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Ethics, Society, and the Science of Genetic Testing/Screening and Counseling

including confirmation of a suspected medical diagnosis, as a predictor to an individuals susceptibility to a particular illness a...

Hypothetical Framework for a Single Client Study

depression in the elderly is under-treated, the suicide rate for the depressed elderly is double the rate for elderly individuals ...

Depression And Massage Complementary Therapy

is readily accessible by virtue of muscle and soft tissue manipulation inherent to massage therapy; that this particular complemen...

USING PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING TO REDUCE CRIMES AGAINST SENIORS

justice. The second would involve preventing the crimes from happening in the first place. Regarding the second leg of the program...

The Work of Josephine Butler

ran brothels (The Christian Institute, 2002). "Her speciality was procuring young girls to work in brothels. Rebecca knew all abou...

Paint and Art

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

Domestic Violence and Prevention

In eight pages this paper presents an overview of the domestic violence issue in a consideration of how it can be reduced through ...

Controversy and Kate Chopin

American women writers exposed in their fiction the link between institutional and sexual exploitation of women and female mutenes...

Older and Homeless in the U.S.

worst for the population aged 50 and above. People of middle age and older are likely to be experiencing the physical problems tha...

Stereotypes of the Elderly, Tattooed Persons, Feminists and Politicians

the observation of one or two members of that group. For instance, one young African-American mother cheats to get welfare, and su...

CALTEX, SOUTH AFRICA AND APARTHEID

ask here is whether the Texaco/Standard Oil joint ventures presence is more beneficial to the local population, and what might hap...

The Impact of Age on the Reliability of the Psychiatric Interview

advances in research or clinical practice, the interview method has been one of the most fruitful, producing the majority of the b...

Senior Citizens in Miami, Florida

to the area (via migration or birth) than those that are dying. The bulk of the increase in Florida is due to people migrating dur...

Nursing-Sensitive Outcome Indicators

nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...

APN Role in Protecting Elderly Abuse Victims

"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...

Neuman Systems Theory of Nursing

is three times the average for all other age groups (AOA, 2010). Average doctor visits in a year were 6.5 for ages 65 to 74 and 7....

Medical Law

In order to determine whether or not the consent form signed is valid we need to consider the concept of informed consent. The con...

Developing a Care Plan

prior to being admitted to the care facility, it is possible that these needs are not being met. There is also the religious need ...

People Selection and Group Work

with direction is often beneficial to the work team performance. Situational leadership can occur in the midst of the un...

Evolution of Women's Roles in the Islamic Tradition

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

Prostitution Legalization Problems

availability of prostitutes do to influence the young? Donna Hughes, a leading researcher on this phenomenon, states, "Above all,...

COPD Patient Mechanical Ventilation Case Study

and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...

Questions on Social Psychology Answered

(Conrad, 2003). From the actors point of view, we addressed this somewhat in the above - namely, do Kevin and Anna react in the sa...

Attitudes and Group Work

behavior may not be specific to that individual; that others may participate in the same behavior or response under the same stimu...

Research Paper on Alcoholism

C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...

Grundy, Virginia/Helping an Elderly Patient

care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...

Social theory and Mass Media

media was in response to meeting the needs of the individual, creating a mode by which information could be conveyed to address pe...

High Performance Teams

the context of virtual meetings. In some way, the virtual team can meet at a moments notice because logistics are not in the way, ...

Community Nursing Problem/Yeadon, PA

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

John Galtung/Theory and Methods of Social Research

located outside the social scientist himself, and we shall follow this tradition" (Galtung 9). As this indicates, Galtung does not...