The Impact of Munchausen’s by Proxy on the Short-term Physiological State and the Psychological Welfare of the Child Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness in which a perpetrator‚ usually a caregiver or guardian‚ induces or fabricates symptoms on a proxy. In the situation where the proxy is a child‚ it is classified as child abuse due to the high risk present. In most cases‚ short term morbidity occurs due to either the perpetrator’s maltreatment‚ prescription of unnecessary medications
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The longest medical tradition‚ the humoral theory‚ lasted for more than 2000 years. In this theory water‚ air‚ earth and fire were the four elements that made up the universe. Just like the universe‚ the human body was made up of its own four fluids called humors. Phlegm was cold and wet like water; blood was hot and wet like air; black bile was cold and dry like earth; and yellow bile was hot and dry like fire. The elements represented the physical reality that people experienced. In health‚ the
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As a medical student‚ it is apparent to me that we are constantly inundated with learning‚ be it physiology‚ anatomy‚ or biochemistry‚ but also at the forefront of our learning ought to be how to develop a compassionate approach to medicine and a commitment to the understanding of our patients. Doctors nowadays in the modern world are often perceived as brusque and indifferent‚ which are traits never to be envied in a physician. Galen believed that alongside all the scientific knowledge we are taught
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Augustine: Augustine’s goal was to refute the Academics’ suspension of judgment. In this passage‚ Augustine claims that human beings can be certain of their existence. As a result of this‚ Augustine also proves that it is possible for humans to obtain knowledge. According to Augustine‚ one cannot reasonably doubt his or her own existence. Augustine demonstrates this using multiple examples. For instance‚ Augustine demonstrates that even if an individual is deceived by his or her senses‚ it is certain
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of these perspectives play a role in understanding and studying biological psychology (McLeod‚ 2007). 2. What is the historical development of biological psychology? Biological psychology has been traced back as far as Avicenna (980-1037 CE) Avicenna was a physician who realized that within the treatment of illnesses involving emotions there was a connection between heart rate and inner feelings. This discipline continued through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (New World
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Tehran. He is generally regarded as being one of the greatest Muslim physicians and medical philosophers of the medieval era‚ on a par with Avicenna himself. Like Avicenna‚ who came a century later‚ Al-Razi was not just a physician‚ but also a philosopher and polymath‚ distinguishing himself in many fields besides medicine‚ such as music and alchemy. Like Avicenna‚ Al-Razi’s medical works and treatises were highly sought after‚ and translated into Latin for the benefit of European physicians and medical
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Paul. "Science in the Golden Age." Aramco World Magazine. 1986. Lunde‚ Paul. "Science: The Islamic Legacy." Aramco World. 1986: 3-13. Osler‚ Sir William. The Evolution of Modern Medicine. New Haven: Yale University Press‚ 1921. Sirasi‚ G. Nancy. Avicenna in Renaissance Italy. New Jersey: Princeton University Press‚ 1987.
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of the history of modern scientific psychology. The study of biological psychology can be dated back to Avicenna a physician who in The Canon of Medicine‚ recognized physiological psychology in the treatment of illnesses involving emotions‚ and developed a system for associating changes in the pulse rate with inner feelings‚ which is seen as an anticipation of the word association test. Avicenna also gave psychological explanations for certain somatic illnesses‚ and he always linked the physical and
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complications cause‚ they will be able to make amazing discoveries‚ for the world of biopsychology. Such as curing diseases and understanding some of the most mysterious disorders. In the beginning‚ biological psychology started back as far as Avicenna‚ Avicenna was a Persian psychologist whose specialty was in treatment of illness caused by emotions‚ he also gave humans a way to link changes in a human’s pulse with their feelings. From there‚ biological psychology was incorporated in Descartes’
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Philosophy of Education Making changes beliefs When I started the class of philosophy of education‚ I didn’t know what important it is to know about it. This importance for me is more for others because there are people that strongly believe in the impact that philosophy of education has in society. As Noddings words (1995)‚ philosophy of education is “the philosophical study of education and its problems...its central subject matter is education‚ and its methods are those of philosophy “. In
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