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Health Concerns of Native Hawaiians, 2008.
An analysis of the health issues and the reasons for them that exist within the Native Hawaiian population of Hawaii County.
2,036 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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This paper discusses the extensive health concern that exists within the Native Hawaiian population of Hawaii County. It describes the health issues that exist and the fact that at the same time the people are being afflicted by poverty and an increasing decline in their lifestyles. The paper looks at the reasons for these health issues and provides resolutions to improve the situation.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Obesity
Physical Activity
Diabetes
Tobacco
Resolutions
Conclusion
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"Because of these issues it is imperative that the leaders of Hawaii County work diligently to develop effective programs that will serve the needs of this population. Programs through health care, social services and community awareness will begin to aid the Native Hawaiian population if they become active now. Perhaps through a concentrated effort of each of these entities Hawaii County can assist the Native people that represent the heritage of Hawaii and be attentive to the needs of this population, demonstrating value in all people of society and beginning a new history of the care of Native people in the nation."
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Philanthropic and Business Values, 2008.
This paper explores business and philanthropic values as it pertains to the homeless in Calgary.
1,546 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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The paper outlines the notable characteristics of philanthropic and business values by looking at two articles. The paper presents an interview conducted with three individuals representing the government, the philanthropic community and the business sector. The paper outlines the barriers, opportunities, risks and rewards these individuals feel people should be aware of as they attempt to make multi-sector collaborations work. The paper illustrates the challenges the city of Calgary faces as it comes to terms with its growing homeless problem.
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"In her extensive investigation of philanthropic and business values and how the two often diverge (and occasionally, perhaps unwittingly, converge), Marion Peters Angelica (2002a) writes that philanthropy is based upon the religious ideal - found in all the great religions of the world - that it is better to give than to receive and that the most noble work is that work dedicated to the betterment of the larger community and to the amelioration of the plight of the vulnerable/infirm. Within the American context, Peters (2002a) points out that there is a long tradition of involuntary associations springing up which have made it their fundamental objective to serve the needs of the downtrodden; to wit, over time philanthropic corporations (most notably hospitals, but also educational institutions) emerged in America and their rise to prominence was joined by the advent of philanthropic foundations devoted to distributing the great wealth of prominent American families and individuals."
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Children Engaging in Society, 2008.
An analysis of the ideologies of children and the roles they play in society.
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the specific roles that children play in society. It looks at it through the social constructions people have of children and discusses the way that children affect culture whether it is by advertisements or through the ideologies that children have. The paper also looks at the reasons why children are important in a society.
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"More parents must take their ideology even when it is difficult to tell their children no. Children should not be empowered to do whatever they want or to receive all the things they want. Parents must be the dominant ones. The media may use a form of hegemony to get the attention of children, but it is the parents place to refuse their children at times. Parents must be able to take the gazes that their children have and let them know who does have the power. Otherwise, more children will become unproductive adults who have little knowledge of responsibility or how rough life can be. In your family, who has the ideology?"
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Gay Marriage Amendment, 2008.
This paper argues against an amendment to ban gay marriage in the United States.
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that Congress should not adopt a resolution calling for an amendment to the United States Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. The writer maintains that such an amendment is not necessary to address any real problem and would cause problems. Further, the writer argues that this is a political ploy. In addition, the writer maintains that such an amendment would jeopardize the separation of church and state. The writer concludes that the Federal Marriage Amendment is not needed practically, may cause unexpected problems, is a cynical political ploy, undercuts the judiciary, would jeopardize the separation of church and state and should not be adopted.
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"Further, Chapman finds strong practical arguments for gay marriage. It will not increase unfettered sex. Sex, fettered or unfettered at one's preference, is easily and abundantly available. Given liberal divorce laws, many children already live outside the idealized mom-and-daddy family, and others are suffering because their parents do not divorce when they should. If children are better off when their parents marry, and adults generally build more stable relationships in which to raise children if they commit themselves to marriage, how are the children of gay couples better off if their parents barred from marrying? Proponents of the Federal Marriage Amendment leave these questions frustratingly unaddressed."
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Racism in Canada Today, 2008.
This paper explores the definition of racism and its denial in Canadian state culture.
1,355 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper examines Frederick Ivor Case's "Racism and National Consciousness," where he presents a complex analysis of race and racism in Canada today. With reference to Case's understanding of racism as exclusion, the paper argues that racism is a covert reality of life in Canada today that is supported in a range of subtle ways by Canadian state culture. The paper shows how racism has clear economic "value" for the capitalist corporate elite of Canadian society, making challenges of anti-racist action as great as they ever were.
