Child abuse is a serious matter. No matter what ethnic or social background someone comes from there is the potential for abuse. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)‚ as amended and reauthorized by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010‚ defines child abuse and neglect as‚ “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death‚ serious physical or emotional harm‚ sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents
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HSC024: Safeguarding and Protection of individuals from abuse and harm. 1.1 In your answer from the workbook you completed‚ you described the following terms instead of defining them. Please review this section by defining each of the terms outlined below: * Physical abuse * Psychological abuse * Sexual abuse * Finance abuse * Self neglect * Institutional abuse 1.2 Identify the signs and symptoms associated with physical abuse SHC 024: Duty of care in a health and social care setting
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Childhood abuse is a major issue in the world today we all know or have heard of unfortunate events dealing with children. “Abuse changes your life…Fight Back and change the life of your abusers by Breaking Your Silence on Abuse!” (Patty Rase Hopson Adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse). I believe there are long term affects to child abuse and adults or parents should be sent to jail. Childhood abuse is positively related to adult depression‚ aggression‚ hostility‚ anger‚ fear‚ anxiety disorders
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Animal Farm Personally‚ I believe that the classic book‚ Animal Farm‚ is one that all should enjoy and prosper from. It is written by Eric Blair‚ or as he is better known‚ George Orwell. The whole book is a giant metaphor comparing the corruption of the Soviet Union (under the rule of the Communist Party) into the form of animals on a farm. Each animal represents a specific leader in that time. This utopian novel also has many unique themes that mostly everyone can relate to. They range from
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Animal Rights “What is man without the beast? If the beast were gone‚ man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beast soon happens to man” (Chief Seattle). While much has been done to protect animals‚ it is nowhere near what needs to be done to secure their inhabitance on earth and give them their rights. Animals have nerves so they can feel pain and they do suffer so is it right to put them through that by experimenting on them? Additionally if more of the
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Animal Testing Animal testing is a very controversial practice‚ involving the testing of new substances on animals to see how safe they will be for human use. (Vasen‚ 2011) Research has uncovered many cures for deathly diseases through animal testing. For over 2000 years cures for diseases such as Herpes‚ Hepatitis B‚ Rabies‚ Malaria‚ Polio and other such viruses have been created‚ through the use of testing the chemicals on animals such as mice‚ rabbits‚ cats‚ dogs or monkeys. (Shandilya‚ 2011)
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Each year in the United States‚ an estimated seventy million animals are hurt and killed in the name of science by private institutions‚ household products and cosmetics companies‚ government agencies‚ educational institutions‚ and scientific centers. Animal testing is wrong and downright mean. Innocent animals should not be treated badly and caused pain for the sake of a human ’s safety. Many people think animal testing is good while others think it is wrong. I think it is completely and absolutely
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Animal testing‚ also known as animal experimentation‚ animal research‚ and in vivo testing‚ is the use of non-human animals in experiments (although some research about animals involves only natural behaviors or pure observation‚ such as a mouse running a maze or field studies of chimp troops). The research is conducted inside universities‚ medical schools‚ pharmaceutical companies‚ farms‚ defense establishments‚ and commercial facilities that provide animal-testing services to industry.[1] It includes
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Alcohol Abuse By: Rian Geraldine S. Alberto Alcohol • • • • Alcohol is a drink containing ethanol It is a lipid that is highly water soluble A psychoactive drug that has a depressant effect. Distribution: Ethanol is distributed equally in all body tissue according to water content. • Metabolism: A healthy body can metabolize 15ml of alcohol/hour • Alcohol is metabolized by the liver but 10% is excreted unchanged in the breath‚ sweat and the urine Metabolism of alcohol Alcohol Aldehyde
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June 26 is celebrated as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking every year. It is an exercise undertaken by the world community to sensitize the people in general and the youth in particular‚ to the menace of drugs. The picture is grim if the world statistics on the drugs scenario is taken into account. With a turnover of around $500 billions‚ it is the third largest business in the world‚ next to petroleum and arms trade. About 190 million people all over the world consume
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