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Proxy consent in high-stakes healthcare decisions: a philosophical analysis

Proxy Consent in a High Stakes and Time Sensitive Healthcare Situation: A Philosophical Analysis In general, healthcare decisions should be made by the individual receiving the care, based on their personal values and beliefs as well as their medical best interests as determined with the help of…

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Auguste Renoir's "Mixed Flowers in an Earthenware Pot" and impressionist technique

Renoir completed over 6,000 canvases over a forty-year career. This colorful, simple painting is a perfect example of the breakthroughs in style that Renoir and his friend Claude Monet made while working side-by-side in 1869.

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Mayo Clinic's integrated approach to patient care and medical excellence

Mayo Clinic has the reputation of being an internationally renowned medical practice and medical research group.

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Animal testing as a necessary step in drug development

Animal testing extracts strong opinions from both those for and those against the practice. There are two main reasons why animals are used in scientific experimentation for drug testing. The first is to make sure the safety of new drugs and other pharmaceutical products.

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Medical marijuana: legal status and therapeutic debate in nursing

Over the last several years, the issue of medical marijuana has been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because a variety of experts have lined up on both sides of this issue touting the benefits and drawbacks.

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Saving the Brazilian Amazon through sustainable development

The Brazilian Amazon rain forest is one of the largest rain forests in the world, and it is being systematically destroyed due to overgrazing, logging, and slash and burn agriculture.

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Campbell Soup Company's strategy in the monopolistic organic foods industry

Campbell's Soup Company, located in Camden, New Jersey, is a producer and retailer in the foods industry, in the organic foods branch, in the ready made meals sector.

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Perceptions of health-care reform in Colorado's Front Range newspapers

In Colorado, the topic of healthcare reform in the Boulder-Denver metro area is addressed apolitically. Yes, there are certainly right- and left-wing opinions aplenty, but the median voice is overall nonpartisan.

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Microsoft's response to competition from Google and open source platforms

These three areas of focus include online advertising, enterprise applications, and open source operating systems including Linux and OpenOffice, an open source and license-free competitor to Microsoft Office.)

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Assessing mental health illness: professional roles and suicide risk evaluation

The ability for individuals to access mental health services in today's society is more wide ranging than every before. Mental health was once governed by physicians, and now by mental health professionals in a wide range of disciplines.

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