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Living and Dying with Type II Diabetes, 2001.
In depth explanation of the disease and a description of the lives of diabetics.
2,750 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 82.95
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This paper discusses extensively the implications of Type II diabetes. The author examines the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of the disease. The author makes use of concrete examples from several sources as well as personal accounts of the phenomenon. A thorough description of the life of a diabetic.
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"Millions of people have diabetes, but many of them don?t realize it. Diabetes has been known as one of those diseases that sneaks up on you in a sense. While diabetes is a hereditary disease, many people find out that they have it after going to the doctor?s office. Type II diabetes while common, only strikes in the older generation, younger people are more likely to have Type I diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that I would like to be more familiar with because it has run in my family for generations. My Great Grandmother had the disease, my Grandfathers from both sides, and right now my father is dealing with it. Over twelve million Americans have the disease, which is one out of every twenty people. And every year, more than two million people have to go into the hospital because of problems related to diabetes."
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To Live or Let Die, 2001.
An examination of "brain-dead" patients in the UK and legal battles surrounding them.
2,375 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the treatment of the permanently unconscious in the UK. The writer uses several case laws as examples to discuss how their plights in the courts have been handled and what the end results have been. The writer argues that the courts have been so worried about appearance and other issues that they have erred on the side of flawed reasoning in their decisions. The writer also devotes a discussion to suggestions that might alleviate the confusion over what should be done for and with these people.
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"Mankind has made advances in medical science that are astounding. Today people are living longer than ever before and during those added years their quality of life is ever improving. It is a wonderful time to be alive and a wonderful time to plan to enjoy the golden years in comfort and activity. But what happens when it doesn?t work out that way? What about the thousands of those who are alive but not living, because they are permanently unconscious in a vegetative state? The advances of medical science not only allow the living to live longer but it causes those who are not living not to die. In recent years the court system has been asked to step in and decide who shall live and who shall die through the order of unplugging or disabling life support systems. It is an extremely volatile issue around the world and there have been several cases in the United Kingdom in which the courts have made the decision to force permanently unconscious patients to lie there indefinitely. The courts have refused to allow family members or medical personnel to stop the false life support, leaving instead, a patient who will never recover, never wake up, never have any function in life whatsoever. There has been an extreme amount of controversy surrounding these cases with each one being a maze of legal jargon and interpretation. However, what one must remember is that to the courts these are cases of words, documents and legal briefs but to the families and friends of the patients it is about a human being, who no longer has life but is refused death. Over the years in the effort to avoid suits and other legal ramifications the courts have used flawed reasoning in their decisions and that flawed reasoning is causing entire families tremendous amounts of pain, grief, and financial burden."
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The Living Will, 2005.
This paper explores the issues of living wills and a person's right to die.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper focuses on the concept of the living will and the right to die issue that is so prevalent in our society today. The paper discusses what a living will is and what it is used for. The paper explores the factors that are incorporated into the right to die issue, such as physician assisted suicide and pain management. The paper also examines those affected by a person's right to die including the family, patient and physician.
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"Recent events in the United States, (most notably the death of Terri Schiavo) lead the world to seriously consider whether human beings have the right to elect to die. There are many perspectives to consider when contemplating this issue. Not only is the patient's will involved in the decision, but the medical community and the families of patients are all directly affected by a decision of this magnitude. Furthermore, one must consider that we all have views about what we would do in certain circumstances when we have never truly faced them in reality. Therefore, the question of whether or not a patient has a change of opinion when confronted with the situation may never be answered, yet, it will always be contemplated by those that are left behind."
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As I Lay Dying, 2002.
An analysis of the characters in William Faulkner's novel "As I Lay Dying".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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Mistrustful of language, of rhetoric, Addie has lived and dies through accomplishment. Anger, hatred, jealousy, loyalty, reverence, fear-- Faulkner creates a panorama as he presents the characters dramatically. Faulkner seems to have intended to expose the Bundren family to the two greatest disasters known to man: flood and fire. This read of the novel establishes Addie imperatively at its center. Cash's birth was the dividing line in Addie's relationship with her husband. Jewel lives in the terms of Addie's being.
