Essays

Some APS laws only apply to those living at home as “domestic abuse;” others go further to protect those in long-term care facilities and monitor “institutional abuse.” Elder abuse for far too long has been a hidden, pervasive and deadly …

The introduction of Genetically-Modified (GM) Foods is a current hotly debated topic in the worldwide media and generally affects the worldwide population. GM foods are based upon cloaning natural crop genes from one species to another, which do not have …

Failures in healthcare information systems come at a huge price. Finding out the root cause of failure will guide healthcare institutions into choosing the right technology. Besides, the institutions will be able to implement information systems in a way that …

Existing resources will be used with the new system. All the current paper files will become digitized and become accessible within the new system. Most current employee will be able to use the system upon its completion. The need for …

Obviously, I think that this statement is true. Scientific thinking has benefitted medicine greatly over the years and will continue to do so well into the 21st century. It can be argued that scientific thinking began in Ancient Egypt, when the …

Solvent Abuse, or “glue-sniffing”, the deliberate inhalation of fumes given off by volatile substances in order to get intoxicated or “high”. The inhaled chemicals cause the lungs to produce extra fluid, which can lead to suffocation and death. They can also …

This will be my hypothesis. I have chosen this key question because I have a lot of information and drug leaflets/books on drug abuse and how it kills its abusers. I already have some leaflets on death caused by drug abuse, …

A discussion about disease invariably turns into discourse about health, which is generally defined in terms of the ‘scientific’ theories of contemporary cultures. Hence, notions about ‘health’ and ‘disease’ tend to be cultural constructs, dependent on the collective attitudes of …

In the 20th century, a small elite group of scientists who decided to study the aspects of mental retardation were found in a confusing situation making their research difficult (Hywood, 1996, p.33) as since an approximately 1-3 out each 100 …

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by he individual being severely underweight. The biological approach states that the causes of anorexia resemble those of physical illnesses, and there is some evidence that infection, genetic factors, biochemistry or neuroatomy may …