Living with Cancer: Cancer Treatment: Informed Decisions
In recent years, cancer has become more of a chronic illness, with people living with the disease over a long period of time. The various forms of treatment now available become integrated with their lives. The extensive research and testing that ha...
Final Chapter: Hospice Care
Hospice care, palliative care for dying individuals, is lauded by patients and their families. It can be provided in the home or in specialized care settings, and allows patients and their families to experience love and support during their final d...
People to People: Biological Precursors to Violence and Aggression
Relations between people can be marked by aggression and violence, conditions that have both biological and psychological undertones. Jean Chen Chi has conducted experiments with the MAO-A gene that when missing in males results in aggressive behavi...
Ethical Dilemmas and Research Studies
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus acknowledges that, "...psychology is full of studies that involve deception," but wonders if some research studies "cross a line."