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Puck van slobbe
I have no talent. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein
As someone who's always curious and wants to know more about everything and anything, and I found a way to satiate those desires here
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could it be best to offer a combination? My first thought was to tell her that her husband will visit soon, and then ask her how they met or to help me lay the table. That way you do not just disregard her question (which might be upsetting), but you do divert her thoughts to something else.
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maybe it could be considered ethical when a company is practising tax avoidance in a country with a government that is considered unethical. Assuming that we are looking at it from an objective, rather than a relative, perspective.
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A friend of mine is at risk for epileptic seizures, as is his mother. The main emotion both of them exude when talking about it is something like apprehension. They fear they might hurt themselves or others during one of these seizures.
On a more historic note, I know that seizures helped localist in trying to prove their point. As convulsions tend to...
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Hello everyone, I'm a second-year pharmacy student at the University of Groningen. I've always been interested in neurology and psychology, and I've recently started taking part in an extracurricular course on neuropsychology here at the university. So far, I've really enjoyed it. So, when I came across this course in futurelearn I knew I had to try it :)
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I sure the difference between silence and hearing music has some kind of impact on our capability to recall information. But I've noticed that I've managed to slightly condition myself with music in regards to learning. Every time I now hear classical/piano music, I know it's time to focus.
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I think this question cannot be answered without taking the different areas of the brain and their function into account. Each area has its own function and adds its own speciality to an organism.
Also, we just learned that the number of grooves in a brain can tell you more about the smartness of an animal than just its size. -
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I think that people nowadays find untamed nature even more frightening than our predecessors. The majority of people now spend most of their lives living in urban spaces, where there is very little room for nature. So many of us have lost a certain connection to and understanding of nature, that the people during the renaissance would have had. And, not very...
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hey everyone, my name is Puck. I'm a first-year university student from the Netherlands who's always looking for a way to learn more about the world we live in :)
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Now I only have to convince everyone it's just my new summer obsession, and I'm not planning a murder
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Hey everyone, I'm a paramedical student from the Netherlands who's always had a passion for true crime and medicine.
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targeted cancer treatments are less aggressive forms of treatment, with less intrusive side effects. Allowing people to maintain a better quality of life during their treatment.
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hey everyone, I'm a first-year university student. My ambition is to become a doctor, and I find cancer to be a really interesting topic.
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How complex the movement of the ankles is. Or, at least, how complex the terminology is
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The friend is clearly trying to cheer Dave up by suggesting fun things or a different attitude. The honesty about Dave's behaviour could also help Dave to realise something does need to change.
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I think another major barrier for a lot of people is not being able, or feeling that you're not able, to convey how you are feeling.
Emotions are often quite complex, and I can understand if people have trouble expressing them.It probably won't benefit everyone, but explaining to people that mental health does impact your physical health might make it...
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Thank you for your reply, I'm really enjoying this exchange :)
As I said in my original comment, a change in intention would not change the outcome. However, when considering if something is ethical I think we need to take the entire process into consideration.
In this case, no one is harmed by the outcome, but the intention is rather selfish (as far as I... -
I do think we have a moral obligation to look at why we want to take certain risks. In this case the question could be something like 'Why do I want to have a child, even when there is a significant increase in the risk of the child being deaf ?'. And for me personally, when it comes to having kids, a simple 'because I want to be a mother' is not enough....
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Hey everyone, my name is Puck. I'm a student at the university of Groningen, and currently in the first year of my bachelor in pharmacy, but I want to become a doctor eventually.
I joined this course because it's clear that genomics will play an important role in the future of healthcare. So why not start as soon as possible with learning about it. :) -
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Hello everyone, my name is Puck. I'm a 19-year-old from The Netherlands, and I'm currently in my first year of pharmacy the university of Groningen, but I want to become a doctor.
As someone who has suffered from depression, and someone who has several friends who are struggling with mental health issues, I know it can greatly affect all aspects of life,... -
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I do believe Jane is in the wrong here, but not necessarily for choosing to bring a deaf child into this world.
As far as we can gather from this text, she choose to get pregnant not because she didn't see less value in a deaf person than a hearing person, but because she herself was impatient to become a mother.
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I think the answer to this question fully depends on the circumstances, the people present and the ideologies of those people.
There are plenty of situations in which women feel empowered, but the same goes for the opposite.
If an answer can be given, it would have to be based on statistics, but it cannot fully represent the impact on autonomy felt by all... -
The way this test is offered could make women feel like down syndrome is something undesirable in their child, which could cause them to choose for termination rather quick, without considering what would happen if they do bring this child into the world.
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I think these tests are an improvement, but not the ethically complex part itself. These tests, if women decide to take part in them, provide them with more information to take into consideration. The fact that these new tests are saver would simply decrease the emotional hurdle women face in their decision to take the test or not.
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1. disability means not being able to do something, and in some cases choosing for a certain disability may reduce the quality of life a person has. However, wether that applies to deafness is to be debated. A deaf person can live a full life with plenty of things to enjoy, and won't miss music or other sounds if that person has been deaf from birth, simply...
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With difficult questions like these we should consider in how far those people are aware of the consequences of their choice, what the other options are and to what extend they can be made aware. I can imagine that a women in the midst of labour isn't very keen on a lecture regarding a cesarean section.
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Having a healthy respect for autonomy is very important. However, as the article says, you can wonder if any decision is ever fully autonomous. When people are faced with a difficult question they will often seek help from someone with authority, wether that's a doctor, spiritual leader or respected family member.
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hey everyone, my name is Puck. I'm currently in my first year of pharmacy at the university of Groningen.
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mostly to treat rather than cure, but here in The Netherlands it's fairly common to eat salty licorice if you suffer from a sore throat
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Hey everyone, my name is Puck. I'm currently in my first year of pharmacy at university, and I would like to become a doctor in the end.
Even though drugs can attribute greatly to the quality of life for the truly sick, I would love to learn more about how certain foods can be used as medicine and what roll it plays in the clinical picture of a disease. -
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Ethical discussions tend to affect more than just one person. In those kinds of discussion it is important to approach it from all sides in order to achieve an accurate picture of the subject. Having a bias can prevent one from fully seeing and appreciating a perspective that is not your own.
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Yes I do think societies shape how their citizens view the world. As society has the power to impose what 'normal' means.
However, I find it difficult to compare disability screening to matters such as sexual, racial or gender equality. As one of the major arguments made in achieving equality it that we are all born equal, or that we didn't choose to be a... -
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I think my academic results would improve when the quality of my sleep does. A well rested mind is better at retaining information after all.
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Hey everyone, my name is Puck, and I'm from The Netherlands. I'm a first year university student, and as such I can see plenty of people my age struggling with a wide variety of sleep related issues. I would love to garner a better understanding of what causes these issues and how we might combat them.
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Saying ethics are the foundation of law reminds me a bit of an iceberg. In an iceberg quite a significant part is not immediately visible, just as laws don't represent a large part of morals that are present in a society or laws are not effective in representing or reinforcing certain morals (as can be seen in the USA currently).
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Hey everyone, my name is Puck and I'm from Groningen in The Netherlands. I've always been interested in the ethical side of medicine, at it such a broad field where logic and human nature can easily clash. I'm hoping to learn more about different approaches of medical ethics and how to apply them in a professional setting, as I would like to become a doctor.
