...There are many kinds of stressors that can make a person struggle; exams, marriage, separation, moving, economic difficulties, loss and death. According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), the death of a spouse ranked 1st place as the highest stressor, with a score of 100 (Homes & Rahe, 1967). Serious illness diagnosis placed as the 6th major stressor, scoring at 53, just below the death of a close family member which had a score of 63 (Homes & Rahe, 1967). However, recent research found that personal injury or illness was the most stressful event in a more contemporary lifestyle, placing 3rd in SRRS (Scully et al., 2000 P875). Serious illnesses influence the patients and their families’ lives, and the majority of people are known...
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...A cancer diagnosis at any age can be devastating and scary, but when it is a child that is diagnosed the devastation is even more profound. The diagnosis is not just a diagnosis for the child; it is a diagnosis for the entire family. It will uniquely affect each member at the time of diagnosis, during the course of treatment, and during the survivorship phase and will have a direct effect on how they cope. Treatment for a childhood cancer can be much longer than that of an adult treatment plan and the lengthy road can take its toll on everyone. Often times the focus remains on the patient alone and the parents and siblings become casualties of the disease process. The diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescent with cancer has tremendous and lasting effects on an entire family. Overview of Pediatric Cancer Cancers of any kind during childhood are rare. Childhood cancer accounts for less than two percent of all cancers diagnosed each year. About 150 to 160 per 1,000,000 children or around 12,000 children in total will be diagnosed in any given year (Abrams & Kurtz, 2011). The most common form of pediatric cancer is leukemia and more specifically acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Other tumor types include germ cell tumor, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, neuroblastoma, acute myeloid leukemia, Wilms tumor, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, thyroid carcinoma, melanoma, retinoblastoma and Ewing’s sarcoma (Abrams, et al. 2011)...
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...identifies the most of responses associated with grief. A newly diagnosed person confronts life-threatening disease that exceed coping resource, the reaction from emotional, cognitive, behavioral, physiological stress (Hill, Muers, Cannolly and rebound, 2003; Rolke, Bakke, & Gallefoss, 2008). Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men and women in the United States which leads to death (Siegal, ward, Brawley, & jemal, 2011). According to McClain (2005), upon identification of medical disorder, a range of emotion and physical behaviors including stress, fear, anger and sadness react by patient. Whereas, responses are depend upon wide range of factors such as individual’s physical and emotional capabilities, life experiences, coping skill, resources, social environment and a distinct way of dealing with such a stressful situation (Kasparian, 2013). The four aspects of responses which are impacted by life-threatening disease are as follows:- physical responses to stress involve the immune system, heart and blood and how certain gland secrete hormone in body. So, stress hormone can boost blood sugar levels and triglycerids which are used by body for fuel can causes physical reaction .Physical responses depend on disease such as nausea, headache, dizziness, muscle aches, fast heartbeat and so...
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...favoring a certain belief or attitude. character- the sum of the values, attitudes, and behaviors a person exhibits or possesses. closed-ended questions- questions that can be answered yes or no. condescending- acting or speaking with an attitude of superiority; patronizing. consent- agreement or permission given, for example, to allow medical treatment or to release protected health information to a third party. culture- values, beliefs, attitudes, views, and customs shared by a group of people and passed on through the generations; a method of multiplying microbial organisms. defensive behavior- protective reaction to a perceived threat empathy- ability to understand and identify with what another person is experiencing without necessary experiencing the same thing. ethnicity- classification of people based on national origin or cultural tradition. ethnocentric- belief that one's own culture is better than any other. feedback- response to a communication or stimulus. holistic- practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, addressing social, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as physical needs. kinesthetic- involving movement. leading question- question that includes or suggests an answer, such as open "was the pain you felt sharp or stabbing?" rather than a non leading such as "can you...
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...including anger, fear, sadness… and a multitude of other emotions, including in some cases, relief. Patients are individuals, with their own unique set of life experiences and their own ways of coping emotionally with stressful situations. Information plays a role in that having an understanding of one’s medical condition, and a sense of the prognosis as well as how treatment and ongoing life management implications. Healthcare professionals are not expected to be psychotherapists or counselors, nor to deliver direct mental health services to their patients. On the contrary, attempting to counsel patients without the benefit of being a trained mental health professional can be harmful to the patient and risky for the untrained professional. However, it is important for healthcare professionals to be able to recognize the emotional reactions of their patients for a variety of reasons. First, patients who are preoccupied with their emotions cannot listen and process information. For example, they can’t hear (they hear but they are not listening) to information about their diagnosis and they can’t ask relevant questions. If the patient’s emotional state is not acknowledged by the healthcare professional, time spent attempting to discuss the facts is wasted. The patient may as a result become more distraught and confused, and may misinterpret what is being said. This may lead to further resistance and emotional disturbance. This can be...
