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Crack Babies, 1999.
Examines syndrome of newborns of mothers using cocaine. Effects in infancy & later childhood, social aspects and implications for social work.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 16 sources, $ 47.95
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""CRACK BABIES": DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERISTICS, OUTCOMES, & IMPLICATIONS
Introduction
This research examines the syndrome of so-called ?crack babies.? The examination focuses on the development this condition, the characteristics of these subjects in both their infancy and later childhood, social outcomes for these subjects, and the implications of the ?crack babies? syndrome for social work.
This researcher served as a drug and alcohol counselor for pregnant women with addicted fetuses for a period approximating one-year. This experience led to the selection of the ?crack babies? syndrome as the focus for this research.
Development of the ?Crack Babies? Syndrome.."
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Critical Review: "The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies", 2002.
This paper looks at the book "The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies", a complete guide for parents of premature babies.
793 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper gives a detailed report of the reference book, highlighting its strengths and the reasons why a parent of a premature baby would find it useful. The writer gives a table of contents from the book, outlining the subjects that are covered, and ends with a recommendation of the guide.
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"Even a parent with no medical knowledge or experience should have an easy time of understanding what is happening to their baby both in terms of problems and possible treatments. There are also a large number of diagrams and drawings that help to clarify the anatomy and physiological processes being discussed. At the same time, there is no attempt to oversimplify what are often complicated and complex procedures and issues. The book is organized in a way that will make it useful for readers who are at every stage of dealing with their premature child?s experience."
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Designer Babies, 2005.
This paper discusses the possibility and limitations of controlling the genetic composition of unborn babies.
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that today, science is close to having the ability to selectively choose which babies will be born based on their genetic characteristics; therefore, now is the time to decide the ethicacy of this action. The author points out that the first applications of genetic manipulation will likely be medical; embryos will be manipulated to treat some genetic illness, such as Huntington's Chorea, or will be chosen selectively based on the absence of the Huntington's gene. The paper relates that, already in 2002, a hospital in Scotland was issued a license by the British government not to create "designer babies" but only to allow parents, by the use of abortion of defective fetuses, to avoid babies who are doomed to have some serious genetic disorder.
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"The problem is that genetics is rarely that simple. Most of the time, genes only show a tendency, and experts cannot say whether the developing child will develop a specific illness or not. Even in identical twins, sometimes one develops a disease influenced by genetics, such as schizophrenia, while the other does not. Nevertheless, genetic researchers believe that eventually we will be able to screen embryos for combinations of genes that predispose people not only to life-threatening illnesses but for personality traits as well. However, people's personalities aren't as simple as a cluster of traits."
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'Designer Babies', 2005.
An argumentative paper in favour of 'designer babies'.
905 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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In vitro fertilisation has been used for decades and allows parents and doctors to screen embryos for genetic disorders and select healthy embryos. This paper investigates and rebuts the argument against genetic engineering and builds a strong case supporting 'designer babies'.
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"An even greater and more controversial development in medical science is the technology of stem cells developed from early pre implanted human embryo, and in the near future, the ability to manipulate DNA. The new technology of stem cells will revolutionize medicine. When someone has a heart attack cells are damaged but a dose of new cells made in the lab could cure the harm. It will be possible to cure numerous cell-based diseases like juvenile-onset diabetes and Parkinson's disease, and to make organ transplants unnecessary. An American woman recently had her sight restored using eye cells harvested from stem cells. In future procedures like this could enhance the quality of life of humankind."
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Babies and Social Construction, 2002.
Discusses "Nations are Built of Babies" by Cynthia Comacchio, about the campaign to minimize infant and maternal mortality in early 20th-century Ontario, Canada.
1,775 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 6 sources, $ 66.95
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The Canadian medical profession utilized science experts to try to implement what became known as "scientific motherhood." The effort to socially construct "scientific motherhood" was all about moulding Canadian families to be compatible with industrial capitalism. By teaching and regulating women's "child-rearing' expertise, male elites believed that they could engineer a society that served their interests. Thus, all of this was really about the enforcement of certain ideological values and the implementation of social control.
