...Back in India I attended a small high school, the only part of athletic training that I saw in the school was when I was a junior. The athletic trainer used to come to the school once a week to check on the injuries and health of the players of soccer team. Well playing soccer was quite a deal in India. I have extraordinary love for this game. When I was a senior in high school I was the captain of the soccer team. I never clearly understood the purpose of athletic training until the day came when I myself experienced the athletic trainers skills. During a soccer game, as I was trying to tackle the opponent player with the ball I got thrown back and hit my head on the ground, the feeling was weird there was sudden pain on the head and for moment I felt I had no head, then I saw the athletic trainer rushing towards me, just like a paramedic rushing to an accident scene. In no time he was there with me, he gently lifted my head and assessed my injury, I was stupefied by his methods and different tests that he used to determine the severity of my concussion. Since that incident I talked to my athletic trainer more often, to find out more about the life of an athletic trainer I asked him questions, which sparked my interest even more. It felt like this is exactly what I have been looking for. I get to help people prevent injuries or help after one occurs, it is a medicine based profession where I get the opportunity to learn and understand human body better. The another significant...
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...Walter Glannon: Genes, Embryos, and Future People Bioethics, 02699702, Jul98, Vol. 12, Issue 3 ABSTRACT: Testing embryonic cells for genetic abnormalities gives us the capacity to predict whether and to what extent people will exist with disease and disability. Moreover, the freezing of embryos for long periods of time enables us to alter the length of a normal human lifespan. After highlighting the shortcomings of somatic-cell gene therapy and germ-line genetic alteration, I argue that the testing and selective termination of genetically defective embryos is the only medically and morally defensible way to prevent the existence of people with severe disability, pain and suffering that make their lives not worth living for them on the whole. In addition, I consider the possible harmful effects on children born from frozen embryos after the deaths of their biological parents, or when their parents are at an advanced age. I also explore whether embryos have moral status and whether the prospects for disease-preventing genetic alteration can justify long-term cryopreservation of embryos. INTRODUCTION Recent advances in reproductive biotechnology have given us the ability to intervene in the process of human biological development from embryos to people. One type of intervention is the testing of embryos for genetic defects that cause disease, which enables us to choose between allowing these embryos to result in disabled people or selectively terminating...
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...1 Occupational Health and Safety Issues of Police Officers in Canada, the United States and Europe: A Review Essay © Jennifer R. L. Parsons June, 2004 2 Introduction Police officers play a pivotal role in North American and European societies. They are involved in many aspects of North American and European life. Officers’ involvement ranges from general, daily, proactive patrol activities to specific criminal activities such as narcotic investigations. Because there is such a wide range of activities involved in police work, there are many health and safety issues surrounding policing as an occupation. Police officers may be exposed to different health and safety risks in their occupation. For example, police officers are at risk of assault and homicide; the dynamics of policing as an occupation creates opportunities for them to experience many psychosocial hazards such as stress, suicide, sexual harassment, and discrimination. It is important that research be completed on the health and safety issues of police officers in order to identify hazards and identify ways to reduce risk. The failure to identify and solve health and safety concerns of officers has potentially serious consequences for the health and well being of officers and their families. These consequences can include depression, divorce, suicide, and disease. Not addressing the health and safety issues associated with policing may also impact the general public. For example, if an officer is...
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