Assessing the Status of Older Adults
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This 5 page report discusses assessment of older adults in terms of a social, emotional, physical, and/or cognitive status. Accurate assessment is essential for care and treatment and must take advantage of appropriate guidelines and skills that are utilized by people trained and aware of the nuances of geriatric assessment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWassage.rtf

Assessing the Target Aggregate
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A 3 page paper (700 words) discussing an assessment tool designed to be used in an educational effort among adults over the age of 65. The assessment tool asks all the “normal” questions that can apply to coronary heart disease, adding the multiplying factor that specific risk factors bring to the likelihood of developing coronary heart disease. The survey includes items seeking demographic information and personal lifestyle habits. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnursCommAggAsses.rtf

Assessment Of Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes And Screening Behavior Among Middle Eastern Population
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8 pages in length. No country is immune from the ravages of cancer, however, not all nations are as knowledgeable or have the most beneficial attitudes about the often-fatal disease. As well, screening behavior has been found to be gravely deficient in some parts of the globe, effectively adding to the overall mortality rate. Speculation has surmised that the Middle East has not sufficiently maintained its knowledge base with regard to cancer, yet recent awareness consortiums and comprehensive clinics have been at the forefront of its fight against this indiscriminate killer. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Assisted Fertilization and Its Legal Implications
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A 10 page paper that examines the various kinds of assisted fertilization. The writer discusses the legalities of the different aspects, and the trend toward the future. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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Assisted Suicide: Education Over Legal Infiltration
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8 pages in length. Allowing a person the same inherent right to die that accompanies the right to live is to respect the fact that people are free to make any and all choices that pertain to their individuality. Just because one person believes it is unethical for a doctor to commit physician-assisted suicide does not mean that this is the deciding factor; rather, what stands as opinion can be taken only for opinion and not law. A terminally ill patient who elects to be euthanized in order to escape the ravages of pain is not in a position to be judged. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCsuici.wps

Assisted Suicide: Rights And Individual Freedom
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18 pages in length. If an individual is terminally ill, should the state or federal government interfere with a person's rights in taking his or her own life? The argument that has sent the world into a tailspin is whether or not people who are suffering from terminal or excruciatingly painful illness have the right to take their own lives with or without the help of physician-assisted suicide. Proponents contend that what one does with one's life is of no consequence to anyone else -- that it is not only humane to allow someone to be relieved of constant discomfort but also supported by the Constitution of the United States as a guarantee of freedom. On the other hand, critics claim that the act of euthanasia is nothing more than a fabricated form of murder. Both sides have pertinent points when it comes to understanding and assessing the conflict, but euthanasia supporters have a significantly stronger argument. There is no doubt that physician-assisted suicide is not only the right thing to do for someone seeking such a decision, but it is also ethical, humane and supported by constitutional rights. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Asthma
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Asthma, although extremely common, especially among children, is one of those ailments that everyone knows about and yet no-one knows the true story. This 6 page paper provides an in-depth discussion of the disease. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Asthma's Effects on Lung Function
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This 5 page paper addresses diagnosis and treatment of the disease in terms of lung function. The healthy lung is examined in order to explain its reaction during acute asthma episodes. Possible long term consequences of the disease and treatment, as it pertains to the lungs, are examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:
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This 3 page paper provides a thorough understanding of ADHD, as well as how those problems apply in a classroom situation. Furthermore, this paper outlines ways in which these students can be best served in the classroom, and examines what is necessary to address with this disability.
Filename: GSAttnde.rtf

Automatic External Defibrilalator
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(10pp) Sudden coronary arrest strikes about 350,000 people a year in the U.S., killing 95 percent of them. The definitive treatment is defibrillation — a controlled electric shock to the chest that can restore the heart’s normal rhythm. The chance of survival for cardiac arrest victims drops at a rate of 10 percent for each minute they don’t receive help. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BBaeDfib.rtf

Automobile Safety / Are We Being Overprotected?
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A 5 page examination of governmental required automobile safety measures and their impact on the consumer from both a self-determination level and an economic one. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Autonomy Versus Paternalism in Health Care
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This 3 page paper examines the health care industry and the idea that patients are more autonomous today. The positive effects of this new paradigm are duly noted. The positive nature of paternalism is also explored. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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