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Palliative Care for the Terminally Ill: Ethical Considerations
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A 10 page discussion of the ethics behind palliative care for the terminally ill. The author contends that palliative care for the terminally ill is a specialized field of medicine which is slowly emerging in step with certain changes in our society and our mindset. Evaluates a number of issues surrounding care for the terminally ill including resource allocation and pain management. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPpallia.rtf

Pancreatic Cancer
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A 6 page discussion of this potentially fatal disease. This paper describes symptoms and methods for diagnosing the condition. Bibliography lists sources.
Filename: PPpancreaticcncr.rtf

Parental Rights, Freedom or Religion, and Societal Responsibility for Insuring Child Welfare
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A 4 page discussion of the case outlined in an August 2003 article published in the Ethics Journal of the American Medical Society and titled "Faith-based Decisions: Parents Who Refuse Appropriate Care for Their Child". The case is commented on by three separate physicians, all of whom contend that a parent's right to chose their own religion and that of their child is overridden when the religion interferes with securing recommended medical care for that child. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: PPmedRfs.rtf

Parental Involvement in Caring for Hospitalized Children
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This 10 page paper reviews literature on the topic and provides recommendations. Various cultures are explored in examining the positive and negative aspects of parental involvement in pediatric hospital care. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA711hsp.rtf

Parental Role in Medical Consent for Procedures Performed on Of-Age Dependents
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A 6 page discussion of a hospital’s obligation to conduct certain testing on a nineteen year old student who, although of legal age, was covered under her parent’s HMO. The HMO subsequently refused to pay the bill and the parents objected to the fact that the hospital failed to inform them that their daughter was seeking treatment, contending that they would have refused the extensive testing because they were familiar with their daughter’s history of migraines and that her symptoms on the night in question did not constitute anything out of the ordinary. The hospital contends that because the daughter was of legal age her agreement to the testing regime constituted informed consent. The hospital also contends, however, that even if they had of been aware of the parent’s potential objections they would have conducted the tests because their primary responsibility was to the patient. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPmedCn2.rtf

PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND GROWTH FACTORS
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This 5-page paper focuses on the use of growth factors as potential treatments for those with Parkinson's disease. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTpardis.rtf

Pathologic Gambling In Parkinson's Disease Patients Using Dopamine Agonist
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8 pages in length. Medical technology continues to improve with each passing decade whereby new medicinal discovers are providing greater potential for addressing disease and illness. However, there is one aspect to this ever-evolving benefit to human health that has yet to be eradicated from the mix, and that is the pervasive reality of drug side effects. Those with diseases and illness that are otherwise difficult to manage are often eager to balance the inherent benefits of the drug with the built-in side consequences, yet sometimes those side effects alter one's behavior to the point that even the strongest of mental constitutions cannot handle. A percentage of Parkinson's patients taking dopamine agonists represent a particular population of people whose side effect wholly compromises any good that comes from taking the medication, inasmuch as pathological behavior in the form of gambling proves to instigate tremendous problems for the individuals and their families due to the impact upon their financial situation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCParkDisGam.rtf

Pathophysiology of Cardiomyopathy
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This 5 page report discusses the heart disease of cardiomyopathy which is second only to coronary artery disease (CAD) as the most common direct cause of sudden death. To explain cardiomyopathy at the most simplistic level, it is a disease of the heart muscle that stops the muscle from producing the normal force for a natural contraction. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWcardio.wps

Pathophysiology Of Graves' Disease
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7 pages in length. Graves' disease, which was named after Robert Graves in 1835, refers to the hyperactivity of the thyroid gland, considered to be one of the body's primary regulating organs. Having an overactive thyroid produces a number of symptoms that make life most difficult to endure; however recognizing those as being indicative of Graves' disease is not always a simple matter. Sometimes the symptoms mirror other conditions or are not readily acknowledged until being somewhat advanced so that the physical indications are more than apparent. The writer discusses cause, signs, symptoms and treatment of Graves' disease. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCgrave.doc

Pathophysiology of Necrotizing Fasciitis
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This 3 page report discusses the pathophysiologic aspects of necrotizing fasciitis. The general term of "necrotizing soft tissue infections" encompasses a large number of skin infections caused by bacteria or fungi. However, necrotizing fasciitis is a deep subcutaneous infection can result in serious tissue destruction, system toxicity, or death. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWnecfas.rtf