.... his/her job. The problem concerning addicted health professionals seems to affect the public as most of us seek healthcare at one time or another in our lifetimes. First, the definition of impairment must be addressed. According to the American Medical Association’s Council on Mental Health, impairment is "the inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reasons of physical or mental illness, including alcoholism or drug dependence" (Ariseiguieta, 1998). IN fact, 80-94% of all cases investigated by state physician impairment programs involve alcohol and drug addictions (Centrella, 1994). D .....

.... the bed 24 hours a day with tubes all over your body, there is no way you can have a normal life again, EVER! Would you want to live like this? Sure the doctor could keep anyone alive today, they can keep the heart pumping. BUT is this life? I don’t think so. In another case, where a person who was involved in a bad accident, and left as a quadriplegic – this mean they are completely paralysised. People who are quadriplegic will have poor quality of life, and the carers, and their extended family will also have a poor quality of life, because of the demand of caring for such a person. Would you rather let your loves on .....

.... To continue , in a panic disorder, brief episodes of intense fear are accompanied by multiple physical symptoms (such as heart palpitations and dizziness) that occur repeatedly and unexpectedly in the absence of any external threat. These “panic attacks,” which are the hallmark of panic disorder, are believed to occur when the brain's normal mechanism for reacting to a threat—the so-called “fight or flight” response—becomes inappropriately aroused. Most people with panic disorder also feel anxious about the possibility of having another panic attack and avoid situations in which they believe these attacks are lik .....

.... developing new drugs to treat diseases and bacteria. Over the years, numerous thousands of antibiotic material have been found in nature as well as produced chemically but, there are few that are safe and useful. However the ones that are safe and effective have saved many lives and have helped extend life expectancy. Right now, there is more than 70 different kinds of antibiotics in use. Most antibiotics are used to treat infections, some for fungi and protozoa, but antibiotics are not usually effective against viruses. So they have developed other methods such as vaccines against viruses. Antibiotics work by one of three way .....

.... have made definite progress. In 1900, was almost always fatal. I the 1930’s fewer than one of every five patients were saved. Today, doctors successfully treat one of every three people who get . Some experts believe that if all present knowledge were used promptly in every case of at least half of all patients could be saved. The American Society was founded in 1913. The first United States hospital was founded in 1884, in New York City. Which later became the Memorial Hospital in 1889. The very first hospital was founded in Reims, France in the 1700’s. What is ? is a general term for more than 250 diseases that are c .....

.... recently, and probably more accurately, it has come to be viewed as a complex disease entity in its own right. Alcoholism usually develops over a period of years. Early and subtle symptoms include placing excessive importance on the availability of alcohol. Ensuring this availability strongly influences the person's choice of associates or activities. Alcohol comes to be used more as a mood-changing drug than as a foodstuff or beverage served as a part of social custom or religious ritual. Initially, the alcoholic may demonstrate a high tolerance to alcohol, consuming more and showing less adverse effects than others. Subsequent .....

.... and absorbing the cells. As a filter the liver absorbs harmful chemicals and even some poisons and breaking them down into less harmful materials. The liver then allows the substance to pass out of the body. The substance left after the blood cells have been broken down, any unusable nutrients have been broken down, and chemicals that are to be passed are ready these substances are combined and made into bile. Bile is the common substance that the liver produces to aid in the digestion of fatty foods. Bile is what gives stool its brown color. The liver also collects and stores' nutrients for the body. The liver .....

.... from unrelated donors. Of the five treated animals, two became clinically and biochemically permanently normal. Six months later, Martin examined the cured rats and found intact, functioning islets secreting all of their hormones, including insulin. None of the controls were cured. Encouraged by their first results, Leibel, Martin, and Zingg decided to repeat the experiment with rats with much stronger immune barriers (higher levels of rejection). Seven rats out of nine were cured. "We set up a protocol and worked patiently with small numbers," says Leibel, "but the results are indisputable." In addition to reversing dia .....

.... Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) that affects a sheep's nervous system. Scrapie's main target organ is the brain but may infect other tissues such as the spinal cord, the lymphatic system, the intestines and eyes. What does sheep have to do with not being able to eat a steak you ask? In 1986, British scientist discovered Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), better known as Mad Cow's Disease which is a mutated version of Scrapie. Since its' discovery in 1986 more than 160,000 British cattle have been diagnosed and millions more have been slaughtered for fear that they had the disease. Scientist's believe that the .....

.... Gordon did not wish to live in a supervised setting. Mr. Gordon did not wish to attend group day treatment settings. Mr. Gordon did not wish to use medication in the treatment of his mental health disorder. Without medication his behavior was deemed unacceptable and did not permit him the opportunity to have any of these choices. "Choice is a right-not a privilege to be afforded by good behavior (Penny, 1994, p. 29)." Mr. Gordon's right of choice was limited even though he lived in his apartment independently. The condition of his apartment was scrutinized. His medication was closely monitored; sometimes to the degree that h .....