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The paper focuses on Patrick Carnes, a well-known expert in the area of counseling and treating sexual addiction. His 1989 book Contrary to Love provides an overview of sexual addiction for the layperson as well as the addict, and also moves through the onset, growth and culmination of what he calls "the addictive system." The book also discusses the role of family relationships and dysfunctions in contributing to an addict's problems, including the role of co-addiction within the family. The paradigm presented is one of gradual self-understanding and slow evolution over an extended period of the addict's life, rather than one of "quick fixes" or cures.

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"Patrick Carnes is a well-known expert in the area of counseling and treating sexual addiction, and is the author of several books on the subject of addiction and recovery. His 1989 book Contrary to Love provides an overview of sexual addiction for the layperson as well as the addict, and also moves through the onset, growth and culmination of what he calls "the addictive system." The book also discusses the role of family relationships and dysfunctions in contributing to an addict's problems, including the role of co-addiction within the family. In the final part of the book, Carnes moves into a thorough presentation and discussion of the ..."

Tags:recovery, dysfunction

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This paper focuses on the issue of grief as a concept that is significant to the practice of nursing. It explores the intricacies of grief in order to understand the scope of its impact to the field of nursing and health care in general. The paper provides model, contrary, related and borderline cases that relate to grief. It then looks at the social context of grief and then provides an operational definition of the context.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Assumptions
Literature Review
Defining Attributes
Model, Contrary, Related and Borderline Cases
Social Contexts and Values
Theoretical Definition
Operational Definition of the Concept
Empirical Referents
Measurement Tool
Application to Nursing Practice
Application to Nursing Research

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"The concept of grief can be applied to nursing practice through an understanding of the individual patient and the time that is taken to comprehend all of the factors that impact the patient's life. The issue of quality care should be considered in relation to the concept of grief because the patient that is undergoing the grief process may not be forthcoming with the information, nor be aware that the physical symptoms that are evident are associated with physical illness. Therefore, the nurse that is capable of taking the necessary time to discover information about the patient in terms of current life situations, events that have impacted his or her living and emotional barriers to good health that may exist, will uncover the potential for grief to be a factor in the health concerns of the patient. When this occurs that patient can then be assisted in a manner that is positive and that will lead to successful outcomes for the individual."

Tags:loss, counseling, bereavement, depression

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This paper uses several well-known writings to demonstrate the power of fear and its influence on human behavior. The paper talks about how fear has been used on slaves to keep them from wanting to become free, how it can be used to make people do things that are contrary to their own well-being, and how great strength and courage are needed to overcome fear.

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"Frederick Douglass is an excellent example of an individual who stood up to his fear. In his novel, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass explains the fear he encountered as a slave with high ambitions. We realize his desire when Mrs. Auld's attempts to teach Douglass to read. Mr. Auld forbade the lessons, telling his wife, it was "unlawful, as well as unsafe to teach a slave to read . . . if you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell" (78). Additionally, he said that teaching Douglass to read "would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him disoriented and unhappy" (78). This scene is significant because it illustrates Douglass' strength to follow his own desire despite his circumstances. Douglass demonstrates how the slaves were placed in a position of fearing even learning to read because they might be punished. "

Tags:knowledge, power, instilling, judge, afraid, protect, teach, fearing, learning

Abstract
This paper describes the book "Contrary to Love" by Patrick Carnes, a well-known expert in the area of counseling and treating sexual addiction. The paper relates that the book provides an overview of sexual addiction for the layperson as well as the addict, and moves through the onset, growth and culmination of what Carnes calls "the addictive system." The paper also relates that the book discusses the role of family relationships and dysfunctions in contributing to an addict's problems. Additionally, the paper notes that in the final part of the book, Carnes moves into a thorough presentation and discussion of the process of recovery from sexual addiction.

From the Paper
"Patrick Carnes is a well-known expert in the area of counseling and treating sexual addiction, and is the author of several books on the subject of addiction and recovery. His 1989 book Contrary to Love provides an overview of sexual addiction for the layperson as well as the addict, and also moves through the onset, growth and culmination of what he calls "the addictive system." The book also discusses the role of family relationships and dysfunctions in contributing to an addict's problems, including the role of co-addiction within the family. In the final part of the book, Carnes moves into a thorough presentation and discussion of the process of recovery from sexual addiction. Like all forms of recovery from addiction, the paradigm presented is one of gradual self-understanding and slow evolution over an extended period of the addict's life, rather than one of "quick fixes" or cures. Carnes concludes with an analysis of the assessment and intervention / treatment process from an institutional perspective.
"Carnes establishes sexual addiction as an illness early on (p. 4), then goes into a brief discussion of what he calls "models that don't work," including the model that sees addiction as a failure of morals (5) and models that attempt to interpret sexual addiction from various behavioral, cultural or environmental viewpoints (27-35), none of which he finds completely satisfactory. In a brief discussion of the biological model, he admits that some progress has been made in terms of treating sexual addicts (primarily criminal offenders) with drugs, but the two-page overview of this model is too brief to be considered complete, and Carnes is evidently not satisfied with this model either. One point which does arise as innovative and challenging is that Carnes notes that in many sexual crimes, alcohol or other drugs were found to have played a subsidiary or contributing role. The concept of "cross-addiction" thus comes into play, and is provocative if it can lead to new forms of treatment in the future."