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...In 1981, a rare cancer in New York was diagnosed in 41 homosexuals. Back then this rare cancer was called Gay Related Immunodeficiency Disease (GRID). Not only was this disease being sexually transmitted though gay males, but it was spreading like wildfire with little explanation of its characteristics. The Normal Heart is a film that accurately and defiantly portrays the ignorance of the American government and their lack of immediate response to this plague. It is a film that should be watched by every American, nay, every human being so that they know the kinds of cruelty this government is capable of and so that it is known world-wide the severity of this disease. AIDS. There, I said it. That wasn’t so hard. So why was it so painful for the American government to admit they had an epidemic spreading throughout the country? The answer lies in our ignorant background and lack of understanding. Being openly gay in this country often meant not holding a job, being rejecting by peers, and singled out by communities. We lacked the capacity to understand that love holds no boundaries and does not discriminate. We also lacked the capacity to understand that AIDS is a disease that also does not discriminate. After the 41 cases of this “GRID” disease were diagnosed, gay activist Ned Weeks formed the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1982. At first I held the belief that Ned Weeks was too aggressive in the way he went about handling the coverage of AIDS, but now I believe he was completely...
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...Coping With Childhood Cancer For a parent, there is nothing quite as unnerving as receiving the news that your child has been diagnosed with Cancer. Not only the parents are affected, but also the siblings and other family members. Life for the family instantly changes. Parents must be away from work. Siblings might need to be cared for by relatives or friends. The child (patient) becomes the major focus of family time and attention. All other concerns are put on hold. This all happens in a very short period of time. Families that have been and are going through this feel like they're on an emotional roller-coaster. These families all feel varying levels of shock, fear, guilt, sadness, anxiety, and anger. They are unprepared to handle the fact that the child has a life threatening illness. This is probably because the previous experience with someone they know who had or has a similar diagnosis is usually an older person, not someone as young or close to home as this diagnosis is. When a child or teen is diagnosed with cancer, families and parents will need to learn as much about the disease as possible. Most importantly, they will need to learn how to cope and move forward after the diagnosis, about dealing with the early and late effects of treatment, and about preparing for what may be down the road. It is very important to understand the effect this diagnosis can take on different members of the family. This...
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...Introduction Cancer—a destructive, crippling disease known to affect the most innocent of victims. It is horrifying; the agony every patient endures trying to fight off the vicious disease is excruciating. Countless patients will be told there is no cure—leaving them hopeless. Not only are these innocent human beings suffering from the physical side effects of their illness, but now they are suffering psychologically with the acceptance of what their future may entail. Alzheimer’s—a form of dementia that worsens over time to eventually eliminate the intellectual abilities of the human brain. Also like cancer, there is no cure; however, there is still hope in creating a better quality of life for these victims through the use of musical therapy....
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...Grendel; however, he ceases to pay attention and falls asleep. Part two: Philosophy: Solipsism. Solipsism is the ideology that only one’s own mind is sure to exist so that knowledge of anything outside one’s own mind is unsure (saying there is no objective truth). The confrontation with the Bull and its consistent attack causes Grendel to experience the fact that the world is a chaotic mess of violence. He realizes that everything else doesn’t exist but himself, saying “you don’t exist and I am the only one who exists.” (reveals his egocentric idea toward the world). Grendel concludes “that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. I understood that I alone exist… I create the universe blink by blink.” 3. Gemini—the Twins: Part one: Zodiac: The sign of Gemini signifies the dual faceted nature that one posses. According to Grendel, the Twins (Gemini) is indicated by the double- talk that is created by the Shaper’s account toward describing reality that was often distorted or exaggerated. Grendel perceives the different versions of the “truth” that was created by the Shaper and sees how people believe the Shaper’s story even though they have some knowledge of the real truth. Part two: Philosophy: Sophism. Sophism is the ideology that emphasizes rhetoric rather than virtue that also has the idea of egocentrism. Shaper’s story about the distorted version of the reality challenges Grendel’s Solipsism...