Outline:
Introduction
Racism as Exclusion
The Complexities of Racism
A Covert Racism
Conclusion
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"In defining race and racism, Frederick Ivor Case presents an excellent critique of the physiological absurdity of making distinctions between people on the basis of race: "It might seem superfluous to remark that there is no such phenomenon as African blood or Chinese blood or Jewish blood, just as in the moral sense there is no such thing as good or bad blood" (Case 38). This being said, however, Case recognizes the social reality that for generations the structures of race and racism have defined life in Canada. Case's analysis of racism in the Canadian context is particularly complex given his contention that this racism has been defined historically as the "exclusion on sight, that is, by race" of non-Europeans from the Canadian collective consciousness (Case 35)."
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The "Achievement Gap", 2008.
An analysis of peer dynamics and race in the elementary classroom.
1,043 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines how, although it is desirable that the elementary classroom provide a unified approach and atmosphere for educating students, such unity is not always possible in today's diversified classroom. It looks at how the challenges that exist in a diversified classroom are myriad and how regardless of these challenges, it is important to work with the diverse population. The paper further examines the phenomenon of the "achievement gap," "acting white," and the potential effect of the teacher on what is presumed to be peer effects.
Outline:
The "Achievement Gap"
Acting White
Closing the Gap
Discussion and Conclusion
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"According to Fryer and Levitt (2004) there is a gap between the test scores of white and black students, which widens as these students progress through elementary school and into later grades. This phenomenon exists even when socioeconomic factors, family structure, neighborhood elements, and school quality are accounted for (Fryer & Levitt, 2004, p. 65). In addition, while black students experiencing a widening gap as they progress through school, Hispanic children in the same environment tend to close the achievement gap when they mature, even when faced with "relative inexperience with the English language" (Fryer & Levitt, 2004, p. 65)."
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The Role of Human Obedience, 2008.
This paper explores Stanley Milgram's studies of obedience and their implications for society at large.
1,683 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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The paper examines Stanley Milgram's experiments that have provided insight into human capabilities and explain the role of human obedience in the Nazi atrocities perpetrated in Europe. The paper describes Milgram's experiments where a large percentage of persons, if ordered to do something they normally saw as reprehensible, would go forwards to do what was directed if the order was from a source seen as accountable or authoritative, or if told that a task was a necessary evil. The paper discusses the implications this has for society and concludes with the hope that this will lead to new thinking on the strongly authoritarian American society of the present.
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Introduction
Milgram and Psychology
Concluding Discussion
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"The work of Stanley Milgram (1933-1984) remains much studied in psychology, his famous Yale University experiments having helped to push forwards our insight into human capability and seeming to confirm the role of human obedience in Nazi atrocities perpetrated in Europe, not so long before. (See Blass:2004) The concentration camps and the extremity of all other Nazi abuses were a shock to millions who once believed in European sophistication. Evil undertakings were often the work of educated, moral members of German and other societies once seen as bastions of civilization. There had to be an explanation as to how such deeds were committed by persons who could not be absolved on account of ignorance and Milgram's experiments seemed to provide an ample, disturbing rationale. Lauren Slater commented that no one learning of Milgram's findings could express what they meant to them, to previous ideas of humanity or what these findings "measured or predicted, or how much meaning to ascribe." (2004:56) With regard to views of the human being's conscience, informed choice or volition, Milgram's experiments caused a faltering of confidence in the self-directed moral being altogether that would cause a strong adjustment in the Psychology of his generation and beyond."
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Arab-Americans, 2007.
This paper analyzes the impact of 9/11 on Arab-Americans.
2,982 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper explains that, for Arab-Americans, who were just as shocked by 9/11 as all Americans, there was an even greater intensity of emotion because of their concern that all Arabs would be stigmatized and blamed for the 9/11 attacks. The author points out that these concerns have been justified because many Americans have become hostile to Arabs and especially to Arab-Americans living in the United States. The paper relates that these reactions, which are deeply troubling, are not only irrational but also are a betrayal of the American values of freedom, liberty and equality that have made America great. The paper underscores that the Bush Administration security policies, such as racial profiling, and the mass media increasingly has portrayed a negative image of Arab-Americans.
