The Human Condition Study Guide Fourth Edition 6INTHC[1]

NURSING STUDY GUIDE




The Human Condition
Study Guide
Fourth Edition




by

Wendy Schiff



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, Contents


Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Summary of Reading Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
1 – The Fabric of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 – In Human Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 – State of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4 – Lives in Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5 – Behind Closed Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6 – It’s Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
7 – Risky Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8 – The Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9 – Haley or Matthew’s Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
10 – The Growing Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
11 – Web of Addiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
12 – Feels so Good (Hurts so Bad) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
13 – What You Don’t Know… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
14 – Food for Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
15 – Weighing In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
16 – Working it Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
17 – Germ Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
18 – The Modern Plague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
19 – Heart of the Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
20 – Brain Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
21 – diagnosis: Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
22 – Living with Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
23 – Age Happens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
24 – Final Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
25 – The Medical Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
26 – What Price? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

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