Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In psychology, aggression that is designed to harm or injure, instrumental aggression.  

Located in Florence, Italy, the insane asylum where Vincento Chiarugi introduced the moral treatment movement of the mentally ill.  

Basically, a room and board coverage during a stay in hospital. There are usually a variety of restrictions relative to coverage: limitations, copayments, deductibles, and others.    

A facility equipped to deal with a variety of illnesses and injuries vary considerably in the types and quality of care provided and the types and quality of staffing. In addition, there are publically operated, privately operated, and a combination of financial arrangements. Costs for services provided also have a various range. Essentially room and…

An approach to caring for terminally ill people that maximizes their quality of life and allows death with dignity, hospice. Nonhospital comfort care offered to people with terminal diseases.  

Literal definition is an inn for travelers. A program which provides palliative and supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families , either directly or on a consulting basis with the patient’s physician or another community agency such as a visiting nurse association. Originally a medieval name for a way station for crusaders where…

A single printed page containing the alphabet, syllable, a prayer, and other simple words and which was used in colonial times as the beginner’s first book or pre-primer were attached to a wooden paddle for ease in carrying and were covered with a thin sheet of transparent horn for protection.  

Treatment by alteration of hormonal balance designed to adversely influence a tumor whose viability is dependent upon the presence or absence of particular hormones. This may be accomplished by either surgery, radiation, or hormonal medication. A treatment in which a woman’s declining hormone levels are supplemented with additional hormones. The treatment, also known as estrogen…

A subunit of the schizophyte thallus formed by fragmentation, and functioning is asexual propagation analogous to the trichome in other forms.  

In education, the method whereby the teacher instructs students, who complete their work faster than classmates, to do more of the same type of assignment, vertical enrichment.