Essays on Health

The Belief in "Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness" The belief that “Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness” is common in some societies around the globe. However, I think this belief is false. Individuals who hold to this belief claim that full moon is associated with “aggression, unintentional poisoning, absenteeism, and...

Family relationships are always dynamic, unique and just like DNA, each of them contains their identity. For instance, individual families are faced with the challenges of hostility and anger while others find it a struggle dealing with day to day issues. Family systems get their shapes from both previous generations...

Alcohol is one of the most frequently abused legalized drugs the world over is alcohol with Belarus having the highest level of alcohol consumption with an average of 17.5 Litres per capita annually.  For this reason, it is vital to examine the drug to determine its classification, origin and the...

In the world today, positive psychology is gaining popularity to both the scholars and non-scholars. Essentially, what differentiates positive psychology to other forms of psychology is the fact that it is not abstract. It is something people are pushing for; something that can be actualized. Positive psychology encompasses fostering the...

In the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, there were numerous ethical concerns that were involved. For example, nonmaleficence and Beneficence, which entails the aspect of minimizing and avoiding patients harm were not honored, especially due to the fact that the researchers who were responsible for the continuation of this study instituted harm...

Stress is one of the factors affecting the well-being of individuals in the contemporary society. The way it manifests depends on a person's lifestyles, and nature of work one undertakes (Ewa, " Małgorzata, 2014).  A personal experience of stress is depended upon the environment, sociocultural situation, and several contextual factors....

The authors of this article have extensively reviewed it using the past research studies concerning the social determinants of health and disease as well as the disparities in the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases affective various age groups including infants, adults, women and children in the developing countries. The...

Physician-Assisted Deaths Physician-Assisted deaths are amongst an excellent source of debate in the current times. This act involves a situation where a physician helps a patient take his life through the prescription of certain drugs. The act is similar to Euthanasia with the difference being that in PAD, it is the...

Over the last fifty years, the methods in which doctors and physicians approach medical decisions have changed significantly. The medical choices for many generations have always been left exclusively for doctors and patients if they chose to be part of it, but they still had little say in the final...

The movie “Return to Paradise,” raises profound ethical questions regarding personal mortality as well as lawyers’ ethical responsibility. The movie revolves around three young Americans who enjoy a cheap and sensual summer in Malaysia, usually while stone on cheap hashish. Two of them, Sheriff and Tony, return to the United...

What is the cause of many health problems? Does obesity affect our health? Does one being obese increase their chances of having health problems? These are some of the questions raised when we talk about obesity. Many are times that obese people are said to be unhealthy. Obesity is reported...

Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis Physician-assisted suicide (PAD), refers to the death of a patient helped by physicians and doctors through the administration of life-terminating medication (Menzel, "Steinbock, 2013). The Physician-Assisted suicide is similar to Euthanasia but differs in the sense that in the former, the patient receives advice about how to...