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Family Significance in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...

'A place in the family: an historical interpretation of research on parental reactions to having a child with a disability' by Philip M. Ferguson Reviewed

place in time. The point Ferguson goes on to make is that it is important to also consider the ways in which social attitudes and ...

All About Anorexia Nervosa

and height), an intense fear of becoming fat, and (in females) skipped menstrual periods for at least three months" (Grilo, Sinha,...

Psychopathology and Aileen Wuornos

as theyre treated" (Burns, 2003). Human behavior is a complicated and curious equation. The answer to why a particular rea...

Family Counseling and Solution Based Therapy

to which the therapist then compares the person/family in therapy. In so doing, s/he focuses on how different the family is from t...

Society, Weight, and Popular Culture

and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Service...

Emotions Effects on Cancer

system to destroy abnormal cells. Hormone production is directly connected to psychological states. Countless women can attest to ...

Comparing Alice Walker's 'Everyday Things' with Eudora Welty's 'Why I Live at the Post Office'

it clear that there are many unsolved frictions between the two sisters, frictions which include the fact that the youngers husban...

Society of India and Women

and their domestic responsibilities before themselves (Varma and Agrawal, 1992). In order to initiate sociological advancement, m...

Woman Holding a Balance Painting by Jan Vermeer

to hearth and home. Her expression is one of serenity, and reminds one of the Madonnas expression. In this respect, then, women we...

Dr. Murray Bowen's Family Systems Therapy Theory and Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides

to as nuclear family emotional systems. According to this concept, the family acts as a "unitary whole," which is affected by two...

Treatment Recommendation Based on a Five-Axis Diagnosis

by the APA: * "Axis I: Clinical syndromes and/or other areas of concern (i.e. marriage counseling or occupational problems). *...

Senior Citizen Driving Problems

did play a role in the demise of the innocent bystanders who got in his way during that deadly summer day. Whether age is a fac...

ICU Patients and Communication

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

Family and Roman Law

or her father. In order to better understand some of the most basic laws we turn to discussing specifics. On page 39 of the faxe...

Death and the Importance of Family Support

of bereavement services such as telephone hotlines, formal programs and stronger community education resources to deal with this t...

Rights for Children

children received any sort of legal recognition. This occurred with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ...

5 Family Theories Examined

of examining the changes that occur in families over time, rather than just specific points of time (Whitchurch, 2003). We see cl...

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and its Depiction of American Families

and harsh conditions, these family members work together, while arguing and combating one another, to move on and make their situa...

Case Study on a Garden Center's Change Implementation

each area. Analysis of Current Situation Scenario: When his father retired, Tom Green took over as managing director of the Gar...

Social Work and Service User Rights

experience, in such a way as to determine the rules that ought to govern human conduct, the values worth pursuing and the characte...

Traditional Family and How It Has Evolved

Typically the traditional concept of family involves an extended family of grandparents and aunts and uncles as well as mother, fa...

Social Issues and Impacts Upon Schools and Families of Young Children

more of a culturally mixed country we see more and more religious diversity, further confusing the matter for young children. Now,...

Florida and Foster Care

DCF] the worst child-welfare system in the nation" (Hathaway, 2002, p. 1E). The state child protective agency, regardless of its ...

Working Mothers and Flex Time Concerns Case Study

program part of this problem, and should these issues really be addressed? It would be hard to actually tell if the family-friend...

Welfare Reform and TANF

One of the major features of TANF was the stimulation of state and local government to require an increase in their requirements f...

Tutorial Letter on Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

has been troubled for some time and they, at that instant, feel they would do anything to change it if only she would stay. But, t...

The Chosen by Chaim Potok in Terms of Family Analysis

field. The friendship grows as a result of an accident which is also odd. In fact, Reuven and his father recognize that the acci...

Liang Heng's Son of the Revolution

life. The impact which the Party has on Liang Hengs entire life is emphasised...

A Livable Wage in NJ Case Study

that community is much higher than average. With the assumption that it is impossible to live on only twenty thousand per year in ...