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    Legal/Ethical issue 1 Life support‚ a 72 year old woman‚ was admitted to the Neurological Intensive Care Unit following a cerebral hemorrhage that left her with severe brain damage and ventilator.1 The husband disregarded the patients’ rights by refusing to abide by his wife’s wishes as stated in her living will The patient’s living will specified that she did not want to be on a ventilator support or other artificial life support in the event of a permanent unconscious condition or terminal condition

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    have to be responsible for the poor. The wealthy should not be obligated to help the poor because they‚ in most cases‚ have earned what they received. The poor don’t deserve to live in the conditions they do‚ but it is all about opportunities. The wealthy took advantage of their opportunities and got a lot out of it. The poor cannot expect the wealthy to give them a certain percentage of their income because they will become dependent on that money. Therefore the poor just need to apply themselves

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    Supporting individual’s at the end of life: Outcome 1: Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individual’s at the end of life. When caring for a patient at the end of life‚ it can be very challenging and it requires consideration towards not only the patient but to the patient’s family too. When reaching end of life care‚ legal requirements are put in place to ensure the wishes of the individual and how they are cared for after death

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    exciting experiences as well as a time to explore diverse and innovative ideas. What could be better than traveling to a foreign country to learn about their ideas‚ history‚ and culture? I believe study abroad is something that college students should do to help avoid ethnocentrism‚ to expand their horizons‚ and to appreciate everything the world has to offer. In this case‚ I would love to pursue my degree in Pennsylvania State University in the United States of America. I need to go to college

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    The Poor Poverty is everywhere in the world. Not everyone knows that there are people that are poor right in their own back yard. The new Pope Francis is very big on helping the poor he has gave a lot of speeches about the subject. In the world there is around 1.29 billion people living in poverty‚ in the U.S.A there is around 46.5 million homeless‚ and around 6% of the people that live in Sidney Ohio are unemployed. To end poverty in the world would be great. It would take the whole world

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    Removal of Life Support Withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment is considered “letting die”. The disease process causes the client to die a natural death. (Perry & Potter‚ 2010). Theoretical‚ emotional‚ and ethical confusion often accompanies ethical decision-making in these circumstances and beclouds the hearts and minds of decision makers. (Rev. O ’ Rourke‚ 2005) Family members or legal proxies may be called upon to make a decision of this nature for patients who are unable to speak

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    Yes we might be a different color but we are still the same in the inside. We don’t need to be considered different we are still the same no matter what color we are. African americans such as myself have been through so much. We deserve to be treated equal. We deserve to be treated equal‚ we have been “free” since 1863. But what does it mean to be “free” to you? To me free means to not be scared of other people bringing me down every day‚ people not telling me that I’m not human‚ people that I’m

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    kids in his family-one daughter who makes their food very deliciously and two sons. At the time of giving birth of his little son‚ his wife left him forever. But he feels his wife ever single moment of his life. She was so beautiful‚ gorgeous‚ and careful to him. He loves his wife more than his life still now. This why he didn’t get married again. After a few moments‚ he gets a passenger who wants to go to bus stop. He simply agrees to carry the man in his rickshaw because he needs much money today

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    Transgender People Deserve Equal Rights Most transgender people face discrimination every day here in America. New laws are being written to protect transgender people‚ but it can take several years before those laws are passed and go into effect. With or without these laws transgender people are being discriminated against. The United States lags far behind in establishing transgender equality and a majority of all states still do not have civil rights protections for transgender Americans

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    Constitution I support the ratification of the American Constitution. My support is based on the need to establish strong institutions with the ability to unite the people of America‚ establish a stronger federal government‚ and enable the country to manage the tension and debt arising from the just concluded revolution (Adams 89). The constitution is the leading unifying factor of any democratic nation. I am opposed to the idea of the Anti-federalists that a strong federal constitution would promote

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