I asked the simple question "Are you okay?... " After all he has been through he still has the courage and strength to fight this terrible disease. ... People who have the courage to accept that they have a deadly disease is by far amazing. ... No matter what people should keep moving forward, never giving up. ... You may not be where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be....

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He is seriously ill with an AIDS related disease. ... This dilemma can be resolved in a few ways, explaining to the patient that you will keep confidentiality about his condition, then explaining to him although you can do this you cannot give false information to his parents. In this case you can either; withhold the information completely from the parents on your patients request, explaining to your patient the importance this may have with the parents, and encourage a family meeting, as the patient explains himself what he is suffering from, or have him conclude the reason for his death i...

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Even though Atang knows what his father died from, he does not speak of it. ... We see Dineo taking Atang around the city and showing him what all he missed during the years he spent in Johannesburg. ... Not only do people believe that you can contract the disease from just touching the person, they do not believe in the medicine that is available to help lessen the effects of the disease. ... It shocks me that a population could be so naive about diseases and other illnesses that could potentially kill so many of their own people. ... I think what I got out of this film is that no matter what...

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What do you think of this campus (school)? ... - Make you healthier, and more beautiful (water, rice, fruits, vegetables ) - Make you much older (sugar, salt, junk food) - Make you much fatter; get disease (fat, fast food ) 8. ... - Affect your health, cause diseases - Waste of money - Affect others in the community 10. ... What kind of family do you like, nuclear or extended family? ... What do you think of this campus (school)? ...

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His fever was extremely high and they did not know what was causing it. ... Lupus is an immune disease that affects your organs, and everyone with this disease is affected differently. ... I say "Mom what is wrong with daddy?... Regardless of how many years have passed it never gets easier, you just learn how to handle the days. I learned that talking about the situation instead of holding it all in, helps that healing process and helps keep you from being depressed. ...

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This society and culture struggles with accepting the truth of the pandemic of AIDS because they're all uneducated and ignorant about this disease. ... You listen to me, Mrs. ... 'What are you looking at?'... Well, I know what's unjust. ... This clearly shows that Chanda is ready to be an adult and help prevent such an epidemic disease to spread even more. ...

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After being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, his body whithers, not his mind. ... Mitch did not understand how to accept the idea that money does not matter, that it does not matter how much of it you have, or how many fancies you have surrounding life, it is what you make meaningful of them. ... Morrie makes it a clear point that in what he reflects upon never mentions anything about money. ... It brings a sense a satisfaction when you have it, and if brings dissatisfaction when you do not. ... Morrie does not deserve the disease he has. ...

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According to a translation of the Qu"ran provided by islamicmedicne.org, "It is not imperative on Muslims to seek remedy, except in life-saving situation, and where the illness is infectious and is going to affect the community e.g. tuberculosis or other infectious remediable diseases. The health authorities can impose certain measures like enforcing treatment or quarantine in certain highly infectious diseases, for the safe guard of the community." ... Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City less than 2 years ago, I realized exactly what the church shouldn't be doing but have been doin...

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Gays also run a higher rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). ... But in what way do gays contribute to this? ... For that is what a gay is seen as through the eyes of Christians. ... Why would you still do it when you get nothing out ass of it except discrimination and hate? ... So stop the winging and whining because you are just steering the human race the wrong way. ...

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Over the time of her pregnancy, she felt like the Sterns were truing to control her life because of the fact that the Sterns would tell her what they thought was best for her during the pregnancy. ... The easiest way is to first contact an agency who will send you an application which you will fill out and if you are approved then the agency starts the process of looking for a couple for you. While the agency is doing that you will get medical clearance from you gynecologist, which "consisted of a historicity" (where they use a camera to look inside your uterus and unto your tubes) ("How do I ...

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What do I know about disappointment? ... Then, at age eight disappointment found my residence again and, I lost my best friend, the one person I could talk to about anything, to Steven Johnson's disease. I waited and waited for the voice, and yet again, it told me to, "It's hard, but you can leap over this hurdle, too.... What does a child do who sees that there is something greater than she who is present, but is invisible? ... Why does this child attach herself to such a present when the world seems to be as bitter as the news depicts, as disappointing as incurable diseases, a...

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"Here or elsewhere-what difference did it make? ... Either from starvation, exhaustion, disease, or at the hands of an SS officer. ... First attacking the body, until you look like the living dead, and then the soul, until you become the living dead. ... The very point that sons turned on their fathers and fathers on their sons was what Elie Wiesel described as the breaking down of the human spirit. the night refers to this. ...

