One thing that is closer to my experiences that I may include in a research paper is the competency of doctors. It is close to me because almost four years ago my mother passed away from a reaction to a medication. It was sudden, and she was prescribed the medicine only a couple days earlier. My mother had a lot of problems like arthritis and depression that she took other medications for. Not much would work, but I did some research on the medication, and it is only normally used in extreme cases. One day, I was watching Dateline and there was a piece on that exact same drug, and how there were lawsuits against it. Teenagers who were just taking the medicine for serious sports injury suddenly died. From what? Doctors haphazardly handing out medication so the drug companies can make a buck. I believe the world of medicine needs to stop looking at commercialism over people's lives. I also believe that if less trust was put into doctors, and more effort was put into the prevention of ailments, then there would be less suffering and death today.
Wow! That's topic that must be close to your heart. I can't imagine losing my mother in that way. If you focused strictly on that medication, I'll bet you'd have a very sound paper. However, if you wanted to expand it a little, that might be okay, too, but don't expand it too much. Misdiagnosing or overprescribing drugs for someone with fatal consequences would be plenty focusd. Prevention and trust in doctors is a wider net and may not be very productive.
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