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...How Stress Affects Our Health November 25, 2015 How Stress Affects Our Health In life there is not one human being who has not felt the anxiety or heart pounding feeling of being stressed. I believe this is a silent disease that slowly takes over one’s life one way or another. According to Kiev (1974), from a medical standpoint stress is just a nervous tension because life is being lived too quickly; therefore, the energy is being wasted. Stress can wear an individual out and cause heath issues once entering adulthood. Feeling stressed is so common in everyday life that it has become a way of life. When individuals are under stress they tend to panic, not realizing the toll it is taking on their body and mind. Stress starts to affect the body by prolonging the levels of fat, causing the immune system to diminish and leaving the body weak and vulnerable to infections (Reinhold, 1996). There are several types of stresses that can affect you and cause cognitive issues, emotional issues, mental issues, and physical issues. A type of stress that many come across several times in their life is short-term stress. Probably the most common type of stress that there is. This type of stress that last for a small amount of time, hens the name short-term stress. An example of short-term stress is when there is a deadline on an assignment in school or work. It is something that once you have completed and turned in on the deadline all stress is completely gone. Chronic life stress...
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...or a title, avoid rhetorical questions in academic writing. A good idea is to provide answers, not questions] Yes | (3; 50%) | No | (3; 50%) | | | Do you think that the Hip-Hop culture demeans women? | Yes | (5; 83%) | No | (1; 17%) | | | Do you think that Hip-Hop culture condones drug use? | Yes | (6; 100%) | No | (0; 0%) | | | Do you find this rap lyric offensive? "We cop a whip and drop a brick - that's how we do it Weed, liquor, money, and guns how we do it." | Yes | (3; 50%) | No | (3; 50%) | | | (Survelum.com, 2002-2011)...
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...This appeal helps identify you as a person that the audience should listen to because you know lot about the topic or you have authority (Durham). Ethos can be related to the word ethics or moral principles of the writer or speaker (Writing Commons). One example of this would be, if a Basketball player is giving a speech the audience will think his Ethos is strong because he has a lot of experience (Williams). Another example of this would be the time when my father was in the marine corp. My family had to attend a rank ceremony. During this a Sergeant gave a speech in which the whole crown fell silent as he began his speech. This is an example of Ethos because the crowd found the Sergeant a highly respectable and creditable person that they need to listen too....
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...production. Breastcancer is one very well know topic, a better understanding of this topic which define the disease itself and its sufferers. I will aim to explain the specifically of breast cancer and breast cancer bodies. Part of the challenge of this project, and indeed is to point out breast cancer issues is still not found in major histories ofphotography, or even anthologies of womenþs photography. Itstradition lies inx-rays, MRIs and collections of medical photographs designed forthe purposes ofdocumentation or instruction, or, alternately, in scattered exhibitions or collections. This history has only very recently been reclaimed and written differently by women photographers and writers, and feminist academics and activists. I have deliberately chosen two photographs whose subject involves some type of writing literally on the bodyas a way ofconcentrating my discussion of the issues involved when photography attempts to process or project experiences of breast cancer, or shape publicperceptions ofthe disease. In this essay, which is part of a more extensiveinvestigation, I will begin some readings focusing on how two women's work incombined image andtext points to desire and agency. The photographs have both strongsimilaritiesin their re-writing on and of the breast cancer body, and markeddifferences intheir attitudes and intentions. In each case, the photograph itselfis worthlooking at closely as a photograph on its own, yet the text whichaccompanieseach...
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...Differences 1 Reasoning for differences of life expectancy between men and women Latesha Mays Dr. Davis SOCI 402 May 9, 2006 Differences 2 Reasoning for differences of life expectancy between women and men In most countries the life expectancy at birth of women is longer than that if men. Historically it has been assumed that this was generally due to biological reasons. But on the basis of my graveyard data which consisted of 50 cases of people from High Point North Carolina, tables and graphs, the relationship between race, gender, and average age of death are summarized with four empirical generalizations that I got from the data. I will only present three to adequately summarize the data because only three have similar commonalities to express why women live longer than men. The first empirical generalization was on the basis of the gender table. The data showed that males have a 36 percent average age of death and females have a 64 percent average age of death and therefore males have 28 percentage points lower average age of death than females. The second empirical generalization was on the basis of the race and gender graph. In this graph females had a higher median age of death than any other category. The last empirical generalization expresses a graph that shows the data of race and sex. The data showed that white females have a significantly higher median age of death than men and black females...
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...However, when reading a piece of writing, it is important to read with an objective lens, without allowing our own opinion interfere with the author’s. By reading with an objective lens, we are able to isolate the author’s opinions to better understand the author’s point of view. Also, by reading objectively, we can look for the strategies employed by the author used to subtly persuade the reader. In “No Autism for Unvaccinated Children”, Gerson attempts to convince the reader that vaccines are unnecessary through “facts”, testimonials, and an emphasis on reason. However, at the end of the article, she appeals to readers’ emotions through inclusive and positive language. The author of “No Autism for Unvaccinated Children” is Charlotte Gerson. At the age of twelve, she was infected with tuberculosis which was seen as a death sentence in her day and age. Defying all the odds, she lived, giving credit to the “Gerson Therapy”...
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