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Although these families are often very loving, and much like the "traditional- families, it is still sad to see what is happening to our world. ... When a marriage doesn't survive, it's a shame, any way you look at it. ... The novel helps to heal the diseased wounds left by abandonment and pain. ...

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I did not want someone who would tell me what I wanted to hear. ... When you are in the process of finding the one person who you would like to spend the rest of your life with, you go through a series of dates that involve meeting many new people and trying to get to know each of them to see if they are the person you have been looking for. ... Granted, someone can cut you out of your child's life even if you get a divorce, but I think you have a greater chance of being able to be the kind of parent you want to be to your child if you are married, or at one time were married to the chi...

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Haley Joel Osment plays Cole, a disturbed boy seeking help for his disease, sets the plot of the movie. ... He starts to remember back the day he was shot and now he sees what he must see, not what he wants to see. ... It is what I call an infinite star movie. ... It was a so unexpecting ending that I could not believe what I saw. ... It makes you think hard about life after death. ...

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The effects of her journey cause Hemon to know that he does not wish to know about the details of her disease to ensure that his imagination doesn't spin out of control. ... His observations lead to only question in his mind What if she has a brain tumor? ... So, after he found out about Isabel's disease, he controlled his desire from learning any more information regarding the subject. ... He, along with his wife waited for something to reveal itself, too afraid to imagine what it might be. ... The reader is able to understand his situation because of the reasons of longer life that...

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With this disease she need to watch her diet, avoiding foods that irritated her the stomach, but that was not all, sometimes took away the appetite, gave her nausea and vomiting. ... So it was very difficult to understand what was happening. ... If at some point in your life you go through a difficult situation remember these "You will be happy told me the life, but first I will make you strong", words I always remember the phrase, this helps me to think that what we've been living with my sisters and my father's abandonment was a tests of life, which helps us to be strong...

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"I thought you said Dickies, I said, I said Tickies, he said" (412). ... "No one might discover that he was fatherless and motherless"; moreover emphasizing that he is self conscious of what people will think of him, "no one in the world cared whether he was alive or dead" (412). Ha"penny who is very discouraged by this has the mentality that if you do not have a family you are not cared for or loved. ... She feels as thought she is to be blamed for the death of Ha"penny who dies because of the disease. ... Maarman then also acknowledges that Ha"penny is her son by requesting that, "When you...

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I saw the way the disease slowly deteriorated my family. ... You see, it's when people begin taking drinking out of that "social" context when they start running into a problem. ... So what can we do? ... What we need to focus on, like I previously stated, is prevention. ... Alcoholism is like any other disease, it progresses and advances and in a sense it is contagious. ...

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What is happening to the relationships we once thought were all OK? ... (Westphal, Sylvia 4) The reason that the nation is trying to be more tough on this issue is because many minors do not know what they are getting themselves into, with no responsibility, and even acknowledgment of what could happen next, and this next problem would either be an unwanted pregnancy or a life threatening disease. ... "In conclusion, if you are planning on having a sexual relationship with someone older or younger then you. Consider talking to your parents or partners first"(Darroch, Jacqueline 1) b...

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Hi, my name is Victoria L, but you can call me Vix. ... He was born with a disease, which wouldn't allow him to live past his teens. ... No one knows what happened to my "Summer Sister" but I know she's out there somewhere, and one day she'll come home. ...

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To what extent does this novel uphold traditional family values? ... In fact "acknowledging the disease- would require them to admit their fear, the danger, and the death and thus to accept reality. ... He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Ironically when Kate is struck with cancer, Ellen assumes all the domestic duties that her mother loved, as George remarks "another woman is what wanted here-. ... Traditionally family values required chil...

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In fact "acknowledging the disease- would require them to admit their fear, the danger, and the death and thus to accept reality. ... He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Just as Ellen recognizes other aspects of her mother in the formation of the book club, Ellen also recognizes what her mother gave up for her father, that she has always "deferred to him-, in order to safeguard the marriage for the sake of her family. ... Ironically when Kate i...

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What's your idea of a perfect family? ... What is the normal family? ... I always protected him and did what ever he said to do. ... I now realize that alcoholism is a disease. ... Even if you think you've hit the lowest spot in your life, there is always hope. ...

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What about saving up for college? ... Lisa Owens, the adoptee mentioned earlier, has insight of diseases such as diabetes that run in her family line in which she had inherited and this knowledge could save her life one day. ... Finding out about your family history is finding out about you, it is what defines you. Novelist Pearl Buck once said, "If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.... Nothing is worse than thinking you know who you are but all that you think you know has been a lie. ...

• Word Count: 1039
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School