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| | * Anaesthetic - (Pregnancy & Parenting): Definition |
 | | anaesthetic - a drug used to prevent pain during surgery or other procedures. | | | She will inject a local anaesthetic into the space between your spinal column and the spinal cord, numbing the nerves that serve the uterus... | | | An epidural is an effective form of pain relief and can even be used during a caesarean section. |
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http://www.bestknows.com/pregnancy/anaesthetic.html
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| | Anaesthetic Department |
| | Each individual operation and anaesthetic is tailored to the individual patient. | | | This is also the opportunity to discuss methods of pain relief after surgery or any fears or worries you may have concerning the anaesthetic. | | | Your anaesthetist will then ask you to breathe some oxygen from a face mask which you can hold for yourself if you wish (if you are claustrophobic mention this to your anaesthetist when he or she sees you on the ward and methods of avoiding this problem will be discussed). |
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http://www.ctc.nhs.uk/anaes_patinfo.html
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| | What every patient should learn about anaesthesia. J.Oyston , A.De Nicola |
| | Local and regional anaesthetic techniques involve using a syringe and needle to inject drugs in the correct area. | | | This is done to reduce the stress associated with surgery, to allow a lighter level of anaesthetic during surgery, and to provide pain relief after surgery. | | | Sometimes local or regional anaesthesia is used in addition to a general anaesthetic (i.e., in patients who are asleep during surgery). |
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http://www.salus.it/anest/patient.html
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| | Your child is having a general anaesthetic factsheet |
| | A general anaesthetic ensures that your child is fully asleep and free of pain during a test or operation. | | | The anaesthetist will ask you if your child has had an anaesthetic previously and whether he or she has any allergies, and will also discuss options for anaesthesia and pain relief medication. | | | Premedication or a 'premed' is a medicine given either to help ease a child's anxiety because of the type of surgery your child is having. |
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http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/factsheets/families/F010273
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| | Anaesthesia - local, regional, general anaesthetic & complications |
| | The anaesthetic temporarily prevents the nerves from sending any messages to the brain — where pain is registered — so the part of the body is completely insensitive to pain. | | | However, most of the work of an anaesthetist is in preparing hospital patients for surgery, then monitoring their condition during the operation. | | | A drug is given to reverse the effects of any muscle relaxant used and, for all but very major operations (such as open heart surgery), you will be breathing normally soon after the operation is over. |
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http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/anaesthesia.html
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| | Epidural - anaesthetic injection for pain relief in labour |
| | Sometimes after the epidural anaesthetic is given, the drug does not spread equally around the spinal cord, meaning that one half of the body is better anaesthetised that the other. | | | This is thought to result from the relaxation of the back muscles after the epidural anaesthetic has been inserted. | | | The alternative to epidural anaesthesia during surgery is usually a general anaesthetic. |
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http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/mosby_factsheets/epidural.html
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| | Anaesthetic injections |
| | The muscles of the pelvic floor are relaxed by the anaesthetic and as a result the baby's head is less likely to rotate, and a forceps delivery may be necessary. | | | Sometimes, the low dose of local anaesthetic is mixed with Pethidine or Fentanyl (a similar opiate) allowing less of each drug to be used, while still giving good pain relief. | | | A procedure similar to an epidural, except that the injection of anaesthetic is into the spinal cord itself. |
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http://www.acegraphics.com.au/parents/drugs/anaesthetic.html
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| | Animal Health Trust Factsheets |
| | With modern anaesthetics and analgesics, there is a range of options for pain relief. | | | This may take the form of local anaesthetics around the surgical site, epidurals, morphine-type drugs or aspirin-type drugs. | | | Your vet will have developed his/her own drug protocols, based upon previous experience, and is therefore the best person to select the drug(s) of choice. |
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http://www.aht.org.uk/fsheets/fsheets1.html
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| | KiwiCareers - Anaesthetic Technician / Print Page |
| | Anaesthetic technicians are not legally obliged to register with a professional body before they can practice. | | | The certificate-level qualification for anaesthetic technicians is soon to become a diploma-level course, with further study to degree level also to be offered for those wanting to undergo advanced training. | | | Anaesthetic technicians assist anaesthetists and prepare operating theatres and clinics for anaesthetic procedures. |
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http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/jobs/3e_hte/j80356x.htm
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| | Local Anaesthesia for Inguinal and Femoral Hernia Repair (page 1) |
| | As the skin is being prepared for surgery explain to the patient what is happening as he may be aware of the sensation. | | | Explain to the patient that since the operation will be carried out under a local anaesthetic they will not feel pain but that some sensation of touch and perhaps pulling will remain. | | | They are blocked by an injection of local anaesthetic between internal and external oblique muscles just medial to the anterior superior iliac spine. |