Tags:morals, recovery, prevention, papradigm

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A paper contrasting "The Chimney Sweeper" poems from William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience" with "The Ecchoing Green" and "London". The paper focuses on the portrayal of the contrary states of innocence and experience, but the paper suggests that in a greater thematic sense all poems carry Blakes social criticism of the hypocritical Romantic society.

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"William Blake, from a young age, displayed a vivid imagination which was not looked upon favorably during the pre Romantic period. He continued throughout his writing to radically question religion and politics, especially critical of the church, putting forth his views on the world. Perhaps what Blake is most famous for are his contrasting Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence poems, which have either been paired by Blake himself, or by critics in their interpretations. In plate three of "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" Blake wrote, "Without contraries is no progression", this statement defining the contrary states of Innocence and Experience, regarded as necessary to both human existence and human progress."

Tags:chimney, exploitation, hypocrisy, london, religion

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This paper explains that nature does not need mankind to flourish; it can easily stay alive without difficulty and still remain strong, even for millions of years. But mankind cannot survive for even a few seconds if there is no nature. The author points out that the biggest thing that makes mankind different from nature is choice; humans are allowed to choose their own destiny and make decisions on the basis of what they want. The paper stresses that man simply cannot be a part of nature because he is often oblivious to the constant help that nature provides him, and many times, is the cause of destruction for the very same object that has sheltered and protected him.

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"If one ponders about why nature is present, they can understand that it is not made to serve us. It is doing its purpose as God intended it to do, which we as humans can use to our advantage, or show no respect to and destroy. Either way, its there, ever present, serving its purpose as it was made too, as our friend, helping us by providing us food, supplying us with water, giving us its natural resources like wood and stone, so that we can build ourselves shelter, where we can live with security. All this is seamlessly integrated into natures design, hard coded as such so that no matter how man disrespects nature, it will keep providing us with help and resources, until it becomes extinct, either by a process of nature, or a man-made disaster."

Tags:choice, separate, survival, supply, water

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"This research examines the process of dealing with fear in nursing practice. The concept of fear is considered in the initial discussion. Following this discussion, a relationship statement incorporating fear into a research hypothesis is formulated, and fear is defined within the context of a specific area of nursing practice.

The Concept of Fear
Fear and anxiety are frequently integral to the health care environment . This state of affairs provides two justifications for the analysis of fear. First, fear and anxiety differ from one another, although the two phenomena are often confused with one another ... "

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"One of the recurring issues to face human beings is the problem of a good death. Through the centuries that has been variously defined and redefined to deal with a number of social, psychological, and spiritual issues. In recent times, Elisabeth Kubler Ross has set forth the parameters of a good death, noting that people generally pass through several stages, finally reaching a stage of acceptance.

However, not all people are content to allow the process of their dying to play out naturally, or to be prolonged indefinitely by an increasingly sophisticated medical establishment. Some people, because of pain, terminal illness, despair, or other causes wish to gain control of their dying and ..."

Tags:DEATH, DYING

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This paper is centrally interested in the definition of "objectivity" in the work of E. Kant, particularly in relation to his first first and second formulations of the categorical imperative. This paper explores the conventional interpretation of the notion of objectivity, and then offers a modernized understanding of the term.

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"This essay holds that the application of the first and second formulations of Kant's moral doctrine the categorical imperative the purpose of which is to determine the morality of human action can and must be applied in conjunction. When applied in conjunction, it is shown that the two formulations prohibit and enjoin the same actions for the same reason. First, this essay explores the conventional interpretation of the first and second formulations of the categorical imperative. After mentioning the primary fault of this interpretation namely, the confusion surrounding the interpretation of the terms "objective" or "objectivity" a new interpretation is suggested."

Tags:philosophy, Neptune, Kantian, euthanasia

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"In recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of black-white marriages in the United States. In 1970, there were 65,000 black-white couples; by 1988, that number had grown to 218,000. The ratio of black-white marriages to all other marriages also increased during that period. In 1990, black-white marriages represented "four out of every 1,000 married couples, where in 1970 only 1.5 of every 1,000 marriages was mixed". The attitudes of Americans toward interracial marriage have gradually been changing in recent decades, as well. Thus, there is more tolerance toward interracial relationships today than there was in the past. However, for the most part, prejudicial attitudes remain strong for many Americans. In fact, the average American attitude shows far less acceptance than is found in most ... "