Proposed Health Benefits of Consuming Placenta Eugene Albert B. Castro University of Alberta NURS405 SEM: Heather Correale October 4, 2015 INTRODUCTION Placentophagy is defined as consumption of the placenta and/or amniotic fluid postpartum. It is observed among most mammals as a means to replenish nutrients and hormones lost during childbirth (Marraccini, 2015). Despite its relative absence in history, the practice of placentophagy is growing among white, middle-class women in western
in a cohort study of 1,549 women found that 32.8% major depression (? anxiety disorder); 26.4% minor depression alone; and 8.1% with a primary anxiety disorder. Furthermore, 37.7% of the women with a major depressive episode (MDE) exhibited comorbid anxiety disorder (Austin et al., 2010). This determines that postpartum anxiety and depression go hand in hand, thereby requiring extensive effort to screen them in the postpartum period. In a study done by Bener et al on 1659 women (Bener, 2012)
with a nervous disorder, a.k.a. depression (including postpartum depression). The protagonist is an unnamed woman with a submissive, almost child-like faith and obedience to the supremacy of her husband, John. John is a renowned doctor and is treating her illness. This paper will focus on feminism in three areas; the medical diagnosis, the treatment prescribed, and the yellow wallpaper. The medical diagnosis Our protagonist and narrator of the “Yellow Wall-paper” appears to be suffering from a
One of Healthy People 2020 overarching goals is to achieve health equity, eliminate health disparities and improve the health of all groups (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 2010). In order to help achieve that goal, U.S. health professionals must be knowledgeable of and sensitive to the beliefs and practices of the various cultures that make up our country. Lipson (1996) defined culture and conveyed, Culture…is a system of symbols that is shared, learned and passed on through generations