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Sherwin Nuland's "How We Die", 2004.
A review of Sherwin Nuland's book, "How We Die" about death and dying.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses and reviews the theme of death and dying in Sherwin Nuland's book, "How We Die". The paper explains that the book looks at the effects that death and premature dying have on the patient and the patient's family. The paper also looks at the psycho-emotional effects of dying described in the book as well as how the book describes the process of dying and death from a medical perspective.
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"How We Die" by Sherwin B Nuland is a text describing the mechanisms of a number of diseases or conditions that lead in many instances to premature death and which, in all cases, are accompanied by a number of disabling physical effects and equally traumatic psychological impacts experienced by the patient and his or her family. Nuland, himself a surgeon and medical educator, is as concerned with describing the psycho-emotional effects of dying as he is with describing the..."
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Voluntary Passive Living Wills, 1991.
This paper examines the creation and application of voluntary passive living wills (euthanasia) : Legal, ethical and practical issues related to the patient's right-to-die, theory of euthanasia and the role of the hospital.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 24 sources, $ 95.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine issues surrounding the creation and application of voluntary passive living wills. The plan of the research will be to set forth a description of the basic characteristics of the voluntary passive living will, to discuss such wills from the perspective of a nonprofit hospital administrator, and then to explore the political issues that enter into the resolution of problems surrounding their use. As appropriate, reference will be made to the various adversarial positions taken for and against the use of living wills, as well as those persons and entities that have the power to sanction or prevent the implementation of wishes declared in a living will.
The subject of euthanasia, or mercy killing, has been a subject of discussion in the contemporary period for more than 20 ... "
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"On Death and Dying", 2002.
This paper is a review of Keebler-Ross? book on the stages of death, ?On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, and Their Own Families?.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper outlines what the book was about, offers some criticism of the text and explains what was learned from book.
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The Right to Die, 2008.
This paper analyzes the ethical and legal right to die, as discussed in "Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America" by William Colby.
923 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper summarizes the Terri Schiavo case and explains William Colby's argument, as presented in his work "Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America", that the law should respect an individual's inherent right to die if the health circumstances are too severe. The paper then asserts that the Federal Justice Department did not have the right to prevent Oregon from allowing patient-assisted suicides. The paper also looks at the "Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health" landmark case that allowed persons the right to deny life-saving medical assistance. The paper is of the opinion that the chapter "My Living Will" of Colby's book is the most intriquiging, since it describes the personal and legal foundation for denying life support systems.
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"The Terri Schiavo case represents a critical turning point for a patient's right to die, which helped to determine a legal framework under a caregiver's consent to terminate life support systems. With the Governor of Florida and the President of the United States creating legislation to prevent the death of Schiavo, the inherent right to life or death to a patient was denied after the lower court of Pinellas County decided that Schiavo would not want to live in a persistent vegetative state. However, the Supreme Courts of the United States and Florida decided correctly that the long-term state of Schiavo's suffering and lack of revival determined that her caregivers had a right to take away her feeding tube. This was the correct choice due to the fact that her long-term placement within hospital care had decidedly taken a course that would be deemed unconscionable to keep supporting Schiavo's lack of utility (to interact with other people) and to prevent a decent quality of life. The higher courts decided that her caregivers had the right to decide on Schiavo's assisted death due to the nature of her condition and the unethical medical authority that let her continue in such a condition."
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Death and Dying, 1978.
