Essays on Health

The human body is central to how we understand parts of identity such as gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. Many artists explore gender through representations of the body and by using their own bodies in their creative process It is interesting to get a closer look at the representation of the women and the female...

According to The World Health Organization (WHO, 2020) health is “A state of complete physical, mental and social-wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease and infirmary”. Prior to this statement, in the early 19th century, the Biomedical Model was arguably the most prominent and accepted approach to health. The Biomedical Model heavily discusses biological...

In the 1990s teenage pregnancy had reached its peak and has been declining ever since, yet teenage parenthood as a concern for policy makers has continued to remain just as prominent since that point. It highlights a shift of concern from the 1950s and 1960s where unmarried mothers were a primary concern; since the 1990s,...

The human body has many systems at hand in order to overcome some of the most life-threatening injuries. Some of the mechanisms included are, the process by which inflammation occurs, the ability to not bleed out following major trauma by haemostasis and the avoidance of infection through innate and adaptive immunity. From the case study...

This report will examine also evaluate medical and trauma emergencies in which the public services may be faced during their line of duty lastly the report will evaluate the ethical, moral, and legal limitations in providing treatment to individuals in society. Following this, the pre hospital care covers a range of medical conditions also medical...

This assignment will discuss the importance of being self-aware as a health professional and identify approaches to reflective practice. Gibbs model of reflection cycle, learning by doing; has been chosen to reflect on an experience during my placement in a stroke and neurological rehabilitation ward (Adult unit). The model has six stages which are description,...

The assignment would discuss the use of the Borton method as a reflective structure for a critical incident review answering three questions: What? Describing the episode of the contact, So what? What’s going on? Analyze and ask whether misunderstandings have happened and what now? Re-assess expertise. What could I have done to improve this episode...

Within this assignment, I will discuss how amnesic case studies and in-depth analysis of such studies have helped us understand more about amnesia and the brain processes that may cause it. Theories of amnesia will be discussed as well as analysis of case studies and their importance to our knowledge of amnesia and how different...

Intro Trauma is defined as a ‘deeply distressing or disturbing experience’ and if this occurs during childhood it can have a detrimental effect on the individual and have an effect on their cognitive development. Examples of childhood traumas can include neglect, physical or sexual abuse, divorce and loss of a loved one amongst others. In...

Introduction In the book “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” (1956), sociologist Erving Goffman uses the example of theatre performance in order to explain the significances of face-to-face social interaction. According to Goffman, social interactions are compared to theatre, people in everyday life equal actors on a stage and the audience consists of other...