Article critique/Food Choice & Breast Cancer Patients
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A 6 page essay that summarizes and critiques a research article detailing the study conducted by Drewnowski, et al (1999) concerning food preferences among breast cancer patients. The writer then summarizes another research study that substantiates the findings of the first and offers two URLs that have graphs concerning fruit and vegetable consumption. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khfoodpr.rtf

Article Critique/Spirituality in Nursing
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A 6 page critique of an article by Walton and Molzahan (2002) detailing their qualitative research study into the role of spirituality in the lives of hemodialysis patients. The writer offers a comprehensive summation of their study, along with comments and criticism, concluding that the research team achieved their goals and purposes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khhemodi.rtf

Article Review / Dementia as an Epidemiologic Issue
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4 page review of a Lancet article in which the author posits that certain forms of dementia may be an epidemiologic issue among senior citizens. Advances in neuroimaging techniques of the brain are among the many breakthroughs discussed in this analysis. Full bibliographic citation for the article is provided.
Filename: Medicart.wps

Article Review / Estimating the Tumoral Half-life of Fluorouracil
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5 page explication of a 1994 journal article in which the authors assess the association of intratumoral pharmacokinetics of fluorouracil with clinical response. Built upon was existing research which had established that In-vivo flouring-19 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMRS) facilitates non-invasive, immediate, chemical identification of distinct fluorinated compounds within tumors found in humans after flouorouracil is given. The authors of the discussed study employ kinetic measures of the drug administered as well as metabolies to estimate the tumoral half-life of fluorouracil. No Bibliography.
Filename: Medartic.wps

Article Review / Interferon as an Impediment to the Progress of Hepatitis
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3 page review of a Lancet article which examines experimental uses of interferon as a treatment in cases of chronic hepatitis C (clinically called 'Poynard') and also in cases of HCV cirrhosis (clinically called 'Nishiguchi'). Full bibliographic citation for the article is provided.
Filename: Medicar2.wps

Article Review on Psychotropic Medications
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This is a 6 page review of the current literature available on psychotropic medications. Five articles are discussed. The review of the literature available about the concerns, usage and effects of psychotropic medication is fairly extensive. Researchers have examined use in children, adolescents and adults as well as in pregnant women. Many of the articles provide good details on the different medications available as well as their contraindications and side effects. Although the physiological mechanisms are not completely analyzed yet in the field of medicine psychotropic drugs are used widely across the country. In fact, many critics have concluded that children have been overly prescribed medications as in the case of Ritalin, the most common psychotropic medication prescribed for children which has increased in usage by over 700 percent in the last ten years. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TJpsyre1.rtf

Asbestos
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A 10 page paper which discusses the history and the current situation of asbestos as it relates to its position as an occupational carcinogen. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: RAasbest.rtf

Asbestosis
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This 10 page paper examines asbestosis from the perspective of environmental health. The paper looks at the use of asbestos, how it causes asbestosis, the prevention of the disease, the incidence, at risk occupations. The paper then examines how asbestos damages the lungs, the symptoms, the diagnosis, the treatment and the prognosis. The bibliography cites 19 sources.
Filename: TEasbest.rtf

Aspects Of Aging In Indonesia
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12 pages in length. Living and dying in Indonesia is sometimes said to be one and the same. With the vast and overwhelming aspects of poverty, environmental degradation and gross overpopulation – to name but a few – some senior citizens actually look forward to crossing over from one's mortal state into a much less painful spiritual state. With such a low life expectancy, coupled with myriad sociopolitical obstructions, Indonesia's elderly population faces many obstacles in relation to growing old. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: TLCAgeIn.rtf

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

Assessment Procedures For Emergency Medical Technicians
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the necessary academic and physical attributes for becoming an EMT. Bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TLC-EMT.wps

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