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    Medical Tourism

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    Medical tourism Indian Medical Travel: A Priority Sector The Indian economy’s steady growth rate is also being reflected in the Indian healthcare and medical travel industry. Healthcare and medical health travel are priority areas for India‚ and the government has increased its budgetary outlay for medical travel and foreign investment.  Customs duties on the import of medical equipment have been slashed‚ and special incentives are being offered for future private healthcare facilities.  Government

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    THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT Samuel Crosby II Liberty University Abstract There are many different theories on how to keep recidivism rates from increasing‚ thus preventing crime. Studies do not show that incarceration can accomplish this task alone; however‚ there is empirical evidence that supports the idea of implementing effective correctional treatment to reduce the recidivism rates. There are conflicting opinions that show a discrepancy

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    Medical Racism

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    Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism‚ the author discusses the predisposed racial thinking in the medical profession and how it affects the medical treatment received by African Americans. Hoberman uses such a text to discuss the historical‚ as well as ongoing‚ practice of racism in the medical profession through the 21st century. Hoberman uses the text to explain how racism is instilled in physicians’ thinking about the minds and bodies of their African American patients. The text depicts the use

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    that sometimes get us down. Most people will “bounce back” in a reasonable amount of time. However‚ it is when feeling down lasts for more than a typical time period (i.e. weeks‚ months‚ or even years) that it can begin to pose a problem and medical treatment should be sought out. When depression persists it can become worse and other problems can arise. As Axia reading states‚”some depressions can become so intense that people can become psychotic- that is they lose touch with reality” (Morris &

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    equally. Yet the rules parents set for them and the chores required of them‚ if any‚ would be drastically different. Therefore‚ equal treatment of people does not require that they receive identical treatment. The Federal government treats the citizens of the states equally when it comes to natural disaster aid‚ but not all necessarily receive identical treatments. This past week‚ hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans hard. Thousands of people have died‚ lost their homes and all their belongings

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    Drug Treatment

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    wrong and the heroin addict was born and has been present ever since. Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) is by far one of the most addictive drugs on the market. Treatment for the addiction can be effective when combined with medication compliance programs and behavioral therapy. The first step to treatment is often a heroin detox center. In these treatment centers‚ the individual goes through the withdrawal process in a medically supervised environment. Heroin withdrawal is a miserable experience‚ although

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    Medical Technology One of the most recently trending topics is how efficient the use of technology is. Many people suggest that today’s technology can potentially bring downfalls to this generation’s youth by addicting them into depending on it. What these people are forgetting to ask themselves is‚ “What benefits could today’s technology potentially bring?” Multiple correct answers to this question in a view that affects my life are well-explained in “Google Glass’s Efficient Applications in the

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    Pathogens Is Homeopathy A Credible Treatment? Around 1790‚ Samuel Hahnmann‚ a German physician took in a certain amount of quinine from the bark of Cinchona sp. which was usually used to treat malaria (the main symptom is fever) and later he noticed some effects such as his body temperature raised. With further study‚ he concluded the theory that a substances cause disease symptom can also alleviate the disease which later developed to be “Homeopathy” treatment (Sharp). The term “Homeopathy” consists

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    as an alternative water source. This results in an independent water source which through treatment can provide consistent quality water. Canal water is sent through a water treatment process with unused water sent back to the source with little environmental impact. The scope of this project is to assess the environmental impact of an onsite water treatment facility. Chapter 2. Overview of Water treatment Process design 2.1 Design process The feed water will pass through 20 micron media filter

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    to refuse treatment. If you do not have the capacity to make the decision‚ a surrogate decision maker can do so for you as long as they are acting your values‚ wishes‚ and morals. If you were to have an end-of-life document‚ this would make things much less complicated for said decision maker. Some would argue that is morally wrong to refuse ordinary treatment versus extraordinary treatment‚ this has been the topic for many articles and conferences. Is it morally acceptable to let a patient refuse

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