[1] There can be issues with how to handle informed consent in a doctor-patient relationship‚[2] for instance‚ with patients who don’t want to know the truth about their condition. There are ethical concerns regarding the use of placebo and whether or not giving a placebo leads to an undermining of trust between doctor and patient and whether deceiving a patient for their own
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One Published Clinical Guideline The AACE guidelines are useful for a prescribing practitioner because of the detail and up to date research literature provided (AACE‚ 2012). For both males and females‚ lab goals for LDL is less than 100 mg/dL‚ and patients with at least one high risk comorbidity‚ the goal is less than 70 mg/dL (AACE‚ 2012). Minimal adult goal for HDL lab value is 40mg/dL‚ but the goal is to make these levels rise (AACE‚ 2012). Also‚ the goal for both adult men and women for triglycerides
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The Belmont Report Following the public outrage over the Syphilis Study at Tuskegee‚ Congress established the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research in 1974. The National Commission was charged with: • Identifying the ethical principles to guide all research involving human subjects • Developing guidelines for the conduct of ethical research involving human subjects The Belmont Report identified three principles essential to the ethical
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ABNORMAL NOTES Discuss the extent to which biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural influence abnormal behavior Introduction 1. What is abnormal behavior‚ and how it can be looked at under biological‚ cognitive‚ and sociocultural viewpoints * Its hard to diagnose and fully diagnose a person as there may be: cultural differences‚ different cultural beliefs‚ cultural bound syndromes * Hard to classify abnormal‚ some say abnormal is something away from the normal‚ so someone
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Chapter 12‚ Exam 3 Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________ 1. The definition of _____ is a negative emotional state occurring in response to events that are perceived as taxing or exceeding a person’s resources or ability to cope. A) a hassle B) stress C) a stressor D) appraisal 2. Which of the following is the BEST definition of stress? A) the demands that are made on you by other people B) deadlines‚ daily hassles‚ or inconveniences C) a negative emotional state caused
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Tutor: Judith Hassan Chirwa 2012 Pain Short Answer Questions Compare and contrast acute and chronic pain. Pain is a human experience which can be uncomfortable‚ with the potential to be horrible. The proper definition of pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain‚ it states that pain is “an unpleasant sensory (shooting‚ aching or burning) and emotional (frightening‚ annoying or sickening) experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described
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approval Preclinical data + Clinical+ EC & RA approval Preclinical data + Clinical+ EC & RA approval Preclinical data + Clinical+ EC & RA approval Preclinical data + Clinical+ EC & RA approval Control Generally no control Placebo or Generally no control Placebo or active Generally active Generally active Types - SAD & MAD Pilot & Pivotal Mandatory & optional The description of the study population should be stated in the inclusion & exclusion criteria‚
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The number of Complementary and Alterative medicine (CAM) consumer is constantly increasing. According to the National Health Information survey in 2004‚ nearly 40% of American adults used some form of alternative therapies and spend around 30 billion dollars per year on unconventional medicine (Kayne 2008‚ p.93). The term “alternative medicine” refers to all the therapeutic practice that is not part of the conventional medicine such as: herbal medicine‚ acupuncture and yoga (Hirsch‚ 2009). Allopathic
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strength in their hamstrings to a greater degree than subjects taking placebos. Since the hamstrings would be most damaged by downhill running‚ it makes sense that protease enzymes would have their greatest impact in this muscle group. The researchers also measured pain and soreness with a dolorimeter‚ a device that applies pressure to the muscles. As expected‚ the subjects taking the enzyme preparation were less sore than the placebo group. This means that protease supplements may not only aid recovery
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Certain drugs have proven beneficial to reversing these symptoms such as fluoxetine and particularly prazosin (American Journal of Psychiatry 333-336). Ten Vietnam combat veterans received prazosin and placebo in a 20-week double-blind crossover protocol‚ and “[p]razosin was superior to placebo for … change in overall PTSD severity and functional status …” (Raskind et al). Negative moods and cognition changes are broad‚ encompassing symptoms which include emotional numbness‚ suicidal thoughts‚ hopelessness
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