SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Contemporary American Family

Essays 2851 - 2880

Why Assertiveness is Important

care of ones needs is an important reason to become assertive. For example, if someone goes to a doctor or hospital and they are l...

Essay: Ulysses S. Grant

and since the American Civil War is endlessly fascinating, well take a look at one of its most important - and overlooked - figure...

Pay Equity

"oppressive child labor" was defined. Under this act those who are not paid the required level can reclaim the lost wages as wel...

Family Presence at Resuscitation

(2005), in which samples of patients or patients families were enrolled. In a study in which the sample participants had lost a lo...

The Evolution of Punishment in Criminal Justice

The evolution of punishment strategy has gone hand in hand with the evolution of society as a whole. Harris (1996), for example, ...

Case Scenario/Alcohol Abuse

"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...

Fictitious Story on Viking Erik Olafson

In seven pages a young boy's journey that chronicles the everyday life of a Viking family is featured in this fictitious story. F...

Workplace Patriarchy and Problems of Women Balancing Work and Family Responsbilities

by means of which men differentially accrue material [economic]as well as ideological [culturally valued] privileges from the exp...

20th Century US Family Law

In thirty two pages the evolution of U.S. family law during the last half of the 20th century is chronicled with a variety of rele...

The Theme of Violence in The Prince Of Tides

episode at some point in life. Depression often hits the elderly more than any other age group; however, with each passing ...

Latino Community and Women's Changing Role

In nine pages this paper examines the impact of redefining a woman's family role in this consideration of how in the Latino commun...

How Anorexia in Featured in Texts by Cathi Hanauer and Margaret Atwood

In five pages anorexia as reflected in My Sister's Bones by Hanauer and The Edible Woman by Atwood are compared and contrasted in ...

A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer

In five pages this research paper examines Pelzer's account of his horrific childhood with an application of current theory on fam...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

Alcoholism Causes and Effects

loss of control and inability to stop drinking once begun are symptoms that might be present. Suffering from withdrawal symptoms,...

Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun and James Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues' Compared

essence of Emersons claim for moral exuberance that galvanizes youthful idealism than Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun. Se...

Cao Xuequin's Story of Stone

ideal of humaneness or goodness, and li to ceremonious behavior or to social norms in general. According to the instrumentalist, ...

Dysfunctional Families in Antigone and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

not have written them. Sophocles wrote "Antigone"(c. 442 B. C) and "Oedipus the King" (c. 425 B. C.) among numerous other works. ...

Familial Substance and Physical Abuse

In seven pages this paper examines family dysfunction and how it influences violent behavior and substance abuse. There is includ...

The System of Trokosi

by a spokesman for the fetish priests, Togbe Atsu Eklo of the Adzimashi shrine, which appealed to the gods and their ancestors to ...

Families and Home Schooling

In three pages this research paper examines home schooling supporters and opponents and also considers the family implications of ...

Archie Bunker and Erik Erikson

In five pages the All in the Family TV series character Archie Bunker is the focus of an appllication of the 8 stages of psychosoc...

Defending C.S. Lewis's Concept of Earthly Love

itself is in part" (Meilaender). For instance, one facet of Gods love can be found "in the undiscriminating character of affection...

Impact Of Chronic Illness On The Elderly And Families

medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...

The Family and Medical Leave Act and the Case of Kroger

their rights under the FLMA and the notice can be verbal (Lexis, 2006). However, under section (d) the employer can also assert th...

Government Intervention in Private Affairs

yet typically American: it reduces families "to mere aggregations of individuals [but] it also enhances personal autonomy, a value...

Article Critique/Hospice Patients/Symptom Intensity

incorporated into this study is extensive. The research team breaks this discussion into three subheadings: Assessment Congruence ...

Home-School Relations : Book Review

also provides tips and cues for identifying potential child abuse and neglect. The author who discusses Parent-Teacher Communica...

Social Work and Cancer

impacts for its male victims. The personal impacts of cancer necessitate even more care than would typically be employed in medic...

England After the Industrial Revolution

the industrial revolution sprang new industries where workers emerged as skilled as opposed to unskilled. Many of the skills they ...