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Physics IA3 - Coggle Diagram
Physics IA3
rationale
claim: "Particle accelerators play a vital role in modern healthcare."
particle accelerators
a machine that accelerates elementary particles, such as electrons or protons, to very high energies
produce beams of charged particles that can be used for a variety of research purposes like medicine
(book: Particle Accelerator Physics p 3-41)
Linear accelerators: propel particles along a linear, or straight, beam line
radiotherapy
brachytherapy
Circular accelerators: propel particles around a circular track
cyclotron
vital role
considered vital in modern healthcare if it is effectively used to uphold the definition of modern healthcare meaning patients are treated to a healthy “state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" using up-to-date technology and latest knowledge
claim to research question (narrow down)
VITAL to modern healthcare: comparing brachytherapy (a particle accelertor) to chemotherapy OR surgery (non-particle accelerator)
MODERN healthcare: lastest technology for oral cancer like brachytherapy
research question: Is brachytherapy more effective at treating patients with oral cancer compared to chemotherapy in terms of absolute risks, side effects and survival rate?
modern HEALTHcare
oral cancer MAYBE: looking at the parameters
side effects - short term and long term effects (quality of life)
absolute risks
survival rate
modern healthcare
MODERN healthcare: using up-to-date technology and latest knowledge to treat and care for an individual's physical, mental, and social well-being to a healthy standard
healthCARE: means treating and caring for an individual's physical, mental, and social well-being to a healthy standard
health: “a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (
https://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/chapter3.pdf
)