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Pastoral Care in Practice, 2008.
An analysis of the writer's pastoral care activities and how it fits into a MacIntyrean practice.
2,433 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper defines and explains the meaning of the practicum and the seven marks of a practice. It then provides additional background and basic information pertaining to the writer's experiences in pastoral care. It demonstrates how and why the writer's pastoral care ministry experiences fit each mark of a practice. Finally, the paper summarizes and analyzes the writer's progress experiences to prove that his practicum is a MacIntyrean practice.
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"During my practicum I sought to become more self-aware and become more responsive to the opportunities God provides for me. Only through the action of fully embracing His message during my practicum ministry could I be successful in fulfilling my own goals and reaching the individuals who I spent time working with. Through this paper I established the key terms and explained the background and process involved in my practicum in order to reach my goals. I also included the background information necessary for the reader to clearly picture the processes involved in my practicum activities. Finally, I outlined how my activities integrated with the seven marks as defined by MacIntyre. Having met all seven marks of MacIntyre's definition of practice, my practicum ministry in pastoral care is clearly a MacIntyrean practice."
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Spiritual and Pastoral Care, 2005.
A discussion on pastoral care and the concept of building a pastoral care ministry.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses a brief history of the evolution of pastoral care, the philosophies that encompass a pastoral ministry within the community and the elements of pastoral care that should be included in a pastoral community ministry design. It looks at how reconciliation, restoration and motivation are all essential elements.
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"Pastoral care has undergone an evolution through the decades that began with religious views, and then transformed into a type of mere clinical counseling. Considered by some to only be a type of psychological intervention for youth in the modern world, pastoral care is often considered a method of therapy that is a means of assisting clinicians during treatment. Yet, the historical foundations of pastoral care lie in biblical spirituality. This element of religious guidance is the strength of true pastoral care, for it aids in providing the individual with scriptural insights to the world, life, and in making significant change. Biblical inclusion into pastoral care further creates the opportunity to motivate others through scripture with hope in living. "
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"African American Pastoral Care", 2002.
Examines the book "African American Pastoral Care" by Edward P. Wimberly.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper examines the main theme in the book which is that the custom and practice of storytelling that has been embedded for centuries into the culture of African peoples.The research sets forth the principal thesis of the work and then discusses how the pattern of ideas contained in the work and the means by which these ideas are conveyed can be applied to the practical experience of African-American clergy as well as to the individual minister's own spiritual growth.
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"Using examples from his own and others' pastoral experience as a minister, Wimberly develops the view that the use of narrative, from the perspective of the Bible, from the perspective of the minister, and from the perspective of those who are being counseled, can result in satisfactory pastoral encounters and can most fully integrate the human experience with that of what he terms God's narrative, or plan, for man. No less significant is Wimberly's view that African American narrative traditions conform with and indeed actually prefigure certain diagnostic and treatment theories and techniques of progressive psychotherapy and that African American pastoral counselors should feel confident about exploiting and applying their knowledge and direct experience of their indigenous cultural roots and socialization customs to arrive at maximal outcomes for those whom they counsel who may be facing serious problems in the context of contemporary life."
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"African American Pastoral Care" by Edward Wimberly, 2000.
A reviews of the work on the use of storytelling and narrative traditions in the spiritual and moral counseling of blacks.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"This research will examine the book African American Pastoral Care by Edward P. Wimberly. The research will set forth the principal thesis of the work and then discuss how the pattern of ideas contained in the work and the means by which these ideas are conveyed can be applied to the practical experience of African American clergy with a pastoral ministry as well as to the individual minister's own spiritual growth.
The main idea of African American Pastoral Care is that the custom and practice of storytelling that has been embedded for centuries into the culture of African peoples and African Americans can profitably be adapted, and indeed for optimum results must be adapted, along with certain modern theories and practices of developmental humanistic psychology, to the purpose of counseling and guiding parishioners and others seeking..."
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Child Center Care Vs. Care by Family, 2007.
This paper discusses child care options and looks at the development of children who attended child care centers compared with those in family care.
