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was ‘banned’. Consciousness is a psychological construct because of its difficulty to be observed and measured, which is why it can easily be seen as a taboo. Consciousness has gradually became easier to define, and because it is now accepted in the world of science, it has begun to address some of the most challenging questions of our time. Since consciousness is now at the forefront of neuroscientific research , neuroscientists are able to address daunting questions like that of vegetative patients

Abstract This paper reports the results of a pilot study of polybrominated flame retardents in household dust collected for a small sample of households in Plymouth. It finds significant levels of pentaBDE especially in bedrooms. The most likely cause is the continued use of pentaBDE within polyurethane foam in mattresses and other bedroom furniture, in spite of the ban by the European Court of Justice in 2004. Further work is called for in order to examine whether this reflects the widespread continued

me, your hand in what used to be my hand, your fingers entwined in fingers that are now unknown to me for i now have no feeling in this body you call mine. There's no word for how I feel. I am now frozen, unable to do anything but listen to the world go by, trying to live everyones

distress. They pulled Nancy out, and miraculously revived her back to life. However, she had damaged her cerebral cortex, the vital end of the brain that gives humans all motor functions, senses, and communication. Nancy was left in what is called a persistent vegetative state (PVS), which “is a legal term defined in 765.101 (12) Florida

The Right to Live and Die Euthanasia encompasses various topics from active euthanasia (introducing something to cause death, in most cases this is a lethal injection of barbiturates), to passive euthanasia which is withholding treatment or support measures such as removing feeding tubes or not performing a lifesaving surgery at the wishes or consent of the patients (voluntary) or the guardian (involuntary) and physician assisted suicide where a doctor prescribes the medicine and the patient voluntarily

DiGeorge Syndrome 1 . What are the cellular/molecular mechanisms that underlie this disease? At a molecular level, it is a disease resulting from a sequence microdeletion on chromosome 22.1,4 Its current preferred name is 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.2 It is characterized as loss of about 30-40 genes, with some individuals having shorter deletions in the same region.1 One gene loss TBX1, attributes to heart defects, cleft palate, the distinctive facial feature of the disease, hearing loss and low

Terri Schiavo, a young 26 year-old girl who collapsed on February 25th 1990. Her potassium level was very low, which is why she had lost consciousness. While she was unconscious she was deprived of oxygen in her brain, long enough to leave her in a “persistent vegetative state,” a condition that is not to be confused with brain death. She could breathe without assistance, but she was incapable of thought or emotion. She was put on a feeding tube because she couldn't eat, she has been like this for 15

According to ERD #58, this facility would be required to provide the patient with food or water through other means if oral intake is not an option. In the Terri Schiavo case, she had experienced severely impaired brain function which resulted in her not being able to intake food and water orally and required a feeding tube in order to receive nourishment. In this case it was not determined that she was experiencing any increase physical discomfort or have an underlying fatal condition where the

strong prima facie obligation not to kill a person in justifiable self-defense” as well as saying that we have even a strong obligation to “do something that cannot be done without killing (Munson, 585). This supports the idea that if one is in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) the physicians must do everything in their power to protect that life. Kant would also agree with Ross due to his theory of deontology that we all have a duty, and as physicians, they have the duty to protect and care for

1.) The book that I chose for my book report is, The spirit catches you and you fall down. The book was written by essayist and reporter, Ann Fadiman and was published in 1997 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. There are 288 pages in this book. 2.) The book is non-fiction. 3.) When I was choosing a book, I was in utter confusion. I wasn 't a reader and I didn 't know where to look. Luckily, however, Professor Yanmei was able to show me this amazing book! 4.) There were many characters in this book, but