This paper discusses the Existential and humanistic approaches to death and dying, the history of ideas and treatment of dying (by Christians, Hindus, Buddhists), world literature, stages of dying, fallacies and fears.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, $ 95.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the existential and humanistic approach to death and dying. It will briefly discuss attitudes toward death throughout the history of man's various civilizations and religions. Primarily, the paper will deal with the ideas concerning death which have been held by existentialists who have been involved in the treatment of the dying and others who have been involved in death solely as members of mankind - and therefore as ones who must face it at sometime themselves.
The idea of immortality has been common to most of man's answers regarding the consequences to the dead person of having died. The ancient Mesopotamians believed in a dismal underworld full of misery. The ancient Egyptians, on the other hand, believed that death could contain all the comforts and amusements .... "
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"Saturday Night Live" Comedians, 2005.
This paper describes and compares the lives of two "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) comedians Chris Farley and his idol John Belushi.
2,005 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper explains that both comics John Belushi and Chris Farley followed the same path from Chicago Improv to breakout stardom on "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), relying on manic energy, pratfalls and their considerable girth to get laughs. The author points out that both comedians had stellar careers not only on SNL but also in films and other platforms; however, they had overwhelming appetites for food, drugs, alcohol and women. The paper relates that Belushi was the first to die at age 33 followed by Chris Farley's death also at age 33; both deaths were related to drug usage.
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Introduction
John Belushi
Chris Farley
Similarities
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"Chris was born to Tom and Mary Anne Farley in Madison, Wisconsin on February 15, 1964. He described himself as a "teacher's nightmare" at Marquette University, where he graduated with a degree in communications and theatre. After Marquette, he performed with the Ark Improv Theatre group and studying under legendary director Del Close (John Belushi and John Candy both worked under Close as well) at the Improv Olympic Theatre. Chris was performing at Second City Theatre in the late eighties when he was discovered by SNL producer Lorne Michaels. Lorne brought him to the cast of Saturday Night Live in the 1990-91 season."
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The Right to Die, 2002.
A historical review of the topic the "right to die" including cited court cases.
4,068 words (approx. 16.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 109.95
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This paper looks at the history of the issues concerning the "right to die" for terminally ill patients. The "right to die" is not a new issue and it has been debated for many years in the courtrooms of America. It examines how the "right to die" debate focuses on a patient?s right to decide whether their life should end or when a family of a vegetative patient asks for permission to let their loved one die. It evaluates how, as the medical community becomes even more advanced, it will become important to decide the right to die issues. The author uses analytical skills to dissect and argue several right to die cases that have been presented in court in America and discusses the ethics of the practice as well as presents ideas about the future ?right to die? arguments and cases.
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"One of the first and most famous cases in the right to die debate was the case of Karen Quinlan. Quinlan slipped into a coma and was pronounced in a permanent vegetative state. For many years she was kept alive by tubes and machines though her brain was not showing activity and her body could not fend for itself even in the most simple of tasks such as eating or breathing. Her family wanted her suffering to end not to mention that the financial burden was almost never ending for a person who was never going to recover or improve. The family took the caregivers to court to get the court to give them the right to unplug her feeding tube and allow her to die a natural death. They were refused. It was the first such case in the courts in the nation in recorded history and it received worldwide media attention."
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Death and Dying, 2006.
A discussion on death and dying and why the topic of death and dying has become sequestrated in modern times from normal social times.
1,612 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses how the subject of death and dying in Western industrialized nations is seen as taboo. The paper goes on to explain how attitudes towards death in Eastern cultures and traditions, on the other hand, are essentially different and that there is a greater integration and cultural acceptance of death, particularly in the Tibetan tradition. The paper then refers to various literary works on the subject to highlight various attitudes about death and dying.
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"However, the process of sanitizing and sequestering death does not solve by any means the real and existential problem of death as the most inevitable and sure aspect of any individual's life. One cannot simply ignore death. As a result of the movement in Western Countries and cultures towards a materialistic and secular mode of existence, the fear of death and the end of life has in fact been exacerbated, rather then reduced. This has led to many psychological and philosophical issues that have tended to dominate cultural discourse in the last few decades. The fact that medical science is being shown to be incapable of dealing with many disease and causes of human death has also opened up the fault lines and questioned the scientific and medical attempts to sanitize and prevent the public from being concerned about death. "
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?One Minute After You Die?, 2002.
