The novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton is a novel about teenage boys that are trying to live their lives to be like the rest of the community. These kids feel like they are the outsiders. Atul Gawande once said “Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But‚ precisely because they are the outsiders‚ they are usually in a poor position to fix them.” In this novel the outsiders would be the Greasers because they are poor‚ violent‚ and they don’t have parents
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It is shocking to see how many still die from infection that the Dr’s don’t know about. There are a lot of deaths from unknown causes as well. Chorioamnionitis is a big problem in hospitals. We are getting 10 Articles of Atul Gawande placentas with Triple I‚ which is infection of the chorion‚ to be rushed as the mother and baby are in danger with infection. It seems with today’s technology there would be less complications and less deaths. Most people might not even think
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First Last Ms. Cobb ENGL 1213/0272 28 September 2011 “Death Panels”: How Should the Medical Profession Handle End of Life Care? End of life counseling sessions where doctors advise patients how to conduct their own deaths have stirred up a firestorm of controversy in the press. These are sessions where a patient‚ who is terminally ill‚ talks with their doctor about their last wishes before they get to a state where they can no longer communicate‚ e.g. comatose. Supporters of these sessions
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18 October 2011 The Negative Effects of Solitary Confinement Today‚ there are more than 80‚000 prisoners in the United States that are held in solitary confinement. (Solitary Confinement) The two main reasons persons are put into solitary confinement are because of ones conduct in prison‚ and the severity of ones crimes. They are locked away in an eight by ten cell for twenty three hours a day for years; sometimes decades. They are deprived physical contact with other people; with the exception
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A baby at thirty-nine weeks is not fully developed‚ and therefore faces many risks. Babies born via c-section are more likely to be administered into the NICU than babies born vaginally. According to Gawande (2007) “the child can be lacerated. Although this is rare‚ it does happen. Atul Gawande also goes on to say “if the placenta separates and the head doesn’t come free quickly‚ the baby can asphyxiate.” This means that the baby gets an insufficient amount of oxygen and deprives the child of air
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When Neli was first placed in solitary confinement‚ a man with an IQ of 69‚ his initial response was licking the cell floor that was covered in his own urine. Atul Gawande‚ a surgeon who writes about public health issues states‚ “One of the paradoxes of solitary confinement is that‚ as starved as people become for companionship‚ the experience typically leaves them unfit for social interaction.” (Washington Post
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Moral Panics‚ Interest Groups and Social Problems Sociology 254 Research Paper As Goode and Ben-Yehuda (1994) suggest‚ moral panics often propel some issues forward as “social problems‚” versus others that remain on the backburner of public opinion and of policymakers’ agendas. This can be seen in the case of healthcare in America. There are many factors that have an impact on an individual’s health besides just biological ones such as genetics. For example‚ socio-economic
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Cuban called Dr. Gawande‚ detailing Chipper’s case. Dr. Gawande‚ used a smart phone device not password protected and left the patient information at the table‚ where it was read by waiter and posted on social media. Dr. Gawande confirmed he was not specialized in the area of medicine needed to treat the patient‚ but would treat anyways. His treatment caused Complications and Gawande admitted “Human error” Which resulted in Chipper becoming debilitated to a wheelchair. Later Dr. Gawande stated his license
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Many of the reforms contained within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are aimed at reducing health care costs and improving quality without rationing care‚ cutting benefits or reducing eligibility. Starting with the populations that suffer from the most difficult health conditions and have the most medical expenses makes sense. If designed and implemented properly‚ these reforms hold the potential to transform not only their lives‚ but also to serve as models for other
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Gawande makes an interesting argument suggesting that the U.S. health care system can improve the quality‚ efficiency‚ and cost of care by adopting The Cheesecake Factory’s standardized and quality control approach to food delivery and management. According to this approach‚ Gawande suggests that a standardized health care conglomerate will foster consistent care that reduces medical mistakes and wasteful use of resources‚ as well as increase the use of best practices across the organization. However
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