduced in this publication is to provide practice in assigning correct codes‚ not necessarily to emulate complete coding‚ which can be achieved only with the complete medical record. For example‚ the reader may be asked
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Stryker Medical Introduction The meteoric rise of the Stryker brand of ambulance stretchers is due to the outstanding quality and service Stryker provided versus its competitors. Brand loyalty interview: the brand and its competition I interviewed Pat Crowe assistant Director of Cheboygan Life Support Systems Inc. He has been a paramedic for over twenty years. When he started working as an emergency medical technician in the late eighties each ambulance
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