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"The three Muslim students clarified that it was a car, not a building, they had been talking about "bringing down" during a restaurant conversation overheard by the Georgia woman. But, on the second anniversary of 9/11, with memories of the World Trade Center towers collapsing still vivid in her mind, this woman in a small, conservative town in Georgia suspected that the three Arab-Americans she saw and heard talking about "bringing down" something could well be terrorists plotting to bring down a building or an airliner."
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Conservatism and Self-Classification, 2008.
A look at how many people of different gender, class, education, and socioeconomic groups self-classify themselves as conservative.
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper presents research designed to address self-classification of conservatives in the United States. Because the U.S. has undergone a period of conservative influence and control of its political system in the last generation, the range of persons identifying themselves as "conservatives" and the variety of sociopolitical beliefs that this group holds has increased in both number and diversity. Following a review of the literature to outline some basic conservative tendencies in the U.S., the findings of a research project are presented in order to determine whether there does in fact seem to be a coherent and comprehensive set of social beliefs that people ascribe to so that they classify themselves as "conservative" rather than as adherents of some other philosophy.
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"The fact that McCloskey didn't use self-classification is somewhat surprising, since he himself suggests in his research report that sometimes there is little difference, or at least shifting difference, between conservatives and liberals (their main political rivals in the U.S.). It is possible that those who identify themselves as conservatives may share some beliefs with those who call themselves liberal. Francis Wilson argues that one reason this may be so is because both conservatives and liberals are dealing with the same content in a social struggle. "
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Spiritual Needs of Patients, 2008.
This paper examines the article "The Spiritual Needs of Hospitalized Patients" by Ruth Davidhizar, Gregory A. Bechtel and Edna J. Cosey.
848 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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In this paper the writer examines an article which delves into the troublesome topic of how nurses should address the spiritual needs of hospitalized patients. The paper explores the article, briefly synthesizes it and re-defines the issue from the point-of-view of this writer and not simply from the point-of-view of the authors in question. Finally, the paper looks at what spirituality means for the "typical" client system and who it may very well privilege. The writer concludes that the review clearly shows that nurses must be sufficiently cosmopolitan to ensure that spiritual or religiously zealous individuals are given the comfort of knowing that their God or way of worship will not be ridiculed by someone placed in a position of authority and trust.
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"The following paper outlines why it is important for any nurse or clinician to understand and appreciate the spiritual needs of patients. More especially, many people in America's highly-diverse society permit religion to play a key role in their health care. Beyond that, it seems intuitive to argue that someone who is spiritually devout is also someone who will find psychological and emotional peace and comfort the instant it is realized that those treating them during a difficult period acknowledge and respect their desire to turn to faith as one means of getting through the pain and uncertainty. Should this respect be granted, it is hard to escape the conclusion that nurses will find those under their care more accommodating and receptive - and their loved ones also more accommodating and receptive."
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Cultural Considerations, 2008.
This paper briefly explores the article "Cultural Considerations in End-of-Life Care" by Polly Mazanec and Mary Kay Tyler, about the significance of appreciating cultural considerations in end-of-life care situations.
814 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 28.95
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This paper discusses a scholarly article, "Cultural Considerations in End-of-Life Care" by Polly Mazanec and Mary Kay Tyler, which touches upon the issue of cultural considerations in the nursing profession. The paper provides a rough outline of the article, re-defines it in terms of how the writer understands the practice, and illustrates the relationship between the practice of cultural sensibility and the client system of which the patient is but one part. In the end, the paper insists that cultural competence is one of the new core skills that any nursing practitioner will be expected to have as the twenty-first century proceeds along.
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Abstract
Cultural Considerations in End-of-Life Care
References
From the Paper
"While cultural sensitivity may not be the first skill nursing practitioners think of when they are asked to contemplate the abilities they will most need in order to be successful in a tough, challenging profession, there can be little question that an increasingly diversified society has made it essential that nurses know how to deal with those whose cultural background differs from their own.
"Reviewing the aforementioned article, a number of things spring to mind. First of all, Mazanec and Tyler report that a clinician cannot possibly provide effective care without a strong understanding of the different cultural backgrounds of those with whom they will come into contact. Part of achieving this greater understanding entails eschewing the "ethnocentrism" that often pervades one's world-view; it is also considered appropriate that a nurse be well-aware of the family structures, communication styles, and ways in which different cultural groups respond to illness."
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Philosophy of Counseling Therapy, 2008.
This paper presents the writer's personal theory of counseling.
