The likelihood of adverse drug reactions increases as the number of medications increases. Taking more drugs also means that keeping track of each becomes more difficult. Imagine having to keep track of six different medications, each of which has a different schedule, as presented in Table 4.2. Medication adherence (taking medications correctly) becomes less likely […]
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SUBJECTIVITY, SUBJUGATED KNOWLEDGE AND. FOUCAULT
Foucault understands subjugated knowledges as holding the potential for resistance. Ransom (1993) argues that this point is crucial in understanding the relationship between feminism and Foucault. She maintains that it is this shared conception of oppression held by a subjugated group that creates friction in the relationship between Foucault and feminism. Ramazanoglu (1993) notes that, […]
How do we adapt?
When we selea certain types of men and women to have children with, each child becomes a vote for the type of man and woman we want. The type of man or woman we selea is the most important vote any human casts. It is a vote that begins with the type of men and […]
Television regulation in the UK and USA
Underpinning many of the regulatory practices in television are the conceptual boundaries that classify and define what is appropriate to the public and the private spheres. Indeed, television has contributed enormously to the changing boundaries and relations between the public and the private through its central role in the formation of public debate in a […]
Is there hope?
If even chimpanzees — with genes almost identical to humans’ — have more aggressive males than females, is there hope for humans changing ourselves before we kill ourselves? Yes Our hope lies in the instinct to adapt Within all of as, males and females, is the potential for killer-protector and the potential for nurturer-connector 71 […]
Medication Side Effects and Interactions
Because of their high rate of medication use, older adults also have the highest risk of adverse drug effects (Kane et al., 1994). In part, these problems result from physiological changes that occur with age in how drugs are absorbed into the body, how long they remain, and how well they work. For example, changes […]
’emotional’ work
Developmental Changes in How Medications Work
When Lucy takes her medications every day, what happens? Understanding how medications work involves knowing the developmental changes in absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medications (Hacker, Messer, & Bachmann, 2009). Absorption is the time needed for one of Lucy’s medications to enter the bloodstream. For drugs taken orally, a key factor is the time […]
SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE
This chapter investigates the ways in which sexual discourse on television is regulated by state intervention and by the operations of the market. I am using ‘regulation’ here in the Foucauldian sense, which goes beyond the idea of regulation as ‘explicit rules’ to include the way in which all forms of discourse contribute to the […]
The important question is not “Is it natural?** but “Is it functional?**
We tend to consider it helpful to reinforce what is natural. However, if a baby is born with a handicap, it might not be helpful to say, Tour handicap is natural, so we’ll teach you how to increase it!" Yet, that’s what we do with men’s aggressiveness and women’s passivity. We teach both sexes how […]