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Welfare and the Law, 2008.
This paper describes the impact of litigation on reforming the child welfare system.
834 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper discusses the litigation directed toward the child welfare system that has been the subject of much controversy. The paper contends that if arbitration or mediation can resolve problems and conflicts faster, and still promote the welfare of children, they should be initiated. The paper describes the litigation process resulting in the Colorado Child Welfare Agreement (CCWA) and is of the opinion that rather than sue the government needlessly, citizens should collaborate to make programs better rather than simply complain about them.
Outline:
Introduction
Analysis of Issue
Conclusion
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"Large lawsuits involving litigation can result in very large and "systemic" change for child welfare, however the expense and time involved in these lawsuits could be solved through simpler measures including arbitration, which would save precious time and money, money needed to ensure the rights of children are supported (Stein, 1998; Kosanovich & Joseph, 2005). Other instances apart from class action lawsuits where litigation has occurred include litigation that required services including medical and dental care were offered to children and provisions that addressed parental issues including adoption (Kosanovich & Joseph, 2005)."
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The Religion of Consumerism, 2008.
A discussion on how some people feel that dissatisfaction or unhappiness can be instantly cured by by shopping.
959 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper compares the religion of the Lakota Indians to the religion of consumerism. The paper notes that the Lakota Indians lived, and still do live, simple lives whose religion focuses on the connection to nature. In contrast, the religion of today, or consumerism, holds that the purpose of life is to consume as much as possible, at all costs. This paper particularly looks at how the religious traditions of the Lakota are about learning how to live as one with nature. Whereas, in consumerism, instead of seeking happiness through spiritual betterment, consumerism simply allows one to purchase happiness.
Outline:
1. What does it mean to be human?
2. What is the basic human problem?
3. What is the cause of the problem?
4. What is the end or goal of transformation?
5. What are the means of transformation?
6. What is the nature of reality?
7. What is the sacred and how may the sacred be known?
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"The cause of the problem is that the religion of consumerism has taken human outside the traditional cycles of good and bad, birth and death, and harmony versus disharmony. By contrast, consumerism simply creates the problem of "what don't I have that I should have". Unlike other religions, which create a connection to either nature (Lakota) or a divine being, consumerism makes a connection between the individual and the artificial. Instead of seeking happiness through spiritual betterment, consumerism simply allows one to purchase happiness. The result is the problem: that humans loose the connection to what it means to be human. Instead consumerism creates a new definition of what it means to be human, an artificial meaning that simply defines being human with being a consumer."
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ACLU Goals, 2008.
This paper looks at goals and objectives of the American Civil Liberties Union.
880 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation. The writer maintains that by the very virtue of its long held traditions it might be tempting for its general communications to eliminate basic information about its goals and objectives, yet, within its web presence is a demonstrative mission, that explains its goals and objectives. The writer points out that the ACLU wishes to uphold the constitutional Bill of Rights and extend these rights to historically disenfranchised peoples. The writer discusses that its goals are clearly set by outlining the basic rights of the constitution and its objectives are to go about doing this in a manner that reflects these rights upon every individual American, as well as all people that America comes into contact with.
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"The objectives of the ACLU are then applied to specific issues, according to the perceived needs of the issue itself and what the historical best practices are for achieving successful change for any given issue. The application of objectives can be very broad to very specific based on historical best practices according to the ACLU and other civil rights movements. If for instance a goal is to reduce the infringement of the constitutional rights of a single individual, who was transgressed against, the legal means might be used as a logical objective, while other goals, such as decreasing the utilization of the US sponsorship of torture and or rights infringement in the rest of the world, the call is to inform the public of the problem and then allow members and individuals in the organization to write congressmen and utilize the press to broaden concern for the problem. Though all of the tertiary objectives may be used in every case the focus is on what has worked best in any given similar case in the past."
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Sexual Relations in Different Cultural Groups, 2008.
This paper looks at the societal regulation of sexual relations in different social groups.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer notes that throughout the world there are different cultural norms, or otherwise stated, there are different activities that are either accepted or shunned within different cultural groups. The writer points out that this is especially true of sexual relations within a culture. Different marriage systems exist within different sectors of society and within different cultures throughout the world. The writer researches and relates the different methods used in various societies in order to regulate sexual relations among members of that cultural group. This paper includes color diagrams.
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Objective
Introduction
Basic Regulations of 'Exogamy' and 'Endogamy' in Cultures/Societies
Yanomamo Culture
Sexual Relations among Young People in Developing Countries
Kinship & Anthropology
Summary & Conclusion
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"All societies have rules related to certain incest taboos, or rules of 'exogamy'. This states a specific range or category of relatives that may not be considered for marriage or sexual partners by those within the society. Rules of 'endogamy' within a culture or society relates to marriage restriction not only among kin who are closely related but also rules that specifically channel individuals towards marriage within certain groups. The following diagram illustrates three specific ranges of relationships which are those of ..."
