Legal clinic Essays

  • Telemedicine Program

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    Directors of Utopia University Medical Center our recommendations regarding design, development, and deployment of a multi-disciplinary Telemedicine program for outlying clinics. In this document we will discuss the benefits and challenges that exist in setting up such a service. We will then review in detail the important ethical and legal considerations standards that must be met, as well as cost, training and implementation issues that we feel will arise. Lastly, we will discuss possible future developments

  • Gambling Addiction

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    Gambling Addiction Gambling addiction is an issue found in numerous areas where gambling is legal. People who are addicted to gambling, also know as problem gamblers, face many health risks including depression, suicidal thoughts, loss of sleep, loss of appetite, migraine and anxiety in addition to marriage breakdown, problems at work and bankruptcy (9). About 2 percent of adults are thought to be problem gamblers (1). In today’s society this costly addiction is not often considered to be a

  • If These Walls Could Talk: The Evolution of Abortion

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    In the year 2001, women can receive legal abortions. That was not the case just a small time ago. Imagine candle light vigils, signs that state “PRO LIFE IS A WAR TO THE END” and religious fanatics preaching the words “You Must Repent”. These are the things women must endure to this day just to enter the doors of a women’s clinic. Regardless of a routine Pap smear or a termination the lingering words of a protestor can be heard just to enter a clinic. The movie “If These Walls Could Talk”

  • Personal Statement to Study Law

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    placing them in their designated positions. It is not until I created the border and most of the middle that I can began to see what my puzzle is meant to become. My picture is starting to show that I am meant to help people, specifically through the legal capacity. Author Jen Leaman wrote, “The human race is like a puzzle: Everyone fits in somewhere, it just takes a while to figure it out”. Raised in Browns Mills, New Jersey, although as a military family we have struggled. Several bouts of experiencing

  • Athletic Trainer

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    the prospect for the athletic trainer with only the baccaulereate degree. Those with this degree are better suited to seek employment in the rehabilitative therapy clinic setting. Many of these clinics have contracts with the local high schools or university thus allowing for more employees and allowing these entry level positions. Clinics also tebd to employ the student trainers who also have a tendency to move on after their education. With third party payees coming more into this field there should

  • Abortion

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    and is attempting to talk about the experance that it put her through. The government has had long difficult battles over the aspects of abortion. Legal cases have set benchmarks that are somewhat vulnerable. The church has had to analyze doctrines to decide whether abortion is right or wrong. There has also been violence in the way of abortion clinic bombings, assassinations, and political protest. For over two hundred years, abortion has been apart of the United States culture. During the 1700’s

  • Abortion

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    abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mothers womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose. There are two sides to this abortion topic the PRO-LIFE which is those who are against abortion altogether and the PRO-CHOICE or those who believe it is the womans right to choose if she wants to have an abortion

  • Partial Birth Abortion is Murder

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    cancer is increased 2. Rates of depression also increase III. The issue of partial birth abortion has come into our courtrooms A. Congress made its first attempt to ban P.B.A in 1996 1.Brenda Shafer R.N. testified to what she saw in abortion clinic 2. Congress passed the ban, but President Clinton vetoed the bill B. The second attempt was made in 1997 1. Passed Congress again 2. President Clinton vetoed the bill Imagine being in excruciating pain from a gaping hole in the back of your

  • Law School Personal Statement

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    biochemistry, I have developed a strong interest in biotechnology and the health industry throughout the course of my study. As an effective legal system could potentially better bridge science and its intended beneficiaries by protecting true innovations, maximizing the efficiency of resource-allocation, and safeguarding the interest of those in need, it is my hope that a legal education would

  • Philadelphia, the movie.

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    This movie begins by depicting a bright articulate young lawyer named Andrew Beckett at work. Then the scene rapidly changes to Andrew at an AIDS clinic. You know at this point that Andrew Beckett has AIDS and a horrifying future as you see scenes of men with hollow expressions, open sores and skeleton-like features. It becomes obvious that Andrew was not telling his boss or coworkers that he has AIDS. Later we discover that he concealed this disease because he was afraid of being fired and people’s

  • Are Safe-Haven Laws A Good Idea?

