[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 Archives of Internal Medicine‚ The Pharmacy Times‚ The Medical Letter‚ and Consultant Pharmacist are all geared toward healthcare professionals in their respective fields. The Archives of Internal Medicine is designated more for specialists in the field of internal medicine. The Pharmacy Times has a clinical focus in nature‚ geared towards providing useful and valuable information for pharmacy professionals to aid in their everyday practice. The Pharmacy Times gives very general information for
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‘‘Laughter is best medicine’’ A day without laughter is a day wasted CHAELE CHAPLIN Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ today I am going to share about positive impacts of laughter. If you have a question please ask me at the end of presentation. My contents is make up by history of laughter‚ short term impacts of laughter And long term impacts of laughter. Let’s move on to history part. firstly‚ I want to share about origin word of laughter Laughter came from greek ‘‘hele’’ and hele indicates health
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Wong Medieval medicine was a blend of the herbal traditions of Germanic tribes‚ the superstition within the Catholic Church‚ and a growing body of practical‚ surgical‚ and medical knowledge. Medical schools were based off of the discoveries of Galen and Aristotle. Physicians were officially established in the Middle Ages when monasteries grew medicinal herbs to treat sick people. These monasteries were the first hospitals‚ and they used herbs to make medicine. Because medicine was influenced by
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medieval period is normally not associated with advances in technology‚ nor with contributions that benefit society. Yet‚ our medicine today owes much of its development to physicians of that time. Medicine of that era was strongly influenced by superstition and the doctrine of the Christian church‚ and did not have much foundation for practical application. The need for medicine in Middle Ages was certainly great‚ considering the extreme amounts of plague and disease prevalent during that time (Grigsby
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today’s society‚ there is a wide range of computer use. Almost everywhere you go today you are required to have some sort of basic understanding of how a computer is operated. In my report‚ I am going to tell you how computers are used in the field of medicine. There is a wide variety of use and need for a computer in the medical field. Their uses include storing patient related data‚ scanning and imaging the body‚ and assisting speedy communications. Some of the main points I will be discussing is why
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are turning towards alternative types of medicine rather than normal practices. There are many factors that lead individuals to these allopathic or holistic methods of healing. Some of the factors present are due to doctor availability‚ cultural differences‚ financial reasons‚ religious beliefs‚ and or limitations of modern medicine. Alternative healing has a wide variety of options such as folk healing‚ faith healing‚ complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)‚ chiropractic‚ and osteopathy. Healings
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The Growth of Medicine in the American Civil War The Civil War brought change to American medical care due to troubles soldiers faced on the battlefield. The camps and battlefields were ridden with‚ poor sanitation‚ tight quarters‚ and many contagious and infectious diseases for which there was no immunization. 200‚000 soldiers died of battle injuries‚ however‚ diseases such as dysentery‚ typhoid fever‚ small pox‚ and malaria‚ made up ⅔ of the casualties in the war. (Dixon). In addition‚ there was
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RADIOISOTOPES IN MEDICINE ABSTRACT: Nuclear medicine has become fundamentally life-saving as a diagnostic tool in today’s medicine‚ however exposure to radioisotopes has risks. Understanding these risks and making an educated decision is crucial in personal choices regarding medical treatment. This overview of recent and relevant research provides an insight and support to the benefits of radioisotope usage‚ whilst presenting the associated risks. INTRODUCTION: With the discovery
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can be used for development. Weaknesses Utilizes manual processing of information. Low investment on automation. Chief Information Officer doesn’t have technical background. Some Directors doesn’t support automation and would rather have the traditional process. A large number of staff doesn’t agree with the change. Due to manual filings‚ specialists reported that patients endorsed to them doesn’t have files 30% of the time. Doesn’t have a change management process. MIS Staff are underestimated
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