In what ways are history and heritage similar‚ and in what ways are they different? For many years the difference between heritage and history has been confused. Often the line between the two is merged creating a general measure of difficulty when it comes to separating the two. ‘The relationship between heritage‚ history and memory has been subject to much debate recently among geographers‚ historians and cultural critics’1. However it is clear‚ that ‘Heritage is not history’2 and that ‘Heritage
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Prescription drug abuse and dependence In the United States‚ easy access to prescription drugs such as sedatives and pain medications is posing a major threat‚ especially drug abuse and dependence. The nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs (NMUPD)‚ which is the same as using drugs without a prescription‚ and it is very common among young adults. For instance‚ drugs such as sedatives‚ opioids‚ and stimulants are commonly misused by adolescents simply for the experience or the feeling. The nonmedical
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Argument 1 Prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused category of drugs‚ behind marijuana and ahead of cocaine‚ heroin‚ methamphetamine and other drugs. The National Institutes of Health estimates that nearly 20 percent of people in the United States have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons (Longley par.8). Some prescription drugs can become addictive‚ especially when they are used in a manner inconsistent with their labeling or for reasons they were not prescribed. Those
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What’s The Best Way to Send a Free SMS? * February 8‚ 2013 * By Joel Lee In an era where smartphone ownership is becoming the majority‚ it’s hard to imagine someone who can’t (or won’t) send out text messages. When was the last time you knew someone who didn’t have a text messaging plan on their mobile? Or better yet‚ when was the last time someone told you “don’t text me because I’ve hit my limit!”? You probably don’t remember. And yet‚ there are still millions of people out there who
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What Makes ----------------the Best place to Work and Why? 1. They treat employees like grown-ups.They share information with employees‚ listen to their ideas and assume they do generally have certain things in common. This makes employees feel they belong and can make decisions regarding the work they have been assigned. 2. They treat people fairly .They pay people decently and give them good benefits including not only decent healthcare but other even rare essentials’ ‚like paid parental leave
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environmental risks globally and regionally‚ quantifying that there are various factors that could negatively contribute to the number of death and disease such as water pollution‚ sanitation and indoor and outdoor air pollution. In the contemporary society‚ vehicle plays a vital role in the daily life‚ but at the same time some transport will release sulphur dioxide and hazardous gases into the air. There are many places in the earth where a lot of air pollutant emissions from vehicles including carbon
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Introduction and importance of the health issue Drug abuse carries many risk of serious side effects‚ including overdose. Drug overdose is caused when a person takes more than what is medically recommended. Any type of drug overdose can either be accidental or intentional. Whether it is accidental or intentional‚ drug abuse is dangerously harmful to one’s life. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ the number of deaths due to drug overdose have increased more than double from 2002 to
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The debate of what type of medicine to use has been going on for hundreds of years. What is better for us to use holistic remedies or conventional medicine? What is safer for us to use? Most importantly what is going to work best to make us better? Exploring each side to see how they are different and how they are the same is the only way to answer these questions. Holistic and modern medicines are both effective healing methods‚ choosing the right one for you or a combination of both is the more
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LAW AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE: AN OVERVIEW Dr. HAU Kong-lung‚ Consultant Forensic Pathologist (Kowloon) Forensic Pathology Service‚ Department of Health Introduction Obviously‚ this was to protect the public from quackery. Fees for the doctors were paid by the State. If unsatisfactory results followed a course of treatment that had departed from the orthodox‚ the doctor responsible would be liable to punishment‚ which could be very harsh. Similar legal restrictions on medical practice
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shaping of society. It is through consumption that society is able to grow; providing economic stability‚ numerous jobs and services to the masses. Over the years‚ people began to consume not only the goods that they needed to live‚ but many more luxury goods to complement their lifestyles. Society today places a high value on owning many things‚ and is more dependent than ever on the population’s spending to maintain a healthy economic environment. A society of this type is known as a consumer society
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