Essays on Illness

Euthanasia and its Controversy Euthanasia is a practice of aided suicide aimed at relieving an individual's pain and suffering. The debate on whether Euthanasia should be allowed is controversial because of the perceived infringement of an individual right to life through aided suicide. Voluntary euthanasia is permitted in some selected states...

In 1992 Mary Fisher gave a speech titled A Whisper of AIDS, at a time when the topic of HIV/AIDS was considered a taboo. Many people especially Americans saw HIV/AIDS as only something that gay men, drug users or blacks could contract (Duffy, 2017). During that there existed concerning how...

The event relates to a bizarre incident involving the explosion of the Southwest Airline flight 1380 left engine that led to death of 43-year old Jennifer Riordan in Philadelphia. The explosion send shrapnel into window next to seat 14C where the victim was seated, breaking the window, and the sudden...

Carbon Monoxide exists as a colorless and unscented gas. Exposure to Carbon Monoxide(CO) can be fatal to human beings. Haemoglobin found in human red blood cells forms a stable compound with Carbon Monoxide thus inhibit transport of oxygen. Victims of Carbon Monoxide exposure may experience general weakness, nausea, headache, and...

The debate on legalization of marijuana according to the terms of the California Prop. 64 versus those of for recreational use have been in question. Recreational marijuana is a viable argument because the use of marijuana has not been accounted for any death because of overdosing or overuse. The use...

Introduction For many years ordinary events such as having dinner with family or a child playing with toys would be equal to a death sentence. It is funny how these beautiful events would turn tragic because of one individual being chocked by food or a child being chocked by a toy....

Individuals in the society may perceive life insurance as a lifetime protection policy for only the elderly, but in essence, life insurance can apply to anyone as young as newborn to over the age of 100 years. Since tomorrow is never promised, life insurance is a recommendation to anyone over...

Winterbourne View Hospital Winterbourne View hospital was exposed in 2011 through a BBC panorama television broadcast. It showed patients with learning disabilities and challenging behavior being mistreated by the institution’s workers at the assessment and the treatment unit. The abuse was both physical and psychological, and the footage showed that the...

The United States is amidst, a drawn out and developing epidemic of incidental and preventable passing related with overdoses of licit and illegal opiates. For over 3 decades, naloxone has been utilized by crisis restorative staff to pharmacologically turn around overdoses. The companions or relatives of overdose casualties, be that...

In the series Vikings, episode eight of season two there is great concern over the birth of Ragnar's fourth son, Ivar, since he is unlike the others. His birth was a sign of a prophesy come true whereby he was described as being boneless and a monster. From the kingdom's...

Sufferings and illness in a cultural context Sufferings and illness are universal attributes which come to be endowed with cultural meaning. The cross-cultural framework of illness is appropriate in the comparative study. Cultural understanding of illness They offer a cultural understanding of illness across diverse cultural settings which are addressed by a number...

Al-Krenawi, A. (2013). Mental health and polygamy: The Syrian case. World Journal of Psychiatry, 1-7. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782180/ Annotation: The author conducted the study in Syria to investigate the psychological, family function, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and marital satisfaction. Also, the scholar strived to highlight the extent of consent among the polygamous...