Angelina Jolie's “My Medical Choice” describes her experience with breast cancer and ovarian cancer. She wanted to lower her chances of getting these cancers and decided to have a mastectomy. This treatment, this gave the actress the chance of living longer, be able to spend more time with her children and family, and continue her everyday duties. Angelina believes women who show a risk for these cancers should get a mastectomy and for women who are unaware if they are at risk for these cancers should get tested because it can save their lives and it would benefit them and their loved ones, as well. She uses her experience, emotions, and logic to persuade her audience that her medical choice was the right choice in order to control her life. Angelina wrote 'My Medical Choice' to shed light to the fact that she had …show more content…
This is where she establishes credibility to her argument. During the time when she was going through mastectomy procedures she had to keep “private and carry on” working (Jolie, par.6). This shows that she continued to do her job by not letting her medical condition distract her. Angelina knew after the procedure was done that she will be able to work harder by continuing what she needs to do. In the end, this makes the audience believe that getting a mastectomy was the right choice to continue her work life. Angelina uses pathos to appeal to her audience emotions by describing how it affects her family life. She refers to her children being uncomfortable and fearing for her life when they see the “small scars”from her mastectomy (Jolie,par.12). The emotions she is stating is sympathy and support. Angelina wants the audience to know that they should consider their loved ones so they can spend more time with them. There loved ones will know they are making sure they are in good condition, and know there won't be any problems
Kaiser Permanente’s mission is to provide care assistance to those in need. As a health maintenance organization, Kaiser Permanente provides preventive care such as prenatal care, immunizations, diagnostics, hospital medical and pharmacy services. Also, they take responsibility and provide exceptional training for their future health professionals for better clinical performance and treatment for the patients. The organization is to ensure fair and proper treatment towards their employees for a pleasant working environment in hospital and to provide medical services especially in a growing population in suburban communities, such as Tracy and Stockton in California.
decision, after being unable to abort the child, to look into adoption as an option. She
Ethics committee of the American Society for medicine. Preconception gender selection for nonmedical reasons.(May 5, 2001)
Health priority issues are identified as health issues that have an effect on the overall health of Australia as they are a great concern to Governments and support organisations, which can create a national burden of health on the economy. Mental Health Problems and Illnesses, is a major health priority issue in Australia as it is widely found nationally within the current Australian population, due to the multiple types (depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, dementia and anxiety) and varying impacts. These have an effect on the overall health within the Australian population and is a burden of health
Pathos is the author’s use of emotional appeal to persuade the reader to do what it is the author wishes for the reader to do. In another article on Live Action News, written by Dominic Tennant, the examples given causes the reader to feel a sadness for fetuses in abortions. Tennant states the reasons why abortion is not acceptable giving the example of, “It is especially wrong to kill a human being (Harry) to the degree that [i] Harry is innocent, [ii] Harry is defenseless, [iii] Harry has more to lose, [iv] the killing is premeditated, and [v] the killing is enabled by someone who is under a special duty to protect Harry”. The quote makes the reader feel an overwhelming sadness due to the fact that, in this case, Harry is a fetus who is defenseless and has no say in what happens to him. In a contrasting article about pro-choice on the website Memphis Choices, the stories of the women who have experienced an abortion and what overall happened is also very convincing and
It was a very noble decision Strayed made when she decided to share her dirty laundry. Having to confess all her true feelings, knowing the chances of judgement from others, would make that person very vulnerable and essentially naked. It is a very courageous decision when someone decides to expose themselves because one knows you will receive criticism and judgment. Another courageous woman, like Cheryl, shared her story. Beth Whaanga, without intentions of rage, raised much controversy on a social media site once she decided to post post-surgical photos of her new body after having s...
Health issues throughout the human lifespan are always hard to deal with. In this essay, I will give examples of different health issues that occur throughout the lifespan of a human. The seven different stages of a human’s lifespan include: infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. By the concluding paragraph of this essay, you will have gained knowledge of some of the health related issues of a given person throughout their lifespan.
Healthcare plays an important role in almost every person’s life at one point or another. Many times, one can get caught without, or underinsured and it can be detrimental to their livelihood. With the rising cost of healthcare, it is likely that having a national healthcare policy in place, and as an individual, being able to afford and obtain adequate health insurance has not been required until now. With the new national healthcare plan, it is required for all citizens to obtain and maintain some sort of public or private insurance policy. The rising costs can be attributed to many things. A significant reason for the astronomical cost of health care is because of the staggering amount of uninsured or underinsured individuals receiving medical attention and almost many never paying the bill. Those who do have insurance have seen a gradual increase in their premiums and deductibles to make up for this.
In general, access to healthcare describes how easily an individual can receive appropriate medical services. These include measures of access health insurance coverage, ability to see a physician and obtain needed medical attention, ease of obtaining after-hours care, and short waiting times for doctor appointments. Throughout the entire world, better healthcare access correlates to better health status and lower hospitalization rates as the whole. The United States has always tried to reach equality and justice in politics. This also applies to healthcare accessibility. The United States has gone through many reforms and reconstruction to better increase the accessibility for everyone nationally, but there are still multiple setbacks in the way of a more readily available healthcare system.
Before tort reform was passed in Texas, many doctors were being sued for medical malpractice and there was definite evidence of lawsuit abuse. According to The Heritage Foundation, doctors had become easy targets for medical malpractice lawsuits because there is no point in pursuing a lawsuit against someone who does not have the money. Doctors have the money and the insurance to potentially be able to satisfy a judgment. Over time, the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits have risen, which in turn has lead to medical malpractice insurance rates rising. With the cost of the insurance rising, many doctors retired early, left the business, or moved to new states. This in turn affected healthcare costs and other aspects for patients.
Pathos is an emotional appeal in which the advertisers hope that the consumers will allow their claim. Say for instance most people will notice a puppy behind what looks like to be a rusty cage. Seeing a cage like that, makes some wonder how bad the conditions are that the puppy is living in. then there is the puppy who looks very solemn, sad, and miserable. It makes one think how can people do this, why would they do this. This is an animal that should not have to live their life this way; it can really tug at some heartstrings, and cause many emotions like sad, anger, and even happy. For instance something like this makes most people think wow how can someone do th...
“Almost half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended [and of those pregnancies about] 1.3 billion each year, are ended by abortion.” (Dudley). Most women that receive an abortion are clueless of the type of health risk that are associated with the abortion. According to the American Nurses Associated, “Patients have the moral and legal right to determine what [would] be done with their own person; to be given accurate, complete and understandable information in a manner that facilitates and informed judgement” (Barnes) Meaning, before given treatment the patient must be informed of some of the risks that are involved. They should be given all of the facts related to their situation in order to make an informed decision. Informing the patient of the risks associated with the procedure is done before every operation, or most operations. Women who have abortions are not informed of...
...ue to numerous medical errors. With the amount of medical errors that currently do occur which is a current health care issue it cost the health care billions of dollar each year to fix the mistakes that were made.
Health care has always been an interesting topic all over the world. Voltaire once said, “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” It may seem like health care that nothing gets accomplished in different health care systems, but ultimately many trying to cures diseases and improve health care systems.
The real problem with the health care system in this country is not just the people running it but mainly the massive pit of debt it is continually digging. America spends around 17%, which is about $2.5 trillion of our GDP on health care alone! It is safe to say we spend nearly more than any other country out there. Where is all of this money going though, are they just giving it away to those in need of free medicine or people who cant pay there doctors bills? Most of the money spent is on regulations, research on medicines and failures of medicines that may have not made the “cut” to be on the market.