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Spanking Children, 2008.
This paper presents a detailed analysis of corporal punishment with regard to children and how the use of such action has changed over the years.
1,713 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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In this article, the writer notes that there are few parenting topics that spark the intensity of debate more strongly than the topic of spanking. For many years parents and experts have argued, studied, and examined the use of corporal punishment on children with mixed results. The writer discusses that in the 1950s corporal punishment was not only an accepted source of punishment, it was also a recommended form of punishment by pediatricians and other child experts across the nation. A few decades ago, the tide began to turn and child experts started to advise against spanking as a punishment for children. Today, for the most part, experts believe that the use of spanking as a form of punishment is at best ineffective and at its worst, harmful. This paper examines the changing views of spanking for punishment over the past few decades and argues that its use has become outdated.
Outline:
Introduction
History
The Bottom Line
Conclusion
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"The bottom line when it comes to the use of spanking children as a form of punishment is that it should never be done. If an adult will go to jail for hitting another adult, why on earth would it ever be acceptable and okay to strike a child for any reason? Children are smaller and more fragile than adults and deserve at the very least the same protections that adults have under the law from being hit any time one does not like that adult's actions. Those who support the use of corporal punishment insist that it is different because the child being spanked is related to the spanker, however that argument is not valid either as it is illegal for related spouses to hit each other as well. It is called domestic violence and when it happens someone goes to jail."
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A Philosophy of Leisure, 2008.
This paper explores the thoughts of several philosophers on leisure and a discussion on the writer's own philosophy of leisure.
1,585 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses and explains the thoughts about leisure of many great philosophers, including Aristotle, Jeremy Bentham, and Immanuel Kant. The writer then discusses his own personal philosophy of leisure and concludes that, so long as pleasure does not impinge upon the lives and productivity of native inhabitants, or the pleasures of others, varied quests in the pursuit of leisure are all honorable.
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"A philosopher such as Aristotle might find the more mentally industrious forms of leisure more beneficial. Watching television and eating foods that please the palate but do not nourish the body may provide pleasure, but do not facilitate happiness. For Aristotle, "the happiest life, the greatest human good, is the fulfillment of the philosopher" is a philosophical life of seeking happiness, but not necessarily a life of seeking or enjoying pleasure. Happiness is achieved through contemplation, but not a contemplation done out of compulsion."
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Social History-New History, 2008.
A look at new history and multiculturalism within the context of historical studies in Britain.
2,739 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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The paper discusses the conception of 'new history" or 'history from below' and states that it has its foundations in a wide range of connected disciplines and contemporary theoretical trajectories and stances. The paper comments that the foundation of 'history from below' lies in the questioning of the hegemony of old and more elitist views of history and the context of historical reality The paper concludes that the writing of 'history from below' provides a much-needed and important part of historical research and discourse in contemporary scholarship.
Outline:
Introduction and Overview
British Multiculturalism
Conclusion
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" In conclusion it should be noted that the "new history" and the stance that takes its point of departure from 'below" in Britain owes much to the earlier Marxist historians. These historians are in fact seen as the "progenitors" of contemporary "history from below." (Kaye 182) Given this legacy in the British context it is not surprising that much of the historical research has been focused on the marginalized and disenfranchised cultures and sections of the population.
"For example there has been a great deal of research on the Asian and Pakistan immigration to the country. After the Second World War there was a large scale immigration of Muslims from various counties including North Africa to Britain. The central reason for this was the need in Britain for cheap industrial labor and they "...turned towards their former colonies in South Asia and North Africa to fill labour shortages... (What perspectives for Islam and Muslims in Europe?) Research into this area has produced numerous studies dealing with the prejudice and the alienation that these immigrants experienced. This type of research clearly shows the link and the connection between 'history from below' and multiculturalism and also suggests that these two concepts are inextricably intertwinwed in this new approach to history. While there are many detractors and critics of this new historical approach, there are also many who see 'new history' as advancing the aims of the discipline."
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Fight Club: Reclaiming the Self, 2008.
A review of the book "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk.
1,348 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper focuses on the novel "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk. The paper explains that it is the story of a lonely man who has no friends and is stuck working at a job he does not like. The paper concentrates on the narrator-character and how his life changes drastically when he meets with Tyler Durden with whom he opens the Fight Club. The paper discusses physical violence in the Fight Club, which is used as a means of liberating the individual from a value system. with which he does not identify. The paper looks at how nihilism and existentialism are used throughout the novel as tools of defining the characters.
