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Anna Garcia is a thirty eight year old Hispanic women. She weighed 165 pounds and was 64 inches tall. She was married to Alex Garcia, but went through a nasty divorce. Anna has no children and one dog. A phone call came in at 9:45 AM on the hot morning of August 14th. Anna’s neighbor, Doug Greene let the police know he saw her walking her dog around 6:30AM yesterday morning, but heard her dog barking for the last two hours. Both the police and the EMT arrived at 9:56AM, and had to break the front door down. Upon entering the house, they found Anna lying face down in the entry hallway, a small pool of blood was by her head. The house was a comfortable 73 degrees fahrenheit. Around her there was evidence. There was vomit, blood spatters, blood on the table, and a pool of blood. As well as, a syringe, white pills, a cup with an unknown fingerprint on it, a muddy shoe print, and a
Carmen Rodriquez is a Human Service Professional whose main function is to equip her clients with the tools and services needed to manage the day to day life stressors. Carmen Rodriquez’s main motivation is to assist her clients in becoming self-sufficient. To do this she must overcome problems such as the bureaucracy of the social service system and the resistance of the clients to accept her advice. Carmen Rodriquez is a caring professional who respects the individuality of her clients.
Beginning the case study, we are introduced with the call from the British Medical Research Council (MRC) being informed of the significant results showing the benefits of folic acid and the reductions of NTS’s. The next step for the United States was to decide amongst the CDC and the FDA on the best way to implement these results to women of childbearing age. At that point in time, there were only a few ways to ingest folic acid, which brought
Rosa Lee Cunningham is a 52-year old African American female. She is 5-foot-1-inch, 145 pounds. Rosa Lee is married however, is living separately from her husband. She has eight adult children, Bobby, Richard, Ronnie, Donna (Patty), Alvin, Eric, Donald (Ducky) and one child who name she did not disclose. She bore her eldest child at age fourteen and six different men fathered her children. At Rosa Lee’s recent hospital admission to Howard University Hospital emergency room blood test revealed she is still using heroin. Though Rosa Lee recently enrolled in a drug-treatment program it does not appear that she has any intention on ending her drug usage. When asked why she no longer uses heroin she stated she doesn’t always have the resources to support her addiction. Rosa Lee is unemployed and receiving very little in government assistance. She appears to
As we learned this week, DNA databases are used by various governmental agencies for several different purposes. We all have seen new magazine shows such as, 20/20 or Dateline, that show the collection of DNA samples from suspects in a case that is compared to those collected at the scene of the crime. But what happens when the sample is an incomplete match, compromised, or contaminated? The answer is the wrongful conviction of innocent citizens. The case that I have decided to highlight, is the wrongful conviction of Herman Atkins. In 1986, Atkins was convicted of two counts of forcible rape, two counts of oral copulation, and robbery in the state of California. It was alleged that Herman entered a shoe store, and raped, beat, and robbed a
There are many ethical paradigms through which humans find guidance and justification for their own actions. In the case of contractarianism, citizens of a state are entitled to human rights, considered to be unalienable, and legal rights, which are both protected by the state. As Spinello says, “The problem with most rights-based theories is that they do not provide adequate criteria for resolving practical disputes when rights are in conflict” (14). One case that supports Spinello is the case of Marlise Munoz, a brain-dead pregnant thirty-three year old, who was wrongly kept on life support for nearly two months at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Misinterpretation of the Texas Advance Directives Act by John Peter Smith Hospital led to the violation of the contractarian paradigm. Although the hospital was following the directive in order to maintain legal immunity for its hospital staff, the rights of the family were violated along with the medical fundamental principle to “first, do no harm.”
Caracterra is a white male around the age of 30 years-old. During his childhood, around the ages of 13-15, he had three close friends that he considers a huge part of childhood. He grew up in Manhattan in a community called Hell’s Kitchen. His parents are still together but displayed domestic violence in the home. Loyalty means everything to him, he would do whatever he can for his friends or family. At this moment, Caracterra currently resides in Hell’s Kitchen alone and struggles with letting go of his past childhood.
