"Battered womans syndrome" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 31 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Girl and Woman

    • 9501 Words
    • 39 Pages

    1983‚ she ’s being hailed as one of the most important new fiction writers of the decade. Jamaica Kincaid ’s life story sounds a bit like a cross between Charlotte Bronte ’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea‚ except in this version‚ the woman from the West Indies triumphs‚ working her way through governess jobs to become a renowned author. Her biography also sounds more than a bit like one of her own novels‚ because‚ as Kincaid puts it‚ with characteristic irony‚ "everything in my writing

    Premium Jamaica Kincaid Short story The New Yorker

    • 9501 Words
    • 39 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Down Syndrome Essay

    • 1496 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Down Syndrome is a chromosomal condition related to chromosome 21. It affects 1 in 800 to 1 in 1000 born infants. People who have Down Syndrome have learning difficulties‚ mental retardation‚ a different facial appearance‚ and poor muscle tone (hypotonia) in infancy. Individuals with Down Syndrome also have an increased risk for having heart defects‚ digestive problems such as “gastroesophageal reflux or celiac disease”‚ and hearing loss. Some people who have Down Syndrome have “low activity of

    Premium Down syndrome Chromosome Genetics

    • 1496 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    116 Down Syndrome

    • 869 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Super Duper® Handy Handouts!™ Number 116 What is Down Syndrome? by Becky L. Spivey‚ M.Ed. What is Down syndrome? Down syndrome is a congenital disorder stemming from a chromosomal abnormality appearing in one of every 800 births. It is the most common genetic disorder affecting more than 5‚000 babies born in the United States each year. This syndrome occurs when one chromosome has an extra “part‚” an error occurs in cell division‚ or an extra chromosome exists resulting in 47 chromosomes. Most

    Premium Down syndrome Chromosome

    • 869 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a serious disorder that is often looked over by many. It is a very serious disease and must not be taken lightly. Munchausen syndrome by proxy‚ also known as factitious disorder by proxy‚ is a form of child abuse where the mother or parent makes up or produces illnesses in their own child. Many cases of this disease have lead to the death of the child and imprisonment of the parent. This is a disease that needs to be made aware of and

    Premium Medicine Physical abuse Child abuse

    • 1103 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Woman Safety

    • 1181 Words
    • 5 Pages

    around us‚ it is time that the country joins hands together to realize that – ‘Women are NOT SAFE in any means in India’. There have many cases that have been reported and many unreported for the torture a woman undergoes‚ yet there has been nothing done to change the law or the system to the way a woman is being looked at. The condition of women in India has always been a matter of grave concern. Since the past several centuries‚ the women of India were never given equal status and opportunities as compared

    Premium Woman Change India

    • 1181 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Unborn Fetus Syndrome

    • 638 Words
    • 3 Pages

    disabilities‚ and birth defects‚ every day. Pregnant women who drink‚ smoke‚ and use drugs are not only exposing themselves‚ but also their unborn fetus. The exposed unborn fetus is highly prone to lifelong‚ and irreversible‚ birth defects. Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most common outcome of fetuses subjected to alcohol abuse. When the mother consumes alcohol‚ the alcohol easily passes through the placenta via the bloodstream‚ and into the fetus. The fetus is unable to process the alcohol due to its high

    Premium Pregnancy Fetus Childbirth

    • 638 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Guillain-Barre Syndrome

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Guillain-Barre syndrome are because this a rare and deadly disorder. “Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system” (Guillain-Barre Syndrome Fact Sheet). Guillain-Barre is a very unusual disease and it tends to affect people who do lots of traveling outside of the country and in small populations. Even though it’s a rare disorder‚ it affects people of all ages and race. Adults are more affected by the syndrome than children

    Premium Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia Major depressive disorder

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    What is Klinefelter syndrome? Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects male sexual development. Males with this condition typically have small testes that do not produce enough testosterone‚ which is the hormone that directs male sexual development before birth and during puberty. A shortage of testosterone during puberty can lead to breast enlargement (gynecomastia)‚ reduced facial and body hair‚ and an inability to father children (infertility). Older children and adults with

    Premium Chromosome Y chromosome X chromosome

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Jealousy of a Woman

    • 729 Words
    • 3 Pages

    “The Laboratory” by Robert Browning is a poem about a woman being engrossed by jealousy. Browning uses many literary techniques to show the escalating changes of the main character. Through the tone‚ persona‚ and figure of speech‚ Browning utilizes these three elements in order to create the envious nature of the woman in the poem. The poem begins with a tone that is filled with resentment‚ which also describes the speaker’s emotions that soon escalates erratically. The first sign of resent is when

    Premium Emotions Woman Envy

    • 729 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Triple X Syndrome

    • 492 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Triple X Syndrome‚ also known as XXX Syndrome‚ is a genetic disorder affecting the sex chromosomes. Females generally posses two X chromosomes‚ one from each parents‚ but females affected by Triple X syndrome possess three X chromosomes. On average‚ Triple X Syndrome affects 1 in 1000 females. Triple X syndrome generally doesn’t occur due to inheritance‚ but is rather caused by an error in the formation of the gametes known as nondisjunction‚ resulting in the extra X chromosome. Another cause of

    Premium X chromosome

    • 492 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 50