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The War on Drugs in Canada, 2002.
A criminological overview of Canada's fight against drugs including issues concerning 'crack babies' and criminal policy.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper will focus on the Canadian 'war on drugs' campaign, and will try to analyze it from the criminological standpoint. Attention will also be focussed on the panic about 'crack babies' and on how the drug has treated women and other minority races within a patriarchal society framework. Canadian criminal policy will be analyzed in this regard and alternative options to making the campaign more successful will be examined.
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"The Water Babies" by Charles Kingsley, 2001.
An in-depth examination of Kingsley's novel and his views concerning the treatment of children and his desire for social reform.
1,011 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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In this paper the author examines the story of, ?The Water Babies?, by the English author, Kingsley and makes note of social conditions that existed in England at the time. The author examines some of the chapters closely and looks at Kingsley?s views on cleanliness and morals. The author makes note of the satirical comedy throughout and of Kingsley?s concerns about the treatment of children, and his desire for social reform.
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"The novel, charmingly and vividly told, is a work of art that was brought about by Kingsley?s concerns about the treatment of children, and his desire for social reform. Kingsley, a parson in the Church of England, a novelist, a Christian Socialist, a Protestant controversialist, poet, and an amateur naturalist managed to work every one of his life?s fondest beliefs and endeavors into Water Babies."
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Designer Babies, 2007.
A discussion on the ethical considerations concerning the human genome project and an exploration of the recent advancements within genetic engineering.
2,093 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This papers considers the question of whether parents should be allowed to design their own babies from two different positions. First, it looks at the arguments of a group of doctors and scientists working on incurable, child killing genetic diseases, who are in favor of granting permission for such approaches as embryo screening. Then it considers the position of an environmentally and ethically concerned organization, which although not fundamentally opposed to genetic engineering approaches, fears that this approach is a step too far.
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"Genetic scientists have already found the key that will give man the capacity to change the shape and destiny of human beings. Babies-to-order are no longer the futuristic fantasy of science fiction novels; the ability to design future members of the human race has already become a scientific reality. And as this technique advances, so will man's potential power to create, and fundamentally change, chosen aspects of human genetic make-up. This fact has already been understood by genetic engineering, and is being increasingly applied, as more and more parents opt for embryo screening (Shannon Brownlee, Washington Post, 2002)."
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Babies, Bonds and Learned Behavior, 2004.
This paper discusses the social control theory of social bonds.
2,034 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This article looks at the social control theory of social bonds. The writer studies the theory of social learning within the context of neglected babies. The writer examines how such a situation affects their behavior as teenagers and adults. In this paper, the writer also discusses sources of human behavior.
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"What is the source of human behavior? Why is it that when babies become children and children become teenagers their behaviors can differ so greatly from one another? The theories regarding the source of teenager behavior and the scope of their activities however acceptable or deviant they may be, have been central to the disciplines of juvenile psychology, sociology and criminology for decades. When babies are born and deprived from love and contact from loving ... "
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Substance Abuse and Babies, 2002.
A look at substance abuse and pregnancy.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page paper presents a discussion about substance abuse in pregnancy. The writer explores research and discusses what the medical ramifications are when it comes to substance abuse in pregnancy.
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Making Babies, 2004.
This paper discusses sexual reproduction in vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
2,045 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that sexual reproduction involves the coming together of genetic material from two parents to form progeny that combine genes from both of them. The author points out that the dominant mode of reproduction among vertebrates is oviparity, or ?egg laying?; but mammals reproduce through viviparity, or by retaining the egg(s) within the reproductive tract until embryonic development is complete. The paper relates that the process of sexual reproduction includes mating, sexual contact or fertilization, and incubation for embryonic development.
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"Parthenogenesis, or ?virgin birth? is a common occurrence, especially among certain invertebrates such as cladocerans, brine shrimp, aphids, rotifers, and digenetic trematodes. Some invertebrates are able to alternate between sexual and asexual, parthogenetic, reproduction, although the cycle is thought to be fundamentally sexual. ?Hermaphroditism is often considered to be accidental or developmental, caused by deviation or failure of the sex-differentiating mechanism. This type of deviation is characterized by gonadal tissues that range from equal portions of germ cells for each sex, to the predominance of one sex within an individual?."