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"There is a strong existentialist influence in Fight Club, expressed mainly through a recurrent exploration of suffering, death, nothingness and absurdity. According to Bennett, there has not been a sufficient amount of discussion regarding the complexity of the Fight Club text in the sense that critics and supporters alike have limited a full exploration of such a profound text. Although he does not reject the idea - expressed by many critics, that Fight Club tackles issues as gender and class identity, Bennett argues that existentialism, understood both as a philosophical and as an aesthetic practice, provides a superior critical framework for interpreting Fight Club (Bennett: 67). His stance is that Palahniuk's Fight Club is a brilliant sample of the "existential literary tradition with certain postmodern differences" (Bennett: 68) in the sense that the existentialism of the book is very much adapted to its historical context, i.e. the age of "postmodern capitalism" (Ibid: 68). In fact, his argument goes a bit further; he draws a parallel between Fight Club and Dostoyevsky's novella, Notes from the Underground in the sense that they both center on the "alienated individual going underground to rage against a dehumanizing society" (Ibid: 69). Palahniuk's unnamed narrator, who is conventionally referred to as Jack suffers from a wide but vaguely defined range of psychological disorders, including insomnia and narcolepsy - the so-called disorders of the modern man, and has the need to confront himself with the most acute human suffering in order to regain his humanity: "Every evening, I died, and every evening, I was born. Resurrected."
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Standards of Care, 2008.
This paper looks at the cultural competence of long-term health care as it relates to the Latino population.
1,979 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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In this article, the writer notes that a current positive trend in health care is to establish systems that are open and receptive to cultural diversity. The writer discusses that culturally competent is the designation that is utilized to describe a hospital or other health care facility that answers the needs of a diverse population through services and training that recognizes cultural diversity and helps to guide those individuals through access points, and services to achieve a better outcome. Cultural competence is defined in a number of ways but includes linguistic recognition and training for the region and or service area of the health care facility, religious and social sensitivity to a variety of diverse issues with particular interest in regionally dominant minorities. This work addresses the Latino population and uses the example of a long-term care facility to demonstrate cultural competence in this area.
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"Mutual understanding on both parts is broken down and can create problems of health risk and even emotional and physical safety. This translates to the skilled and certified staff in a long term care facility. When a CNA is unable to convince a patient that restraints are necessary for their safety, and that all their needs will be met if they are restrained, the person may seriously resist restraints to a point of their own peril. Though restraints are an unfortunate aspect of long term care they serve an important role, especially in the case of extreme frailty or dementia. Within the long term care setting restraint is unfortunately essential but often contrary to cultural and personal beliefs, even for those who are of the culturally dominant race, but to someone with limited English skills they can seem like the most offensive and unacceptable form or torture imaginable. Nurses and CNAs recognize that patient must do things to achieve greater health that are contrary to anything they do normally in their own element and yet if the nurse or CAN is unable to communicate this need and its importance to the patient the patient is left at risk of falling and or physically damaging themselves to seek to achieve unrestricted movement, that they are often physically unable to perform."
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The Concept of Disease, 2008.
This paper looks at the concept of disease from a general medical practice and homeopathic medicine perspective.
7,480 words (approx. 29.9 pages), 28 sources, MLA, $ 164.95
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In this article, the writer provides the relevant background and comparison of general medicine and homeopathic concepts of disease. Further, the writer discusses how their similarities and differences affect the choice of treatment modalities and their effect on the patients involved. The research shows that general medicine concepts of disease relate to dysfunctions in the body that are characterized by specific symptoms that can be diagnosed and treated. In contrast, the research also shows that in homeopathy, practitioners consider disease symptoms as the body's own attempts to heal itself. The writer maintains that in most cases, homeopaths use medicines that mimic the symptoms of the disease but do so in such attenuated amounts that these active ingredients are virtually absent from the prescription with most observers suggesting there is a powerful placebo effect at play. The writer concludes that it would seem reasonable to assert that many general medicine practitioners could take a lesson from their homeopathic counterparts by paying more attention to establishing therapeutic relationships and a rapport with their patients rather than ruling out one possible cause after another without regard to what patients have to say about their personal concepts of the disease involved.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Scope of Study
Rationale of Study
Methodology
Chapter 2: Background and Overview
Chapter 3: General Medicine Concepts of Disease
Chapter 4: Homeopathic Medicine Concepts of Disease
Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions
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"Christopher Boorse criticizes the idea that health and disease are evaluative concepts. In his view, this relativizing of the concepts leads to absurd consequences. Assume, for instance, that one defines disease in terms of unwanted things which are candidates for medical treatment. He claims that many recognized diseases are not really treatable. On the other hand, practices such as circumcision, termination of pregnancy or plastic surgery are not good reasons for considering the possession of foreskin, being pregnant or having ears that stick out to be diseases. Another possibility is that one invokes pain or suffering as a criterion for calling something a disease; however, Boorse emphasizes as well that medical textbooks frequently describe instances where the absence of subjective discomfort is accompanied by serious internal injury; by contrast, some people tend to experience severe pain and discomfort during entirely normal processes such as menstruation, teething and childbirth."
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