Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A chemical related to adrenaline and dopamine. It occurs naturally in the body and in the form levodopa is used to treat Parkinson’s disease. A physiologically important compound that forms an intermediate stage in the synthesis of catecholamines (dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine) from the essential amino acid tyrosine. It also plays a role itself in…

Artificial insemination using the sperm of an anonymous donor. Use of the semen of a donor to produce fertilization in cases of infertility where the male partner has oligospermia or impotence. The donor is chosen for ethnic and physical similarity to the male partner and is screened for transmissible diseases (e.g. HIV, syphilis, hepatitis, gonorrhoea,…

A card carried by people stating that they give permission for their organs to be transplanted into other people after they have died. A document used by a person who wishes to make an anatomical gift, at the time of his or her death, of an organ or other body part needed for transplantation.  

A person who gives blood, tissue, organs or reproductive material to be used to treat another person. Person who gives living tissue (e.g., eye. blood, semen) to be used in another person. A person who leaves instructions for his or her body or organs to be donated for medical use after death. To do this,…

To agree to give blood, tissue, organs, or reproductive material to be used to treat another person.  

An operation to close the neck of the vagina.  

An arrangement for the delivery of a baby, where the baby is delivered in hospital by a midwife and the mother and child return home soon afterwards.  

A visit to the patient’s home.  

Nursing services which are available to people in their homes.  

A nurse with special qualification in midwifery, who can assist in childbirth at home.