A review of the book ?One Minute After You Die? by Erwin W. Lutzer about what happens to the soul after death.
1,513 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines the book ?One Minute After You Die? in which Erwin W. Lutzer, a pastor and author, examines the questions of what happens to the soul at death and uses evidence gathered from near-death experiences and a reading of scripture to suggest what happens after death. It looks at how Lutzer assumes that there is a human soul and that it continues its existence in the afterlife and how everyone who dies will experience one of two realities. One minute after death, the you will either be enjoying a personal welcome from Christ or catching your first glimpse of gloom. It discusses how Lutzer extends this to the people left behind because he says that the mourners at the funeral of a good Christian have comfort in knowing that their loved one is with Christ while those at the funeral of an unbeliever have no such hope for his or her fate. It looks at how Lutzer concludes on the effect of certain types of death, such as suicide and on speculation about what God requires of us in terms of living our life and accepting certain beliefs as part of our personal makeup.
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"Everyone will one day face death. Human beings have long tried to see behind the curtain of death to gain insight into what is in store for them, and Lutzer discusses several of the means by which this has been attempted, such as channeling, reincarnation, and near-death experiences. Researchers have gathered information from these and other activities to try to explain what happens to the soul at death. Lutzer does not believe in the information gathered in this fashion and refers to the "religion of the resuscitated" (27) as something that does great damage as those who believe they have almost died report on a utopian ideal as what they have seen. Lutzer disputes that these people were actually dead and so that they have encountered the true afterlife. Instead, he says we should rely on someone who has been actually dead, and the only person in history who has died and returned is Christ."
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Process of Dying, 2001.
Compares & contrasts two books: "Dying Well" (I. Byock) & "On Death and Dying" (E. Kubler-Ross).
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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"Issues on Death and Dying
Introduction
In comparing and contrasting these two books - Dying Well and On Death and Dying - what is immediately apparent is that these books are complementary, rather than contradictory. They both focus on the individual process of dying, while they both find that there are common or typical issues that face dying individuals and their family members. Both emphasize that growth can occur through the process, and that people can die well if they are willing to go through the process with open minds and hearts. There are many other similarities and certainly some differences in their focus, and the lessons the authors drew from their experiences."
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Death and Dying.
This paper is a personal, experiential, explication essay on the notion of death and dying, which the author faced during his father's five-year fight against esophageal cancer and eventual death.
5,930 words (approx. 23.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 141.95
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This paper explains that the idea of death and dying is abhorrent; yet, in the case of the author's father, his dying and death was a process of renewal for him, for the author, for the author's mother, and siblings and members of the vast family of seventeen children into which his father was born. The author points out that he does fear death, not the actual act of dying, but knowing of the incompleteness it brings. The paper explains that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's formalism on the stages in death and dying helped him to put his grief in a better context and to categorize his feelings.
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Introduction
Individual Coping Strategies
Differential Treatment from Others
The Will to Live
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"The concepts of heaven and hell have evolved over time. This extends for all major religions. Practitioners are admonished to seek good over evil for fear that they might face the fires of hell in the scary and graphic detail elaborately laid out by Dante in the "Inferno." It is not the hell fire and brimstone of the time of the awakening as Christian dogma evolved in the United States. Even the pope has spoken about heaven and hell actually being experienced here on earth, through how a person conducts his or her life. Going back to the differences between eastern and western thought of dying can be summed up in the concepts of Sogyal Rinpoche. In his "Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" he puts forth the idea that Tibetans believe that the best way to live ones life to the fullest is to spend every waking moment of it preparing to die. Such a morbid fascination with death would have no place in the western thought. And yet there is some truth to it."
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