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… contemplated suicide without knowing why it was I wanted to die. While reading Susana Kaysen's book, Girl, Interrupted, I was able to personally relate to Kaysen's thoughts and feelings of suicide. Not wanting death, but just a quiet mind that would…

… AIDS is the result of damage to the immune system. A damaged immune system is unable to protect the body against certain specific `opportunistic' infections and tumors. These are called opportunistic because they are caused by organisms which…

… six hours to see a doctor in the emergency room, thank the government for the inadequacy of public insurance programs. There are 10 million uninsured children in the United States; 8 million of these uninsured children are eligible for Medicaid, a…

… termed by many as the information age. This title has been given to the current era because people can retrieve, send, and process knowledge faster and more efficiently than ever before. From our new period has come technological advancements which…

… Anorexia. Imagine walking down the street: cars, stores, and people around you. In one moment you notice a nice-looking girl with a skinny body, long hair, and nice dress. Why she is not smiling? Is she worrying abut something? The truth…

… can damage the human body. Any amount of smoke is dangerous. Cigarettes are perhaps the only legal product whose advertised and intended use--smoking-- is harmful to the body and causes cancer. Although some people try to make their smoking habit…

… more ever since medical technology has dramatically improved is Euthanasia. Euthanasia is assisted suicide, or it could be ending patience's suffering by letting him die. Medical technology is advancing so fast euthanasia is not needed to be a practice…

… infections are diseases or infections that health care professionals give to their patients. The term "nosocomial infection" should not be limited to just the hospital setting. People who reside in nursing homes or who have had short-term procedures…

… ruthless situations, which causes a negative outlook on the world when they make decisions that could impact their life. Abortions murder an innocent unborn child everyday. The problem begins, should it be a woman's choice whether or not to terminate…

… I felt I could relate most to her with my experience in a hospital setting. When I read about how Nightingale first found the soldiers in a hospital still wearing the dirty uniforms they had been brought there in, it triggered some experiences of…