1,612 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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In this article, it is explained that it is the writer's intention in counseling to form a personal realistic approach. The writer's approach is inclusive of Gestalt therapy, existential psychotherapy, and person-centered theory. The writer believes it is important to help the client find self-awareness and gain peace in his or her life by accepting responsibility for any change that is needed. The writer concludes that a dysfunctional person wants to change and can make necessary changes in order to reach self-awareness and find peace by accepting him or her for who he or she may be.
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Abstract
Counseling Philosophy
Outcome of My Personality Theory
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"What is personality? Why study the behavior of people? How can counseling make a difference? These are important questions when it comes to creating an individual philosophy in counseling. Perhaps the best starting place in defining my personal counseling philosophy is to begin with the topic of personality because this is what makes each of us unique individuals. Personality consists of what a person thinks, how a person feels, and the way the person behaves through different situations and events. Knowing our personality characteristics and those of others, it allows us to recognize ourselves and limitations that have emphasized the person (known as the idiographic approach) and his/her unique profile of personality. It is from this perspective that I believe the individuals govern their own life by their own body, mind and spirit. The Gestalt theory of wholeness is an important part of my own philosophy of counseling theory, but it also includes Existential psychotherapy, and Person-centered therapy."
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Foucault and Normalization, 2008.
A discussion of Michel Foucault's concept of the process of normalization in social organization and regulation.
1,236 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper analyzes the belief of Michel Foucault that social organization and regulation occurs most effectively through practices of normalization. It discusses the structures and strategies which facilitate social construction, regulation and especially the processes of normalization. The paper also provides examples from whiteness, heterosexuality and the culture of therapy in order to illustrate how normalization functions for the ends of social organization and regulation.
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"Numerous mechanisms are at work in normalization through which social organization and regulation can be effected. The trend which can be observed repeatedly, however, that the most efficient and successful type of control is implemented when certain ideas and practices are subjected to normalization in the society. Governments regularly operate in this way, and psychiatry with its culture of therapy can produce ideas such as abnormality and then maintain an industry based on achieving normality. The construction of normality is associated with other constructions such as heterosexuality, whiteness, and sanity experts, and all of the constructions are linked with power. Being normal is synonymous with control and being linked to control, which creates a secure position when compared to the non-white, homosexual, neurotic or insane."
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Same-Sex Marriage Law, 2008.
This paper discusses the constitutionality of the same-sex marriage law in Canada.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the controversial issue of same-sex marriage has dominated both floors of the Canadian Parliament for nearly a decade. The writer points out that while legislators were decidedly split on the issue during its first inception into legislative committees, the Canadian citizenry pleaded with their legislators to push for the legalization of same-sex marriages. The writer discusses that effective July 20, 2005, the Civil Marriage Act took full effect however, many of the bill's opponents vowed to rescind the bill once the balance of power shifted. The writer concludes that in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights, the Civil Marriage Act upholds its pledge to treat every citizen equally, in addition to recognizing the equality of minorities and the rights of those in the minority.
From the Paper
"The main challenge for proponents of the Civil Marriage Act was not only to ensure the equal rights for same-sex marriages, but also to uphold the religious freedom also outlined in the Charter of Rights. Dissenters argue that religious freedom is still violated by this bill, however the Civil Marriage Act is very explicit on religious institutions. Religious groups and institutions are not to be forced to wed those who seek same-sex marriage, and it is not the responsibility of the government to enforce federal power over religious groups to provide said service to those seeking a wedding.
"More importantly, a good amount of time was spent incorporating the Civil Marriage Act into other pieces of legislation."
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Video Game Addiction, 2008.
A psychology research proposal on the topic of video game addiction.
2,031 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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The paper proposes a study to explore the prevalence of video game addiction as a behavioral addiction associated with drug addiction and other addiction problems, such as gambling. The paper explains that the study's focus is on the psychological elements of video gaming. The paper provides a literature review that explains the behavioral addiction theory.
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Introduction
Purpose
Literature Review
Hypothesis
Research Design
Social Impact
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"The underlying assumption regarding video game addiction is directly correlated to the stigma and roots of habitual drug abuse. Historically, video games, especially violent video games, have been perceived as 'poison' and 'mind numbing' by older generations.
"Video games are becoming prevalent not only in with the youth of the world, but with older generations. The advent of the video game console has been in existence for roughly 20 years, and the issue of game addiction covers a large age demographic."
"However, the beginning of the 21st century has demonstrated a skew of the population who play video games more so than participating in normal socialization activities."
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