Final Project Timothy Gillespie PHI 103 Susan Smith Jan 26 2015 For my final project I have chosen to use the arguments for banning guns. I do not agree with these arguments but‚ I will attempt to address their statements and provide a sound counter argument for each of their points that I discuss. During this final project I hope that I can help shed light on the subject for both sides of the argument and come to a common ground. I believe that is the point of making arguments and
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Letter to a 20 or 21 Century Philosopher PHI/105 September 23‚ 2012 Letter to a 20 or 21 Century Philosopher I am writing this letter to John Dewey regarding his theory of pragmatism. I am choosing this theory because it interests me in the scientific aspect of your thinking. I know that you chose to challenge logicians to answer the question of truth. This is a hard thing to sort out and make real and true. Going up against some of the times most logical thinkers and challenging them
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Managing symptoms in end of life care. 1.1 Every terminal illness will lead to end of life care‚ unless a sudden death or recovery occur’s‚ terminal cancer’s and lots of lung diseases lead to end of life care as the body degenerates‚ however mental disease can lead to end of life care‚ like dementia‚ Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s and strokes as the damage to the brain will damage and cause the body to degenerate. 1.3 Symptoms of end of life care can and usually will cause distress and discomfort‚ as
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and objectives of the team in which you work 3.3 Describe your own role and responsibilities and those of others in the team 3.4 Describe the importance of respecting the skills and expertise of other practitioners Unit 208: Support children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting 1.2 Describe how health and safety is monitored and maintained
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End of Life: Peace without Pain Jacqueline R. Reviel Loyola University New Orleans End of Life Peace without Pain Pain management during end of life care is crucial to the comfort and peace of the patient and their family. “With better pain control‚ dying patients live longer and better. Pain shortens life. Relief of pain extends life” (Zerwekh et al.‚ 2006‚ p.317). The nurse must educate about (a) disease pathology‚ (b) signs & symptoms‚ (c) interventions‚ (d) medications‚ (e) alternative
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What is Morality. James Rachels is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama and author of several books dating back to his first book End of Life: Euthanasia and Morality(1986). In Rachels essay “What is Morality- The Elements of Moral Philosophy”‚ Rachels believes that “minimum conception”(14) of morality is‚ at the very least‚ the effort to guide one’s conduct by reason while considering others who will be affected by it as well. This “minimum conception”(Rachels‚1) he urges‚ is a
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LITERATURE REVIEW ON END-OF-LIFE CARE Ever John N. Laingo‚ RN‚ MAN INTRODUCTION Death‚ the ultimate outcome of life‚ “an inevitable‚ unequivocal‚ and universal experience” (Eliopoulos‚ 1993) is at once a fact and a profound mystery. Caring for a dying patient is an essential part of every nurse’s duty‚ but it is already an established fact that caregivers often have difficulties in dealing with such experience. Nurses look at death as failure and therefore shy away from those dying patients whom
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Understand health and safety in social care settings Assignment 208 Task A Soon we will be going to an outing to Warwick Castle with four of our service users and three cares‚ a minibus has been hired for day. I have had a look at the accessibility for wheelchair users around the castle. There are four toilets in the castle‚ but only three are wheelchair friendly‚ these are located in the coach house‚ the conservatory and the mill and engine house. Most of the castle is wheelchair friendly‚ I have
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Performing Experiments An experiment is a set of steps (procedures) that are performed under controlled conditions to propose or test a hypothesis. Step 2: Making Observations Observations (a key factor in scientific studies as well as in everyday life) can be classified as: Qualitative | Quantitative | Qualitative observation does not use numbers. Examples: * The flower is purple. * Bubbles are produced when lemon juice is added to baking soda. | Quantitative observation is a measurement
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East End Community Services is a nonprofit organization founded by Jan Lepore-Jentleson in 1998 to serve the people of East Dayton. Before founding East End Community Services‚ Jan Lepore-Jentleson‚ the executive director‚ asked parents and members of the community what are their “most immediate needs.” The overwhelming and devastating response was “our children have no dreams” (Machi 2015). As on offshoot of St. Mary’s Development Corporation‚ Lepore-Jentleson launched East End Community Services
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