Potential example of an ethical issue or dilemma Shante’ Seals Vatterott Dental Assisting Courtney Oetting (A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to Assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.) Albert Schweitzer. Non Maleficence is often related to consideration in end- of- life decisions. Dentist are not often involved in actual decision making about withdrawing or withholding treatments on patients. But in some cases caring
core values and analyze your own personal code of ethics. Based on these values and principles, briefly describe the process you use to make decisions when faced with an ethical dilemma. Personal values play an important role in achieving happiness and having our own personal code of ethics help us facing ethical dilemma. It will define who we are and show the way we treat others people, problems and the world outside. It will guide us even when rules are absent. Core values and personal code of
Cheap food, No time! The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan introduces 3 main topics; Industrial Corn, Pastoral Grass, Personal The Forest. In these topics Pollan portrays in depth descriptions of each section. Within these sections, he goes on to prove to the reader this book has more to it than they know. Section one Pollan goes on to talk about corn, its origin, and the world of processing. In this he talks about how food we eat somehow comes from corn. Pollan uses a play on words, he uses
In the essay of “Escape from the Western Diet,” Pollan argues that we as Americans should avoid the “Western Diet”. Pollan is well known from his books that he has written and is a professor at University of California. Michael Pollan argues that many of the different nutritional theories behind some of diseases that afflict those who eat a “Western Diet”. Even though, Pollan doesn’t believe the theories and states that “It’s not the eater so much as it is the food industry and the medical community
Escape from the Western Diet by Michael Pollan is a great read. Michael Pollan is an author of multiple books on foods and eating healthy. He teaches at the University of California in Berkley and is very experienced in his field. Another one of his accomplishments is making it into Time magazine’s top 100 the most influential people of 2010. Escape from the Western Diet has knowledge on what to eat and what not to eat according to the author. One of the biggest rules that Pollan encourages is not
Michael Pollan is the author of “Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”. Throughout his career, Pollan has been investigating about the hazards that industrial foods pose to us, and how we can avoid them and replace them with a healthy diet. He believes that “The way we eats represents our most profound engagement with the natural world.” (“Michael Pollan”, http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/michael-pollan). In the book, Pollan tries to distinguish between healthy and harmful foods. On page
Aliceson Fierro Lamar Community College Physical Therapist's Job Description Abstract Physical therapy is the treatment of an injury or disease through physical methods. Physical therapy is a growing profession in the medical field. In this paper I will go over the types of physical therapy and the job of a physical therapist and their assistants. Physical therapists are health care workers who diagnose and care for those of all ages. They help those who have medical
metabolic diseases and chronic inflammation, can adversely affect the brain, either causing or exacerbating neurodegeneration. For example, chronic metabolic/inflammatory disease states have been associated with increased risk of conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases (AD and PD, respectively), as well as greater severity of deficits. For example, three major studies suggest that mid-life adiposity is associated with increased risk of developing PD. In the first of these, Abbott et al
way and doctors now understand that dementia is really an overarching term that covers several types of disorders, and that each type presents its own set of symptoms. Types of Dementia: Alzheimer’s Disease: This is the most common and well known type of dementia. Although the specific causes of Alzheimer’s disease isn’t understood, feel it has to do with the build up of neurofibrillar tangles, or twisted fibers, and amyloid plaques, or protein fragments, in the brain. The most
Amnestic disorders cause discreet memory problems without any symptoms of other disorders. There are no exact causes for this disorder, but there are different treatments that have been learned over the years of studying this disorder. The symptoms are memory problems. The symptoms include forgetting old memories and not being able to make new ones. People with amnestic disorder might not know about their condition of their memory trouble. In 1953, Henry Molaison had brain surgery to remove