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http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u04/u04_012.htm
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| | Allergy to Local Anaesthetics |
| | In all instances where local anaesthetics are employed proper patient monitoring, meticulous technique, functioning resuscitative equipment and trained help will go a long way in providing a safe and pain free environment at a relatively low cost in the ambulatory setting. | | | conducted a study to determine the incidence of true local anaesthetic allergy in patients with an alleged history of local anaesthetic allergy and whether subsequent exposure to local anaesthetics was safe. | | | Two hundred and eight patients with a history of allergy to local anaesthetics were referred over a twenty-year period to their Anaesthetic Allergy Clinic at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. |
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http://www.theberries.ns.ca/Archives/anaesthetics.html
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| | Anaesthetic |
| | For some operations, the best option is to combine a local anaesthetic such as spinal or epidural anaesthesia with medicines to make the patient sleepy. | | | Throughout the procedure, different types of medicines are added or removed to relieve the pain and maintain the right level of unconsciousness. | | | An anaesthetic is used to temporarily reduce or take away sensation, usually so that otherwise painful procedures or surgery can be performed. |
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http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/anaesthetic.htm
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| | News Release Checking Anaesthetic Equipment |
| | The Association is very grateful for the interest these groups have taken and the valuable suggestions, which have been included and hope that this important document will make a further contribution to patients' safety reflecting current equipment developments and practice. | | | As with the 1st and 2nd editions an A4 laminated sheet (Checklist for Anaesthetic Equipment - 2004) abbreviated from the full publication has been designed as a practical aid to facilitate the regular checking procedure. | | | Anaesthetists are responsible for ensuring that the equipment they use has been properly checked. |
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http://www.aagbi.org/release_Checking_Anaesthetic_Equiptment.html
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| | Anaesthetic |
| | The nose and mouth are covered with a mask carrying oxygen, a mixture of anaesthetic gases to keep the patient asleep, anti-nausea drugs and pain killers. | | | This is because the drugs are less likely to make you sick, pain control has improved and you're given plenty of fluid while asleep so you don't wake up feeling dehydrated. | | | It is also the anaesthetists job to prescribe pain relief and anti-nausea drugs after surgery. |
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http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=2810
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| | Convergent and reciprocal modulation of a leak K+ current and Ih by an inhalational anaesthetic and neurotransmitters ... |
| | by an inhalational anaesthetic and neurotransmitters in rat brainstem motoneurones | | | Immobilization, or the absence of movement in response to a painful stimulus, is pre-eminent as an anaesthetic end point (as encompassed in the concept of MAC, the minimum alveolar concentration of anaesthetic at which 50 % of patients are immobilized). | | | One CNS site where joint modulation by neurotransmitters and anaesthetics of TASK and HCN channels may be of particular interest is the thalamus, which regulates information flow to the cortex and participates in generation of thalamocortical oscillations associated with different states of consciousness (for review see McCormick, 1992). |
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http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/content/full/541/3/717
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| | (2) General anaesthetics - This type affect the whole body resulting in a loss of conciousness meaning the patient has no awareness of what is going on. | | | (1) Local Anaesthetics - This type only affect a specific area of the body and usually leave the patient fully awake and alert. | | | They work by temporarily blocking the nerve condition without damaging the nerve fibres. |
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http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~hs0dad/profile/procaine/banas.htm
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| | The Pharmacology of Local Anaesthetic Agents (page 1) |
| | There are 2 classes of local anaesthetic drugs defined by the nature of the carbonyl-containing linkage group. | | | One of the main breakdown products is para-amino benzoate (PABA) which is associated with allergic phenomena and hypersensitivity reactions. | | | In current clinical practice esters have largely been superseded by the amides. |
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http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u04/u04_014.htm
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| | Virtual Anaesethesia Textbook - Postoperative Pain |
| | To this end the application of opioids, local anaesthetic blocks and other analgesic modalities are being instituted and established before surgery to attempt to decrease the intensity and duration of postoperative pain. | | | Neural blockade with neuraxial administration of local anaesthetics and/or opioids has now been established as being an effective means postoperative pain treatment. | | | A number of peripheral nerve blocks are very useful in the PACU for the transitional period immediately following general anaesthesia before the patient is fully awake and stable: intermittent or continuous paravertebral, intercostal, femoral nerve, brachial plexus block, and wound-infiltration. |