3,054 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the question over who should care for children is once again being debated throughout North America, with many advocating that very young children be raised with either their mothers or a close member of the family instead of attending child care centers. The writer discusses research indicating that the poor quality of care given in existing centers throughout the United States is the reason for problems within the classroom, as children who attend these care centers are believed to have both development and social problems. The writer concludes that the important point of the debate over child care should be how to ensure quality care for children whose parents have to work, or have chosen to work, through understanding and enabling effective and positive child development and growth within center-based childcare.
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Introduction
An Overview of Child Care in the United States
Contemporary Childcare in the United States
Towards an Effective Child Care System
Conclusion
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"The changes in society over the past few decades have completely transformed the contemporary world, mainly through the consequences of warfare and the recent advancements in technology, which has also changed the lives of women. Accounting for almost half of the nation's workforce, a vast majority of them either are already mothers or will be, which means that something needs to be done about the childcare situation in America. Although center-based childcare is not, perhaps, the ideal situation for mothers and their children, most parents have little choice."
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Health Care and Managed Care, 2002.
Shortcomings of health care with the implementation of managed care.
4,150 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 17 sources, $ 151.95
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This paper discusses the shortcomings of the American health care system with the implementation of managed care. The risks and future trends in the system are looked at as well as examples of what the system has faced.
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Health Care Managed Care and Fee-For-Service Plans, 2000.
2,790 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 11 sources, $ 83.95
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This paper focuses on the quality of care delivered by various forms of managed care organizations and fee-for-service organizations as reported by numerous recent studies.
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"There is a current climate of distrust and frustration with managed care which has led many people to question whether health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other forms of managed care really are looking out for the best interests of their patients. Managed care plans have incentives in place which reward physicians and other health service providers for providing fewer services or less costly solutions. With American society?s negative feelings toward managed care medical practices, questions about the quality of care provided by various managed care institutions have been raised. The fact that managed care enrollment has been increasing while at the same time growth in total healthcare expenditures has been declining only serves to increase the frequency of questions about the quality of healthcare provided by managed care organizations. This paper will focus on the quality of care delivered by various forms of managed care organizations and fee-for-service organizations as reported by numerous recent studies."
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Pastoral Counseling and At Risk Youth, 2002.
Examines the role of pastoral conseling on at-risk teens.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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Counseling has been one part of the ministry of pastoral care within Christianity since new testament times and within Judaism for longer. More recently in America and then in Europe it has become explicitly recognized in the movement for pastoral care and counseling and in the specific work of specialist pastoral counselors and psychotherapists. The American Association of Pastoral Counselors fosters the work of individual therapists and of counseling services and agencies throughout North America. In Britain, the Westminster Pastoral Foundation and its affiliate centers are most representative of specialist pastoral counseling. Furthermore, the theories of the human and social sciences and the techniques of counseling have spread widely amongst pastors of all persuasions, clerical and lay. The pastoral care and counseling associations in many countries, including African and Asian states, endeavor to relate the insights of relevant secular disciplines to those of theology in the Judeo-Christian tradition. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the relationship between pastoral counseling and care for at-risk adolescents
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Pastoral Counseling, 2005.
An overview of the role of the pastoral counselor.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper looks at the role of the pastoral counselor in light of these aspects: the self and motivation of an effective pastoral counselor, the fundamentals of the counseling process, some of the major psychological disorders that might be encountered by the pastoral counselor, the importance of referrals in counseling, and the importance for a counselor to care for the self in order to avoid burnout.
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"From divorce to mental illness, from substance abuse to child neglect, from questions of one's sexual/physical self to questions about how one should live one's life, there are infinite problems which face our society and its people today. And with society being the capitalist, self-centered, profit-minded thing that it is, it is no wonder that many individuals and organizations have come out of the woodwork in order to capitalize on the problems and downfalls of others, of their fellow man. Groups promising quick fixes to marital or substance woes, giant healthcare conglomerates making hefty profits from the illnesses of the helpless, countless groups with advice or products that promise to clear up uncertainty or turmoil in one's life...for a fee, are all a reality in our society."
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Health Care and Managed Health Care: The Need for Sweeping Reforms, 2002.
A look at role of primary care nurse practitioners in relation to health care reforms.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper investigates the role of primary care nurse practitioners in respect to health care and health care reform. The failure of primary healthcare is critically assessed, in the respect that health care is currently "managed" by independent "for- profit" organizations, where there is an emphasis on financial success rather than patient welfare. This paper also places a strong emphasis on the role of nurse care practitioners in the state of Florida and in community health care clinics.
