The healing for those who suffer from emotional consequences of traumatic experiences is most often achieved through an arduous therapeutic process of prolonged exposure.
For both Jews and Poles, the wounds from World War II have been slow to heal, and therefore the process of mourning has been prolonged and incomplete.
Bill Keller says supporters of humane end-of-life practices "have been criticized by the Catholic Church in the name of 'life.' " For decades, if not centuries, the Catholic Church has been on the side of not inhumanely prolonging the process of dying.
(While this is true, many competent dying persons still wish to have access to legalized medically assisted death, rather than having to rely on refusing nutrition and hydration, so as to retain control over the timing of their deaths, and to avoid needlessly prolonging the process of dying).
Advances in therapeutic and technical possibilities further narrow the already thin line between sustaining life and prolonging the process of dying in the intensive care unit (ICU).
In one species of scorpionfly, males have evolved a cunning technique to catch mates and prolong the process of copulation.
Even for very soil-mobile nutrients, such as potassium nitrate, encapsulation by graphene oxide considerably prolongs the process of fertilizer release and large-scale production of encapsulates seems to be possible at a relatively low cost [81].
Reject his nominees, prolong the process of approving them, draw out hearings on legislation.
However, it is also clear that such a move by the U.S. would be counterproductive, and merely prolong the process of Palestinian application for membership.
The high technology context of care is known to trigger ethical dilemmas concerning questions of life and death as treatments may cause more suffering if they prolongs the process of dying [ 1].