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http://www.virtual-anaesthesia-textbook.com/vat/pain.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Books: Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment |
| | Pitched at the right level for FRCA part I. You may have struggled through other texts, and will be relieved to find their is a book that clearly presents the information you need in note form with clear pictures, and factual tables. | | | Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment gives a concise, easy to understand description of equipment and its use in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain relief. | | | Buy Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment with Basic Physics and Measurement in Anaesthesia today! |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443064873
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| | Welcome - The Victorian Anaesthetic Group |
| | The Victorian Anaesthetic Group is committed to providing safe and quality patient care in anesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care. | | | Our involvement in education and training in anaesthesia and related disciplines ensures we continue to achieve and maintain world's best standards in medical practice. |
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http://www.vag.com.au
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| | About Us |
| | These services consist of anaesthetics for surgical and medical procedures and intensive care. | | | The site may also include links providing direct access to other Internet sites, however AGB takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on other sites and does not exert any editorial or other control over those sites. | | | The information is intended to educate our patients and customers about subjects and services pertinent to AGB. |
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http://www.agb.com.au
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| | Fundamentals of Anaesthetic Practice |
| | Multidisciplinary teamwork and the role of the anaesthetic practitioner. | | | To provide an opportunity for students to develop a fundamental knowledge base in anaesthesia in order to support the patient and anaesthetist in clinical practice and to develop the relevant clinical skills to care for a patient undergoing an anaesthetic for elective and emergency surgery. | | | Safe working practices: including monitoring and regulation of the working environment, routine safety checks, safe handling and storage of anaesthetic drugs and medical gases, disposal of waste, sterilisation and decontamination procedures for anaesthetic equipment, COSHH and Universal Precautions. |
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http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/tud/db/UnivPort/level_1/FAP.htm
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| | Anaesthetic vaporizer - Patent 4607634 |
| | Throughout this specification the term "anaesthetic" is intended to embrace both anaesthetics and analgesics. | | | An anaesthetic vaporizer as defined in claim 1, in which said body part includes a cover enclosing said valve body within said body part, said valve body having a valve member extending through said cover for rotation by an operator. | | | The aforedescribed embodiment is eminently suitable for use with liquid analgesics such as ETHRANE (registered trade mark) for painful physiotherapy, burns, obstetrics and the like where the patient is conscious but requires the anaesthetic concentration which may be needed to be adjusted within limits according to circumstances. |
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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4607634.html
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| | General anaesthetic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Injection anaesthetics are used for induction and maintenance of a state of unconsciousness. | | | A general anaesthetic drug is an anaesthetic (or anesthetic AE) drug that brings about a reversible loss of consciousness. | | | Desflurane and sevoflurane are the most widely used volatile anaesthetics today. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_anaesthetic
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| | BARNA: British Anaesthetic & Recovery Nurses |
| | BARNA - British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association | | | Membership includes nurses, ODP’s and doctors involved in the provision of care in the anaesthetic and recovery areas. | | | BARNA (British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association) was established in 1987 in the Midlands as a specialist organisation catering for recovery and anaesthetic nurses who were not represented by any other association. |
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http://www.barna.co.uk
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| | Volatile Anaesthetics |
| | Factors affecting the uptake of anaesthetic from the lungs | | | Factors affecting uptake of anaesthetic by the tissue (mixed venous partial pressure) | | | Unlikely to be involved in any biochemical events in the body. |
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http://www.anaesthetist.com/anaes/drugs/volatile.htm
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| | Scoop: North Shore Hospital Barcodes Anaesthetic Drugs |
| | As well as providing improved patient safety, collated data can subsequently be used for research and to assist in clinical process development. | | | Developed by Safer Sleep Ltd using a team of anaesthetists, psychologists and engineers, IDAS is considered by North Shore Hospital anaesthetists to be the best drug safety system available internationally. | | | “Anaesthetic information is difficult and time consuming to obtain using paper systems, and much of the physiological information is challenging to analyse,” says Dr Hunter. |
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0403/S00100.htm
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| | Ophthalmic Anaesthetic Services Home Page |
| | This website aims to provide a resource for doctors, theatre practitioners and patients, while also providing a brief introduction to the professional medical services OAS provides. | | | An unrivalled body of experience in sub-tenons anaesthesia - our specialists | | | We value your feedback so please contact us! |