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Primary Health Care, Primary Nursing, and Primary Care, 2005.
A comparison of primary health care physicians and primary nurses.
2,154 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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Nursing care was developed, in part, to provide services to patients with multiple needs and evolved with the initial goals of providing efficient and effective care. Among the delivery systems used to provide this care include primary nursing, primary care, and primary health care. Primary nursing originated in the United States and emerged because of concern about the fragmented care patients were receiving particularly in hospital settings. Primary health care follows many of the same principles and is concerned with providing comprehensive, individualized, patient care from point of contact to completion. Primary care may be defined as a service provided by primary nurses and primary health care physicians. The similarities and differences between these concepts are explored in detail.
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"According to Sergei Vinogradov (2002) primary health care or PHC is "based on family health teams, working in family health centers" whose goals include prioritizing prevention and addressing 90% of health problems and patient concerns (p.39). In primary health care systems, doctors bear the brunt of the responsibility, sometimes at the expense of efficiency according to some critics (Vinogradov, 2002). PHC teams are comprised of many individuals including medicine doctors, nurses and other relevant health professionals, but it is the doctor (usually a family doctor) that bears the brunt of accountability and responsibility in terms of patient care (Vinogradov, 2002).
Primary health care is often provided in a managed care setting which requires that a centralized medical decision be made by a primary care physician, thus enhancing according to some the 'attractiveness' of care, suggesting it is quality oriented and scientifically based (Brekke, et. al, 2002). Primary health care usually is offered in hospitals and primary medical offices, less so in community based settings."
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Pastoral Convention in Poetry, 2002.
A research paper on the use of pastoral convention in poetry.
2,105 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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This paper on the pastoral convention in poetry describes the historical roots of the convention and its development. It shows that pastoral poetry is more than a mere convention and many works pertaining to the convention are of a high literary merit with social, political and personal thoughts evident in the work that can only be truly appreciated if they are examined in detail beyond the face value. The paper uses examples of poems that may be seemingly relatively simple with the themes of the convention have a deeper meaning that depends on the reader?s interpretation.
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"Pastoral Poetry is a literary work dealing with the lives of shepherds or rural life in general. It typically draws a contrast between the innocence and serenity of simple country life and the misery and corruption of the city, especially court life. The Pastoral imitates rural life, usually the life of an imaginary Golden Age, in which the loves of shepherds and shepherdesses play a prominent part. The term today loosely pertains to poetry that contains a reference to rural life."
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Alexandra Bergson: A Pastoral Heroine, 2004.
Examines Willa Cather's depiction of Alexandra Bergson in the novel, "O Pioneers!" regarding her as a pastoral heroine.
1,128 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper looks at how Alexandra Bergson, the main character of Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!", is portrayed as a pastoral heroine. She essentially takes on nontraditional gender roles as she performs and acts like a strong and independent woman. During the time period of the novel, this was unheard of and would be considered behavior appropriate for a man. The paper supports its thesis by using quotes from Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!" and two other sources.
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"Carl?s decision to come back to Nebraska illustrates his rejection of the scripted male practice of traveling around the country in order to make more money. He ultimately realizes that he belongs with Alexandra, as he settles down to start a new life with her. Arguably, this creates a certain type of role reversal, as the younger, sensitive and uncertain Carl comes back to Alexandra?s confident and stable arms. The conventional ending to this story would have entailed Alexandra relying on Carl as the 'man of the house,' but this is not the case. Carl?s genuine feelings can be summed up as Alexandra does not belong to him but that she belongs ?to the land [?] now more than ever.? (Cather 307) Cather ends the novel putting both Alexandra and Carl on the same level ..."
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The Collaborative Pastoral Model of Ministry, 2002.
A look at the collaborative pastoral model of ministry based on an understanding of the Trinitarian God.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 133.95
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This paper discusses the role of the Trinity in establishing the collaborative pastoral model of ministry, based on communion, interconnectedness, sharing and unity. The Trinity is the center of Christian belief. Just as the Trinity is three Unique Ones in an interconnected state of relational being, all human beings are related and act as one brotherhood in the collaborative ministry, to serve God and the Church.
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