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Please rate your ability to describe pathophysiologic processes of disease states. 

In Ethics Unwrapped: Justice, you learned about different approaches or types of justice.  Social justice refers to

This scientist and philosopher is known as one of two “fathers” of the Enlightenment and believed that science must free ordinary men from ignorance so they could live productive and meaningful lives.  He also was instrumental in the development of the scientific method.

Harvey is given a shot glass full of straight tonic water, although he is told the glass contains vodka and tonic. He takes another shot just like the first, and then one more shot of straight tonic, still believing he is getting vodka mixed in. What is Harvey’s subsequent behavior likely to be?

Rollie is trying to learn a list of terms for his upcoming anatomy exam. “Small intestine” he reads. “My Uncle Bob has had trouble with his small intestine; ‘Bob’s small intestine.’ ‘Transverse colon’ … hmm, our neighbors are from the town of Colon, Panama, and they traversed their way here. ‘Rectum’; I remember when we were kids, my little brother took my Hot Wheels cars and wrecked ’em.” What information-processing strategy is Rollie using?

As Keiko continued down the alley she saw a mangy, asthmatic cat emerge from behind a dumpster. The cat yawned and hobbled away, as Keiko’s heartbeat slowed and her breathing returned to normal. These physiological reactions were produced by Keiko’s __________ nervous system.

Which theoretical paradigm explains that “news” is actually a selective presentation of events that is socially constructed by the media?

In Module 2 one of the approaches to ethics you learned about was Justice Theory.  A major contributor to the ideas of this theory was John Rawls.  According to Ethics Unwrapped: John Rawls and the Veil of Ignorance, there are two principles of justice.  Identify from the answers below those two principles.

The following statement describes which ethical perspective approach?  In making a decision, you might try explicitly to make certain that no one stakeholder benefits any more than any other stakeholder.

How well controlled is the patient’s diabetes? Provide specific supporting data/rationale for the care of patients with diabetes in your response.