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Pre-Term Babies, 2004.
Presents an in-depth literature review discussing the long-term effects of prematurity.
6,875 words (approx. 27.5 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 155.95
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Through a literature review, this paper traces the difficulties that many children born prematurely face from the time of their birth until school age.The paper examines developmental, psychological, medical, and social problems faced by this group of children. The paper focuses on the learning problems that preemies might face during their school career. It includes a table.
Paper Outline
Introduction
Evidence of Preemies? Disadvantages
Need for Better Preemie Follow-up
Table
References
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"An Israeli study measured the emotional and behavioral development of prematurely born children, demonstrating that premature children had higher levels of anxiety, depression and aggression than full-term children, and that they had a lower self-concept (Wrape, 2000). Premature children also had more disturbances at home and school. This study revealed that the smaller the birth weight, the less emotionally adjusted the child would be."
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Crack Cocaine: A Crying Shame in the Black Community, 2002.
Analysis of the source and attempted solutions of the crack cocaine problem in the black community.
3,275 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 10 sources, $ 120.95
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The introduction of highly addictive crack cocaine in the 1980s caused widespread devastation in inner city communities. Under a tough 1986 crack law, vast numbers of black males are serving long prison sentences, yet crack sales and crack addiction have not decreased. Despite the failure of the War on Drugs to reduce drug use or crime in inner city neighborhoods, protests that the crack law targets blacks for prosecution and long prison sentences, and evidence that the CIA was involved in introducing crack cocaine into inner city neighborhoods, the government has refused to change its tactics and take measures to actually help the black community recover from the crack epidemic.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome, 2002.
A look at what causes parents to shake their babies.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines and analyzes Shaken Baby Syndrome, discusses the proper care of a baby who is crying, and evaluates the effects on the parents of infant behavior.
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The Aging Baby Boom Generation, 2005.
This paper is a literature review of peer-review journals and professional publications to explore the impact of the aging baby boomers on the future healthcare system.
8,185 words (approx. 32.7 pages), 46 sources, APA, $ 175.95
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This paper explains that the aging baby boom generation, who are characterized by prevention and wellness values resulting in longer life expectancy, will have a significant effect on the number of elderly needing long-term healthcare services. The author stresses that the Medicare system does not provide protection against catastrophic or long-term events, many drugs and prevention services, all of which will be needed by the aging baby boom generation. The paper concludes that, along with the concern for this cohort, there is the continued need for the entire population--the rich and the poor, the young and the old--to have healthcare coverage; the social system may offer the most adequate solution.
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The Problem
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope or Delimitations of the Study
Review of the Literature
Introduction
Overview
Aging Trends For Baby Boomers
Future of Healthcare Funding
Future Healthcare Costs
Future Healthcare Funding
Changing Ratios Between Current and Future Funding Contributors
Access to Services
Medicare, Current Access to Care
Changes Needed for Care Access
Healthcare's Future
New Demands For Care
Quality of Care
Baby Boomers Define Care
Current Changes and Future Possibilities in Care Quality
Baby Bloomers Are Dissatisfied
Baby Bloomers Want More
Long-term Care
More Information Availability
Alternative Therapies
Summary
Conclusion
Implication of the Study
Position of the Author
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"Baby boomers have redefined quality of care, demanding preventative measures for optimal health. This generation demands more service, more information, and more options. Since they are the largest buying population, they have changed the healthcare system and will continue to do so. Among the changes needed is improvement in long-term-care coverage. Private insurance for this coverage has increased but presents problems such as how to market a high-cost policy to those with little money. Public-private partnerships are another alternative. However, this type of assistance may end up raising Medicare costs without offering enough assistance to the public. Social insurance is also discussed. In this case the costs would be disbursed among the total population, including those 65 years and older."
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