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    incidents in a 10-month period. Three of the babies were found dead. Many states have enacted or are actively considering new "safe-haven" laws to prevent such tragic abandonments. These laws allow a woman to leave her baby at a hospital, medical clinic, police or fire station anonymously, mostly with no... ... middle of paper ... ... In the next year after the law going into effect, 33 babies were abandoned in Texas, most at hospitals, while 14 were left in dangerous situations. This year the

  • The Importance of Using a Condom

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    The Importance of Using a Condom In a recent study performed at the University of New Orleans by Dr. Bruce M. King, only 20% of men reported using a condom consistently, while only 50% reported using protection with a new partner. The results of condom use or lack there of is clear: ? 2/3 of all STIs occur in people 25 years of age or younger ? By the age of 24, 1 in 3 sexually active people will have contracted an STI ? In 2000, 15- to 19-year-old women had the highest rate of gonorrhea

  • Abortion is Morally Wrong

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    and greater blood loss than with Suction aspiration. RU 486 and Methotrexate are two similar types of chemical abortion. RU 486 is a pill that can be taken orally only during the five to nine week period. Three trips must be made to the abortion clinic. In the first, the RU 486 pill is administered after a physical examination. During the 2nd, 36 - 48 hours later, the woman is given a dose of artificial prostaglandins initiating uterine contractions. This causes the embryonic baby to be expelled

  • Growing up Around Agriculture

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    farm with filled with adopted animals of all kinds- rabbits, pigeons, goats, frogs, dogs, chickens, cats, cattle, and an iguana. Ever since I was seven I new I was born to become a veterinarian. This past year I was hired to work at the veterinarian clinic in Bullard. Within one month I got to help de-claw a cat and watch many surgeries. I learned how to medicate animals without getting bit, give hydrotherapy, and many other things. My title was kennel attendant and I still tried to help and learn up

  • asthma

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    Introduction Most of you may not think of asthma as a killer disease, yet more that 5,000 Americans die of asthma each year. According to the Mayo Clinic web page, asthma also accounts for more that 400,000 hospital discharges annually. As the number of people with asthma increases, the more likely you are to come in contact with a person who has the disease. As far as I can remember, I have had asthma my whole life. My mother and one of my sisters also have asthma, so I have a first hand experience

  • Themewriters Anonymous

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    Themewriters Anonymous Hi. My name is Ben and I am a themewriter. I should have a Ph.D. in "Black Rot" There I said it. Is there some clinic for themewriters where I can check myself in. The first step is admitting that you have a problem. Judging from some of the discussion that has gone on, I feel good because I realize that I am not alone. I think we have to realize that we are all themewriters to a certain extent. Once we realize this, we can try to move beyond that theme. I am trying to

  • Free Health Care Clinics are Effective for The Uninsured

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    healthcare service and hence they need a source of better services such as free clinics that can deal with the major issues affecting health (Huntington, 2012). The mobilization of these free clinics comes with a price as they affect the community both positively and negatively. Free clinics can either be temporary or permanent and this incurs different expenses depending on the type of structure chosen. Free clinics are effective for those people without insurance as they tend to get treatment for

  • The Clinic

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    The Clinic The Clinic is one of a series of Alex Delaware novels written by Jonathan Kellerman. Alex Delaware is a psychology doctor who is often employed by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to provide psychological profiles of both victims and killers. The book is 465 pages long. In this novel Dr. Delaware has been asked to provide a psychological profile of the victim of a particularly gruesome murder. The victim is Professor Hope Devane, who was found murdered under a large elm tree

  • Death To Smoochy

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    of finding a replacement, FAST! Sent with guidelines to find someone “squeaky clean” Nora sets off to find Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norten), who’s only gig as Smoochy, is to play motivational songs (self written) for doped up drug addicts at a local clinic. Don’t be fooled by the bright colors, the fuzzy animals and all the kids, this is not a kids movie, just ask Robin Williams, that’s if you can get him to say a sentence or two with out using the f*** word. Sheldon Mopes (tree hugging, tofu eating

  • Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich

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    directed to clean the floors in the officers’ headquarters. Upon completing this job, he hurries of to the mess hall, and then to the sick bay to have his aches and fever checked out. Unfortunately for Shukhov, the medical examiner explains that the clinic is closed mornings, and if he had been there the previous night, he would have got the day off. Returning back to his quarters depressed, Shukhov stumbles into the body count and notices that today they are searching the men. (They are not to have