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Essays 1951 - 1980

Chinese Immigrant Mothers

of the nation, America is and was considered a land where someone could be anything they wanted, and they could succeed and be ric...

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

to benefits while they are on their absence of leave (Wikipedia, 2006). "Generally, the Act ensures that all workers are able to t...

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...

Transient - and Disappearing - Benefits

true, but it seems as though these same organizations are being rather myopic in planning for the future. The single constant fac...

African-Americans and Reconstruction

organizations as the Freedmens Bureau and "Northern benevolent societies," and "after 1868, state governments" (Building the black...

Domestic Violence: Is Income a Factor?

domestic abuse one of the most troubling problems of our society. According to U.S. Department of Justice (2005) statistics...

Reich's "The Future Of Success: Working And Living In The New Economy" - Brief Chapter Overview

value amidst an ever-changing social landscape may present opportunity on the one hand but as Reich (2002) points out, it also ref...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

Families in the Works of William Shakespeare and Happiness

of shallowness in schemings clothing, while rejecting the honest and heartfelt response of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly d...

The Epic 'Beowulf' and Anglo Saxon Culture

the tale. In fact, it seems that one of the general ways in which each character is depicted is a quick rundown of their lineage. ...

Alcoholism and Children of Alcoholics

of alcoholics. To prove that children of alcoholics are more likely to physiologically be alcoholic themselves provides added supp...

Analyzing A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

This is his attempt at asserting himself and struggling to find his own way. Clearly he is trying to gain his independence but th...

The Terminal Patient: A Case Study

paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...

Child Rearing Over the Course of a Century

those that already had become urban (New York and Boston, as example) still retained a rural atmosphere in terms of how families a...

7 Nursing Theory Issues

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

Community Obesity and Health Promotion

his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...

'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 ...

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...

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,...

Counseling and Family Violence

to understand that it has also been a very real part of American society since the early days. In a review of the book "Domestic T...

Societal Welfare in Henry Fielding's Shamela and Samuel Richardson's Pamela

ends up marrying her, presenting us with a sense of maintaining the health of a family and the individual. While the novel is made...

Effects of Poverty

social life. Symbolic interactionism strives to control member behavior as a means by which to represent the core element of the ...

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Money's Influence

her husbands death, Mama assumed her role as head of the family, dedicated to her fervent dream that one day, she will own a nice ...

Lord of the Flies and the Characters of Jack and Ralph and The Outsiders and the Character of Pony

What we learn by reading this book is that society as a whole is only as good as the individuals which...

Tourism and Family Structure Impacts

be in place regarding the time able to be spent on leisure. However, when looking at marketing these factors may be releva...