Initially Reyna Grande and her siblings Carlos and Mago were left behind while her parent immigrated to the United States to work. During that time Grande faced many struggles among the most prevalent were her feelings of abandonment, the neglect she and her siblings faced at the hands of their paternal grandmother, and the ostracization. Reyna was left behind when she was a baby by her father and had no concrete recollection of him and her mother left when she was four. Until that point Reyna’s mother had been the only parental figure she had known. The abandonment didn’t stop at the physical absence of her mother, but also at the emotional unavailability of her mother when she finally did return. In the absence of their mother the Grande children were to be cared for by their paternal grandmother Evila who was largely hostile and neglectful. Though their grandmother provided them with housing and at least some nourishment she was in no way emotionally supportive or loving toward them often blatantly displaying her preference for their cousin Elida prominently as if to reiterate the favoritism. The children were often ostracized amongst their peers due to their status as “orphans”. In opposition to their cousin who, although in the same predicament she was seen as
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Psychotropic medications, also referred to as psychiatric or psychotherapeutic medications, are used to treat psychiatric disorders, such as: depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They have been used for many years and oftentimes come with dangerous side effects. The side effects that often occur in children taking these medications can include: fainting, blurred vision, vomiting, extreme weight gain, and even death ("Seroquel information,” n.d.). The use of psychotropic medication to treat mental disorders in children and adolescents is highly controversial because of ethical viewpoints (i.e. parents “drugging” their children to calm them down) and potentially harmful side effects, but one has to take into consideration whether the risks outweigh the benefits when deciding whether or not to give this type of medication to children.
The human genome is a remarkable system composed of over 3 billion DNA base pairs that encode for the characteristics that makes people distinctly human and unique themselves. Without the genome’s nearly flawless ability to self-replicate the human species would cease to exist. As incredible as this replication methodology is, it is not without its faults. Genetic mutations, though rare and typically harmless, can strike at any time and in various ways. Still, when they do cause harm the effects can be profound and impossible to ignore. Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is an instance where the mutation of just one nucleotide has devastating results. The Mayo Clinic defines progeria as a progressive genetic disorder that causes children to age rapidly, beginning in their first two years of life. This study defines the disease of progeria by outlining symptoms and identifying causes that lead to its diagnosis. In addition, treatment methods and extensive research that give those affected by the disease hope for a brighter future are highlighted.
Criss. Due to him passing away in 2010 I gathered health information from my father. W.C. was obese most of his adult life, and at age 45 was diagnosed with type II diabetes, high blood pressure, and macular degeneration. He died later due to neglect in a nursing home after experiencing a stroke. The next family member I focused on was my father. My father became overweight at age 35 and was diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease at age 51. He was also later diagnosed with obesity and in 2015 diagnosed with IgG4 related disease. This leads to the current youngest generation B. Criss. Currently no major known health issues, except Raynaud’s, a circulation disorder where distal vessels constrict due to cold, and occasional childhood
Young children are usually concerned about getting the latest toy, plenty of play-time, and making friends. However, 1 in every 8 million children experience rapid aging and are typically concerned with issues such as hair loss, thin skin, stiff joints, and heart disease (Gordon). This rare fatal genetic disease is known as Progeria. In the last couple of decades, professionals have brought increased awareness and knowledge to Progeria and its symptoms, genetic cause, history, research, treatment, and support resources available to affected children and their families.
Brianne Camilleri – 14 year old female had it all: family and a home around Boston. Brianne in the ninth grade had the overwhelming sense of hopelessness. “It was like a cloud that followed me everywhere,” Brianne says. “I could not get away from it.” Brianne started drinking and using drugs. One Sunday, she was caught shoplifting at a local store; Brianne believed she would never see light again and went straight for the bathroom and consumed as many painkillers, Tylenol and Advil, she could find – a total of 74 pills, she just wanted to die.
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