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Dr. Cicely Saunders' influence on early palliative care development in Massachusetts

The interest in palliative care, or counseling for bereavement comes to different people in different ways, and one doctor came into it through home care as long ago as 1975. The doctor had just finished working as a house staff in the University of California in San Francisco.

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Weight training and strength training for athletic conditioning

Whether to win marathons or to make it to the state football championships, all athletes need some form of training. Lately, increased focus has been placed on the specific importance of weight, or strength, training for the overall conditioning of a casual or professional athlete.

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Diagnosing acute myocardial infarction in critical care settings

How do you diagnose acute myocardial infarction in the patient with chest pain? A rule-out diagnosis should be considered in any patient presenting to the accident and emergency department with complaint of chest pain.

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy more effective than medication for generalized anxiety disorder

Ever since Mick Jagger wrote about "mother's little helpers,' much of the population has viewed medications as the instant cure for such modern-day maladies as Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

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No Child Left Behind's funding shortfalls and legal challenges

No Child Left Behind President Bush's so-called education plan, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), has turned out to be a rip-off, something perhaps educators -- and particularly African-American educators -- should have seen coming.

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Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War narratives and American literary responses

Any writer is first a man, and we have to understand his qualities as an individual before we try any analysis. Tim O'Brien has many features in his character. Apart from being an author, he is a regular attendee of the bluegrass festival.

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A personal narrative about sheltered life and seeking change

Rock decided to meet Lucas, mainly because I was tired of living this way. It was a sudden realization, a turning point, sparked by a moment of wakening from life under the rock. Well, maybe not so sudden.

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The ethics of executive compensation: lessons from Enron

Corporations have been in the news a lot lately - and not necessarily for the best of reasons. Corporate scandal after corporate scandal has caused many in the public to take a closer look at just what it is that is going on in America's boardrooms.

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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the staging of Renaissance drama

William Shakespeare was born into a world of words that took him from cold, stone castles in Scotland to the bustling cities of Italy and the high seas of colonial change.

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Neil Postman's critique of television and American culture

Neil Postman was a special type of a man and considered that he was not an expert on anything, and yet he was ready to express his opinion on every subject under the sun. The person's mind was continuously working at jokes, headlines and different ideas. This infected an individual when he met Mr.

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