" (Code of Ethics) That obligation, in conjunction with full knowledge that, "there is no clinical evidence as to the minimal dose required to enact some cellular change," brought about the advent of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) protocol and, more recently, the Imaging Gently campaign. ... " (Lowe et al, 1999) Children, and especially infants, have the highest risk of developing radiation induced malignancy due to the rapid reproduction of cells relative to their longer life expectancy. ... (Harris, 2000) Ease of acquisition has inadvertently caused a two-...

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This so called "mercy killing" gives the patient a chance to escape potentially long-term suffering and misery resulting from terminal diseases and conditions that are hurting and or slowly killing the patient. ... "Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! ... Throughout the early period of the colonies a...

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The nearest counties, Carson County or Briscoe County, have no practicing physician either. ... What this means is patients have difficulty getting health care, experience long waiting periods to see physicians, and having to travel to the city for specialty medical treatment. ... The U.S. government has a long history of a strong influence on the number and the specialty mix of physicians. ...

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