or physical disability‚ and almost anyone who did not fit in with the genetic lines drawn up by American raceologists. The Nazi’s would locate and track down so-called “defective” bloodlines and make them vulnerable to lifelong segregation and sterilization programs to kill their bloodlines. On July 14‚ 1933‚ Nazi dictatorship fulfilled the long-held hopes and dreams of achieving the “superior race” by enacting the Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring. The law was
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The Tuskegee study‚ which took place in Tuskegee‚ Alabama‚ left syphilis untreated in African American men from 1932-1972. This was done in order to test the consequences of leaving syphilis untreated in African American men‚ as opposed to white men. This study showed ignorance‚ exploitation‚ and coercion. The Tuskegee study helped lead to the Belmont Report‚ which keeps research honest and safe for the subjects but managing research subjects. This study violated all of the core ideas of the Belmont
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The term “retardation” has often been used in society as a word to insult ones intelligence. However‚ Metal Retardation (MR) is a serious illness thousands of people suffer from each day. Due to historical negative connotations of retardation‚ the term Intellectual Disability (ID) has been adapted as a means of describing the disorder. MR has been recognized as a neurodevelopmental disorder‚ which impairs ones intellectual and adaptive functioning capability. Often times an IQ score less than 70
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Infection Control What causes people to get sick? How is disease spread from one person to another person? What can be done to stop the spread of infection and disease? As a health care worker‚ it is important to know the answers to these questions. When you understand what causes infection‚ you can learn how to prevent it. Infection control is a set of practices and procedures that will help to prevent the transmission of disease within a health care facility. Infectious and Communicable Diseases
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Preservation of Food with Ionizing Energy Lesson 10 1 Assigned Readings – n Smith‚ J.S. and Pillai‚ S. 2004. Irradiation and Food safety. Food Technol. n Fact sheet on Food Irradiation http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/information-for-consumers/fact-sheets/labelling-food-packaging-and-storage/irradiation/eng/1332358607968/1332358680017 n Frequently Asked Questions regarding Food Irradiation 2 Terminology n Radiation ¨ ¨ n Food irradiation ¨ n Rays of energy Emission and propagation of
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used as a justification for coercive state-sponsored discrimination and severe human rights violations‚ such as forced sterilization (e.g. of those perceived to have mental or social defects) and even genocide. However‚ eugenics from the very beginning‚ means many different people. The term has been used to cover everything from prenatal care for mothers to forced sterilization. Consequently debate took place in the past‚ and takes place today‚ as to what exactly counts as eugenics (Paul 97).
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In society today most countries‚ children are potentially seen as the future. It does not matter if they are female or male. Throughout the Centuries China has been struggling with overpopulation. As of today China is the most populated country in the world‚ with more than 1.3 billion people. The one child policy in China has been around since 1979 when the Family Planning Commission told all citizens in China that they were restricted to have one child per family. Implementing the one-child policy
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MICROBIOLOGY STUDY QUESTI0NS - EXAM 1 1. Briefly discuss the theory of spontaneous generation. What scientific evidence was presented to disprove the theory? Spontaneous generation- theory (until second half of 19th century) that some forms of life can arise spontaneously from nonliving matter‚ i.e. maggots from corpses Redi (1668)- demonstrated maggots do not arise from decaying meat by filling two jars with decaying meat (one sealed‚ one unsealed). Unsealed jar developed larvae and sealed did
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Going Too Far 1 If you are at all familiar with the United States Constitution then you are also aware of the First Amendment. Many children learn in elementary school that as citizens of the United States we have the right to express ourselves freely‚ through the freedom of speech‚ press‚ and in many other ways‚ including the freedom of religion. These “freedoms” are what America is built on‚ and why many immigrants left their countries in which they were born and raised. They left in order to
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T-4 Program In October 1939 the T-4 program began. The T-4 Program‚ also known as "euthanasia" was one of the disastrous part of the Holocaust. This is where Hitler started killing billions of people over night like the mentally disabled and the jews and others secretly if they were seen as worthless like that was a waste of time and food and didn’t fit the imagine of his perfect productive society. It all started with Hitler and the group he found who called themselves Nazis they were a stronger
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