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http://www.anaesthesia.eu.com
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| | Local anaesthetic agents |
| | Local anaesthetics are a safe and effective and highly desirable means for achieving analgesia. | | | Ester local anaesthetics, which are infrequently used, are much more often associated with allergy because they are metabolised to para-amino benzoic acid, which acts as a hapten. | | | This drug has been shown to reverse the electrophysical changes in the heart caused by bupivicaine, but it does not ameliorate the haemodynamic alterations from bupivicaine toxicity. |
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http://www.anaesthetist.com/anaes/drugs/locals.htm
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| | Anaesthetic Technology Course Home Page |
| | Prospective applicants are advised that the role of the anaesthetic technicians varies widely across the country and within the state of Western Australia. | | | The objective of the course is to train students to a level that will ensure they have a thorough understanding of the theatre environment and anaesthetic equipment and can provide safe and dependable technical assistance to the anaesthetist. | | | Depending on the number of students involved, the program may be split with one group starting in March and a second group starting in June. |
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http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/anaesth/tech.html
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| | REFERENCES |
| | Regenbogen L, Ilie S, Elian I. Homocystinuria, a surgical and anaesthetic risk. | | | Rubba P, Faccenda F, Pauciullo P, Carbone L, Mancini M, Strisciuglio P, Carrozzo R, Sartorio R, del Guidice E, Andria G. Early signs of vascular disease in homocystinuria: a noninvasive study by ultrasound methods in eight families with cystathionine b-synthase deficiency. |
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http://www.hcusupport.com/references.htm
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| | BBC - Skillswise - Glossary |
| | A drug that stops you feeling pain, usually used in an operation. | | | Example:Before my operation I was given an anaesthetic drug. | | | Take a dictionary and look it up, or discuss what you think this word might mean with others. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/index.shtml?01071
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| | Irish Anaesthetic Exams Home Page- FCARCSI FFA FCA - Irish FRCA |
| | The content comes in part from my own experiences in the anaesthetic post graduate examinations and from working with candidates for both the FRCA and FCARCSI exams. | | | Content is also supplied on an ongoing basis by candidates of the exam - in other words, if the site helps you, help someone else by making a contribution. | | | Welcome to the new Irish Anaesthetic Exams Website, home of the FCARCSI Exams - your one stop guide to the Irish Primary and Final Anaesthetic Examinations (Also known as the FFA, FCA RCSI or (incorrectly) The Irish FRCA). |
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http://www.fcarcsi.com/index2.htm
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| | The Medicine Journal - April 2002: Pitfalls to avoid when using anaesthetic equipment |
| | Always clinically monitor the effect of the anaesthetic agent on the patient and vary the concentration accordingly and not according to the dial setting. | | | Of prime concern is the harm that may befall the patient. | | | Multi-gas analyser can monitor anaesthetic agent concentration at point of delivery to the patient. |
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http://www.medpharm.co.za/safp/2002/april/pitfall.html
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| | BBC NEWS Health MS 'linked to anaesthetic gases' |
| | Exposure to anaesthetic gases at work could triple the risk of developing multiple sclerosis, researchers claim. | | | Links to more Health stories are at the foot of the page. | | | They were asked about their jobs, the extent of their exposure to anaesthetic gases, and the timing of symptoms and diagnosis of MS. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2584083.stm
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| | Anaesthetic Equipment |
| | Fresh gas flows should be 2-2.5 times the patient minute volume. | | | Overcomes the problems of effectively scavenging waste gas associated with this system. | | | Fresh gas flow rates are very low, needing only sufficient oxygen for the patients metabolic rate and to replace anaesthetic agent in the system.Typically 20-50ml/kg/minute. |
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http://www.farmstoreonline.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d121.html
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| | Guardian NHS still using outmoded anaesthetic equipment |
| | The anaesthetic machine was not fitted with an anti-hypoxia guard - a device which controls the gases given to a patient. | | | Dr Harris said: "These machines are a danger to patients. | | | However, Dr Harris said that safety notices were intended to be complied with immediately, since they implied a risk to patients which needed to be addressed. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4484139-103690,00.html
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| | The Fallacies of Moralism and Moral Aestheticism |
| | "anaesthetic"], the denial of beauty and aesthetic value (not, in this case, the loss of consciousness due to drugs), and anhedonia [adj. | | | To anaesthetic, moralistic feminism, this passage is a classic example of sexism: what is remarkable about Draupadî is her physical | | | The distaste for this, and for flamboyant drag queens like RuPaul, of the anaesthetic feminists and lesbians, however, must pale beside the discomfort they must feel with some kinds of gay art: The only place in recent culture were misogyny is generally beyond feminist criticism is in art with a gay male theme. |
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http://www.friesian.com/poly-1b.htm
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