Cultural considerations in end-of-life care: how ethnicity, age and spirituality affect decisions when death is eminent - Mazanec, Tyler - 2003 () Citation Context ...ause of an illness. Some Chinese patients,
They’re going to pay it, if they can, and otherwise they have to wait on a looming death sentence as they die off slowly. Unfortunately, Honey, commented, humans aren’t as lucky as animals because they can’t be euthanized when death is imminent (an ethical discussion for another day...
The American Heart Association has developed algorithms for the treatment of conditions prior and subsequent to cardiac arrest. These include acute myocardial infarction, hypotension or shock, acute pulmonary edema and hyporthermia. Post-cardiac arrest procedures are also included in emergency cardiac care...
In the context of Omicron’s arrival and impending spread, three factors come to the forefront: the potential impact of new therapeutics in reducing hospitalizations and death, the criticality of boosters in the context of waning immunity, and clarity and consensus in public-health measures....
A stock market crash is marked by a sudden drop in stock prices. You can prepare for the next crash by understanding when to hold and when to sell, diversifying your portfolio and talking to an advisor.
First-personnarrationofherexperiencehelpstoinvitereaderstoexperienceherfeeling,asiftheywereintheauthenticscene.Thetextiswellorganized,withabeginning,abodyandanend.Thehappeningsarepresentedmainlyintheorderoftheiroccurrence,i.e.inchronological WhenLightningStruckIwasinthetinybathroominthebackoftheplane1whenIfeltthe...
Even though audiences might not expect a song to emerge when it does, the surrealism of the episode’s premise combined with the raised emotional stakes of Homer’s looming death makes it perfectly reasonable for him to burst into song. “There’s an old saying — I don’t know who s...
However, a person must use no more force than appears reasonably necessary in the circumstances. Force likely to cause death or great bodily harm is justified in self-defense only if a person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm. The Right to...
The patient with the smallest time window of opportunity to avert imminent death is considered most urgent. And as long as we get there with the criterion of urgency, I think there is a clear order of priority, i.e. the person who would die next is treated first in order to prevent ...
In fact, many atheists and agnostics may consider themselves spiri- tual individuals, though they are not religious.36,37 Spirituality covers different meaningful spiritual experiences, such as the search for a sense of inner peace and the meaning of life and death, in religious faith or ...