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viral disease that attacks the human immune system making it ineffective in fighting disease or sickness caused by microbial organ...

the application of these viewpoints for troubled adolescent populations is a distinction that relates both to the value of human l...

thing to do. "In its strong form the theory asserts that people always act in their own interests, even though they may disguise ...

In order to contextualize the views of adolescent behavior and egocentrism and the changes that are important through maturation, ...

for understanding the nature of compliance issues with treatment programs like vitamin supplementation and provide a quantitative ...

provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...

is the equivalent of Freuds anal stage, is when a toddler begins to assert his or her individuality. The rest of the stages, and t...

controlled in the future through the use of procedures such as gene therapy. At present, however, NDI can only be managed, not cu...

is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...

2001, p. 217). Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases that are characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels i...

childbearing age and, particularly adolescent girls, should receive special attention in regards to prevention. There are several ...

affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...

above the ideal standards based on the National Center for Health Statistics growth charts (Jerum and Melnyk, 2001). While weight ...

Because antiabortion activists have been so successful in blocking legislative approaches toward governmentally subsidized contrac...

rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...

pricing adolescents out of the alcohol market. As Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow state, the theory of supply and deman...

available to young people with potential problems: primary, secondary and tertiary, which "can be viewed along a continuum in ter...

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

that one can incorporate the extreme with the ordinary? Indeed, risk taking represents a bit of all of these definitions, inasmuc...

the ages of 12 and 19 were considered overweight (Surgeon General News, 2005). If that werent enough, this number is nearly triple...

possibilities; and other issues. They also dont seem to understand that older people were once young, and therefore understand th...

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

drops out of society or gets into a car accident. They may be on the road to addiction, which can be life changing and even end in...

22.4% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004). Cigarettes, once considered glamorous and chic, have emerged as t...

1993, p. 3), Piaget and Vygotsky illustrate how this lopsidedness can create a considerable amount of frustration. Often misconst...

children who are inactive because of television viewing. This study found that children who were inactive because of television v...

by his mother. He becomes angry and withdrawn, mistrusting others around him and as a result constantly tests the boundaries Ted ...

there is constant bickering. It seems that when mom and dad are happy, the family should be happy. Reportedly, 70% (Corliss & Mc...

an adolescent client (Wallis, 2004, p. 59). Data on the development of abstract reasoning skills, as well as of the "recognition o...

the "perceived lack of close and meaningful relationships with others" (Rew et al, 2001, p. 35-36). The Beck Hopelessness Scale, ...