Dying a "good death"

Dying for a good night's sleep.

"The most important function of a bed is to support your body, especially the spine, so that your muscles can relax while you rest. Ideally, your spine should keep its natural curve when you sleep on your back, and stay straight when you lie on your side. A good mattress will mould itself to the shape of your body: it should let your shoulders and hips sink into it, but then spring back to give...

Doctors, death and dying.

Death, dying, and domination.

This Article critiques conventional liberal arguments for the right to die on liberal grounds. It contends that these arguments do not go far enough to recognize and address private, and in particular structural, forms of domination. It presents an alternative that does, which is thus more respectful of true freedom in the context of death and dying, and also more consistent with liberalism. Af...

On Death and Dying

over death. This initial attitude contrasted with the gratitude of many dying people who were only too pleased to find that a doctor and a chaplain were willing to break through the web of their loneliness. Gradually more nurses, doctors and others contributed and, in turn, improved their own adjustment to this uneasy part of their vocation. The author uses extensive quotes from interviews reco...

Death, dying and bereavement

The implication of dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase gene mutations in modification of Plasmodium falciparum characteristics Abstract Background: The Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and dihydropteroate synthetase (DHPS) are enzymes of central importance in parasite metabolism. The dhfr and dhps gene mutations are known to be associated with sulphadoxine...