habit of healthy living. Smoking is one of the bad habits that human beings have cultrate over centuries. In this essay “Smoking Is Good for My Business” written by David Ginsburg a professor of Medicine at Queen’s University‚ Ontario and a Canadian oncologist. In 1977‚ Duke University Medical School‚ Durham awarded him doctoral degree for physician. He won many prestigious awards for his work‚ one of them is 2004 ASCI award. (Ginsburg‚ n.d.). He talks about effect of smoking on people’s health and its
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Weekly outpatient clinics were held on Tuesdays‚ along with monthly outpatient clinics at the Princess Alice Hospital‚ and quarterly outpatient clinic at the Princess Royal Hospital. The Department was appreciative to have visiting Gynaecologist Oncologist Dr Cosin for offering his services‚ where his clinics were held in May and November 2017. The office of the Department was relocated to the assigned building‚ and was operational from the 11th September 2017‚ while
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to my work. I have even slept on hospital grounds in an effort to make back-to-back shifts. Yet‚ despite seeing and living through the less glorious sides of medicine‚ I continue to wake up hungry every day to accomplish my dream of becoming an oncologist. Medical school will‚ undoubtedly‚ be a challenging and gruesome experience. It will test my will‚ mental power and commitment to my goals and thanks to my experience as a scribe‚ I can truly say‚ with confidence‚ that I am ready for any obstacles
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Name of Programme: BSc (Hons) Nursing Student Name: Siti Aminah Ariffin Student Number: J9168783 Name of Module Acute Medical Care management Module Code: SDH 3010-N Module leader: Leslie Inayatullah Assignment title Reflective Essay Date of submission 10th September 2010 Word count: 3485 words Nursing as a profession is committed to the care of patients and families throughout health and illness and across all setting of care. Nurses assess and plan care to deal
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APRIL’S PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT Referral April was not a referral client; rather she did her own research after feeling unsupported by her previous therapist. She found this practice on the Pratt Institute listserv as she was looking for a psychologist close to school. According to April‚ she received a diagnosis of stage three Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma five weeks ago and had not told anyone close to her. She wanted to talk to someone “objective” to figure out what steps to take next. Client
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Patient Centered Care Knowledge Skills Attitudes -Evidence shows that many Hispanic patients report significantly higher rates of pain‚ numbness‚ cognition difficulties‚ vomiting‚ and severe sadness than non-Hispanics. Knowing this information I would make sure to discuss and allow my patient to verbalize her feelings regarding her diagnoses‚ pain control‚ and other physical ailments that may be bothering her. -I would provide emotional support regarding her recent mastectomy and allow my patient
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Adelajda Zhgaba Medical Ethics PHL 211 Ethical considerations in chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients 1. Would it be ethically concerning to accept refusal of chemotherapy treatment from cancer patients‚ more importantly from teenagers diagnosed with this disease? According to the National Cancer Institute‚ approximately 12.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year and 7.6 million of them die from this disease. People usually undergo chemotherapy‚ radiation therapy‚
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fram THEORICAL FRAMEWORK THEORIES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER 1. The Halsted Theory: Spread from One Source For 60 years‚ starting in 1894 (or perhaps earlier)‚ breast cancer was seen in medical literature to be a disease that arose in one location (the breast) and‚ if left untreated‚ spread through the lymphatic system first to nearby lymph nodes and subsequently to other organs in the body. This theory of "contiguous" development of metastases was articulated
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would speak very slowly in order to catch her breath. Lastly‚ your platelets are affected. Platelets help control bleeding and bruising on the body. When affected you are more likely to experience excessive bleeding and easily bruised. When the oncologist‚ a doctor that specializes in cancer‚ suspects that you have cancer he or she will question your symptoms. Common symptoms include fever‚ paleness of the skin‚
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Introduction Hello‚ I will be discussing Leukaemia Cancer. I will be covering what leukaemia is‚ who is being affected by leukaemia and how is it affecting them‚ what health professionals are involved and what is currently being done about Leukaemia. What is Leukaemia? Leukaemia is a blood cell cancer‚ abnormal blood cells are made in the bone-marrow. Leukaemia involves the manufacture of abnormal white blood cells. The leukaemia cells continue to grow and multiply swarming the normal blood cells
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