Essays on Medicine

Depression and Its Impact Depression is a serious mental health issue that affects millions of people across the world. The World Health Organization ranks depression as the most prevalent cause of disability worldwide. The condition interferes with people's social functioning and if necessary interventions are not taken, it changes the lifestyle...

Stress among Medical Residents in Saudi Arabia Stress refers to a state when a person feels exhausted or having tension which is often associated with overly demanding tasks. This literature research will utilize various peer-reviewed articles and studies that have tackled the question of stress among residents. The focus of this...

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...

Introduction There exists no difference between killing and letting die. Experts and academicians alike have attempted to establish a moral difference between active and passive euthanasia. The idea behind the distinction is that it is acceptable to withhold medical attention and let a patient die, but it is unacceptable to kill...

The ethical distinction between letting die and killing plays apart over the making of euthanasia legal. The difference between the two gets a usual way that people usually think about the issue of euthanasia. According to James Rachels, the difference between the two is not relevant morally. He used the...

Truth-telling and confidentiality concept applies majorly in the healthcare sector. First, truth-telling refers to that situation where a medic faces a dilemma of whether to disclose vital information about a patient's health. On the other part, confidentiality refers to the case where a healthcare attendant is required to keep information...

Horovitz authored an article, which focused on discussing issues that affect students’ decisions in relation to the food that they consume while in colleges. The author indicates that Philip Gant chose Yale over Harvard because of food and eco-savvy. As such, Yale is considered to be an institution, which engages...

Gardasil Vaccine: Preventing HPV Infections Gardasil refers to a vaccine that is administered to prevent particular strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), especially HPV types 18, 16, 11, and 6, which are harmful (Siddiqui & Perry, 2006). Strains of HPV types 18 and 16 have been found to be responsible for up...

According to Liu and Stein (2013), feeding is an important episode in the life of a toddler or an infant. Feeding mainly focuses on the attention of the caregivers and the parents in ensuring that the child is able to get proper food and proper social interface or interaction through...

A vaccine is termed as a biological preparation which generally provides what can be termed as active acquired immune; thus against a particular harmful disease. Most vaccines are created from weakened as well as killed forms of a disease causing microorganism while others are made from either its surface proteins...

Dr. Mohr’s main argument is that surgery is a very important aspect in the medical world as it helps heal people from various ailments. According to Dr. Mohr, the surgical world is very complex and entails many critical aspects. Dr. Mohr explains that surgery dates back to around 10,000 years...

The term abortion has been a bone of contention in the current society, and the purpose of this essay is to defend the legal permissibility of abortion. Many people continue to debate on the merits and demerits of abortion in the community. Abortion although facing many different challenges in the...