Abortion Propaganda
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15 pages in length. Under the guise of furthering the cause with education, abortion propaganda serves instead to frighten, sicken and intimidate its target audience. The essence of propaganda, which is defined as "ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause" (Merriam-Webster, 1998, p. PG), infiltrates virtually every controversial issue, inasmuch as the very nature of controversy propels opposing sides to reach beyond what is otherwise deemed acceptable in order to make their point. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Abortion Rights/Proposed Solution
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A 3 page essay that offers the writer's personal opinion on abortion and offers a possible solution where consensus might be reached by the majority of the American public. The writer first briefly states the pro-life and pro-choice positions, refuting key points. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Abortion: An Argument Against the Contention that Only Rape Justifies Abortion
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A 4 page contention that there are many valid justifications for a woman to pursue an abortion. The author argues that the contention that only situations of rape warrant abortion is myopic at the very least. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Abortion: Definitions and Ethics
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An 8 page discussion of abortion. Defines abortion as the termination of a pregnancy and contrasts governmental policy with ethics. Provides a review of important case law in abortion but concludes that while abortion may be legal under some circumstances it is never ethical. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Abortion: A Right to Life
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A 3 page paper which argues that abortion is wrong. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Abortion: Why Abortion is Moral, Ethical and Should be Legal in Today’s Society
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the morality, ethics and legality of abortion in today’s society. The debate over legal abortions is still considered controversial in many countries throughout the world yet millions of abortions still take place despite the fact that abortion is still illegal in many countries. The reason for the continuance of these abortions is simple. From a moral or ethical standpoint, abortion is actually a morally responsible decision by a woman in order to protect her own health and the medical profession has an ethical responsibility to support this protection of women’s health. From a religious standpoint, religions around the globe differ in their definition of what is considered a human being in regards to fetal maturity and abortion is widely accepted by many religions. Legally, countries should allow for the medical profession to provide safe medical clinics for women to obtain abortions in order to end the number of unnecessary deaths of women who must obtain abortions in unsafe environments and support the right of protection of women’s health. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Acquaintance Rape/Date Rape
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This 8 page paper considers the rise in acquaintance (date) rape and contributing factors related to this problem. This paper considers some of the central myths and misinformation regarding the issue of rape and the implications for healthcare workers. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Alcohol Treatment For Women: Social Policy
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11 pages in length. When one thinks about alcoholism, one does not immediately associate this disease with women; however, insobriety does not discriminate when it comes to gender. It is not fully known whether the prevalence of women alcoholics has increased over the past thirty years or if the statistics reflect a decidedly higher number coming forward for treatment. No matter the reason, preponderance of female drinkers has mandated the intervention of local, state and federal programs as a means by which to address the significant problem. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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ANALYSIS: SEXUAL POLITICS OF SICKNESS
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This paper examines Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English and analysis the points these authors make, which is that medicine has determined the illnesses of women. The paper debates this point, using examples from the book.
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Anorexia: A Mental and Physical Disease
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5 pages in length. Describes the causes and symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa as well as those who are most prone to suffer from the disease. During the past decade the prevalence of eating disorders has increased among teenage and college-age American women. This increase is probably caused in part by society’s idea of the ideal woman as being overly thin in order to be beautiful. Adolescence is an intense time and is normally a time of physical changes as well as psychological changes. Females in particular seem to experience stress that is not experienced by their male peers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Another View of Domestic Violence: Violence Committed by Women Against Men
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A 5 page overview of female perpetuated violence against their male partners. This paper shows another side of domestic violence, a side where the woman is the abuser and the man is the abused. The author suggests that our societal perceptions of abused males is one of stereotyping and even emasculation, a fact that keeps many instances of female perpetuated abuse from being reported. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Basis for an Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Rehabilitation Program: 8-Week, Ten-Bed Facility for Homeless, Pregnant Teens with Substance Abuse Problems
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the effectiveness of an 8-week rehabilitation program. An 8-week program within a ten-bed facility is evaluated regarding its substance abuse rehabilitation and effectiveness for pregnant, homeless teen clients and is compared with other programs and research. The program addresses health, psychological and social issues in addition to substance abuse and prevention of relapse. As in almost all drug treatment facilities, “three out of four teens in drug treatment drop out of their programs before finishing”. Most drug treatment programs are based on a minimum 90-day program, considered the minimum required for the best prevention against relapse, in which case an 8 week program of ~ 60 days may have a slightly higher completion rate, in that the program is not as long, but also a higher relapse rate within the teens after they leave the program. If only 3-4 teens out of 10 complete 90-day programs, a 60-day program may have a completion rate slightly higher in that perhaps 4-5 teens may complete the program. Overall, an 8-week substance abuse rehabilitation program for teens by all accounts seems to be too short to have any long term effect providing that the teens even complete the program. In addition, the teens in this program were pregnant and homeless. In most cases then, the program would not even cover the time of the pregnancy which would release these teens back out on the street in the same basic state in which they entered the program. The program should be at least as long as the pregnancy and an additional six months within the program would prove even more beneficial. In this time, the teen could acquire more contact with community social and medical care facilities and programs in additional to learning valuable medical care, family planning and care of the child if she desires to keep the infant. In addition, because a child is involved, the social and community services need to be involved from the onset in regards to the social planning while the facility can focus on the substance abuse factors and programming for the teen. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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