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Selective Abortions and Medical Ethics

be ethical, considering that there is still a high degree of false positives. Still, the argument is, at least theoretically, that...

'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

The Mentally Ill and Assertive Community Treatment

when not much was known about mental illness and the right way to treat it. Many medications used today were not developed at the ...

Pregnancy and Mental Illness Treatment

This paper discusses how to treat mentally ill pregnant women in a consideration of various topics in ten pages including the feta...

Astronaut Training

order to provide the necessary protection for themselves and their passengers if ever an emergency should occur (Anonymous, 2001)....

A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

This 5 page paper argues that Phoenix Jackson, the protagonist of Eudora Welty's story A Worn Path, is mentally ill. The writer al...

Mentally Ill Suspects and Law Enforcement Officer Training

This paper examines community training programs associated with educating police officers on how to handle suspects who are mental...

Post Sixty Woman's Life Interview

In nine pages a woman who is over sixty suffering from MS is interviewed with questions regarding her life, transitions, major eve...

Mentally Ill Individuals and Ethical Treatment

In eight pages the U.S. justice system's treatment of mentally ill individuals is discussed in terms of what should be proper ethi...

Media Promoting Serial Murder Through Its Serial Murder Portrayal

Did the media portrayal of the first events cause the latter ones? Is it possible for the media to have that much influence? Doe...

NY and Treatment Programs for Genetically and Mentally Impairments

New York treatment programs for patients who are either genetically or mentally impaired and their availability are discussed in a...

Discussion of Criminal Sentencing of Whites, Blacks, and the Mentally Ill

In eight pages this paper examines the high percentage of people of color who are currently incarcerated along with those presentl...

Discrimination, the Mentally Impaired, and 'The Underground Man'

This paper consisting of 10 pages compares the prejudice against the character of the Duke with that currently experienced by ment...

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Adolescence is considered one of the most crucial periods of socialization because of the very pressure it places upon youth. Thr...

Discriminating Against the Mentally Impaired and Mick Jackson's 'The Underground Man'

In an essay consisting of 5 pages, this paper considers the discrimination against the Duke in much the same way as today's mental...

Asylums and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

In five pages this paper considers the practice of institutionalizing people who are mentally ill but still capable of functioning...

Changing Views on Caring for the Mentally Ill

The treatment of the mentally ill has changed drastically since the asylums of the 19th century. This paper examines the historic...

Abortion. Deontology and Utilitarianism

qualities that would indicate that there are more differences than points that could cause the individuals to be called equal to e...

Mentally Retarded Child and Development of Ego

In eleven pages the development of the ego of a mentally retarded child is considered in a fictitious scenario involving a young g...

Juvenile Delinquents and Mental Retardation

In five pages this paper examines mentally retarded adolescence and the increases in juvenile crime which result. There is the in...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Frontiers Construction

In six pages the argument that men are largely responsible for establishing and maintaining new frontiers both mentally and physic...

Mental Illness and the Law

In two pages insanity is defined and the ways in which the law dictates mentally ill individuals are to be treated by society are ...

Sandra Z. Kaufman's 'Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom!'

This paper consists of 5 pages and considers mentally-disabled children and the key ideas and biases often associated with them as...

A Homelessness Analysis

In eight pages this research paper examines David Snow and Leon Anderson's 1993 text Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Stree...

Mentally Ill Homeless Persons and Social Services

In seven pages this paper discusses how to provide social services for mentally ill homeless individuals. There is a detailed bib...

Mental Illness and Social Theory

In five pages this paper discusses mentally ill individuals in a consideration of social perceptions and their impact upon treatme...

Mentally Retarded Adults and Parents' Support Groups

In five pages this research paper discusses the benefits offered by support groups for developmentally disabled or mentally retard...

Group Counseling for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

The mentally retarded are the focus of this paper that looks at group counseling. This is not an ordinary approach taken with this...

Designing and Implementing a Token Economy for the Mentally Unstable

to avoid changing the economy in response to cost contingencies, to provide reinforcers cheaply, and to include a number of token ...