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    Women in 1900s

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    Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles‚ such as a caring mother‚ a diligent homemaker‚ and an obedient wife. The perfect mother was supposed to stay home and nurture so society would accept them. A diligent housewife had dinner on the table precisely at the moment her husband arrived from work. After World War II‚ there was an expansion of the population; therefore caused the need for more housing and other needs of people. The first mass-produced suburb - Levittown‚ New York - was built

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    1900 Parenting Styles

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    Every parent and child should have trust in their relationship with each other. There is a signifacant difference in the parenting styles in 1900 than the parenting styles in today’s society. In the 1900s‚ it was socially acceptable for parents‚ mainly the fathers‚ to punish their children in a forceful manner. “Fathers typically were there to punish and enforce the children” (Museum‚ n.d.). Today‚ if parents were to paddle their children in the behind‚ the beating would be viewed as assault. Mel

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    Abuse

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    Psychological Abuse Presented by Psyche Cheung Celia Chan Jason Chan Kris Lee Monday‚ 21 January‚ 13 Abuse harmful‚ injurious‚ or offensive excessive and wrongful misuse of anything Definition • • Psychological Abuse caused by emotional abuse / mental abuse / physical abuse behavior that may result in psychological trauma eg anxiety / chronic depression / post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) happened in the situations of power imbalance abusive relationships / bullying / child abuse / abuse

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    Canada 1900

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    First Nation • A term used in place of “Indian band / nation” Pre-WW1 • Many Aboriginal peoples found themselves increasingly displaced as immigration increases in Canada • Illness and disease were becoming problems – Aboriginal populations were declining • Federal government’s policy of assimilation was being carried out through use of the residential school system‚ enforced farming‚ and reserve system o Residential schools had been set up under the 1876 InAct because the Act stated

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    Abuse Institutional Abuse

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    the following types of abuse: (1.1.1) • Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another • Emotional/psychological abuse Emotional/psychological abuse may involve threats or actions to cause mental or physical harm; humiliation; voilation • Financial abuse Financial abuse is the illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s money‚ property‚ pension book or other valuables. • Institutional abuse Institutional abuse involves failure of an

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    Drugs

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    Christianity point of view. b) Law of the land. DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION. Drug. 1) A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Example: alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin‚ nicotine etc. 2) A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating performance when taken by a human body. Drug abuse. 1) It is the use of illegal drugs‚ the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for at least a year with negative consequences. 2)

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    Prescription Drug Abuse Problem? The war on drugs has been an ongoing battle for the past 40-50 years. Despite adding legislative measures to help prevent the use‚ manufacture‚ and distribution of these illicit substances‚ it continues to burden the government and affect so many lives of the people. Notwithstanding the dangerous effects of what these drugs may do to one’s body‚ still more people are enticed to try them which eventually leads them to drug addiction. Prescription drug abuse is a global

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    Drugs have been around for thousands of years. "A drug is any chemical that produces a therapeutic or non-therapeutic effect in the body (Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse 2000.)" Most drugs were first used for medicinal purposes‚ such as marijuana. Active substances were not extracted into drugs until the 19th century. Newly discovered substances like morphine‚ laudanum‚ and cocaine were completely unregulated and prescribed freely by physicians for a wide variety of ailments. Wounded veterans returned

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    Healthcare and nursing in the 1900-1919 period would change history forever. Nursing during this time would change from the traditional bedside nursing at home to a more institutional based nursing within the hospitals (Porter-O’Grady‚ T. 2004). In the Early 20th century most nursing education was hospital based and students learned by doing. Care was now being delivered at the hospitals. Organized medicine begins to emerge with the American Medical Association (AMA) reorganizing as the national

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    Drug Addiction and Drugs

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    Drugs Addiction Miami Beach Senior High Ashley Gonzalez Ms. Cooper/Mr.Sussman English II-Period Three 06 March 2013 Drugs Addiction Topic and Thesis Statement Miami Beach Senior High Topic: Drugs Thesis Statement: In an examination of drugs I will discuss causes of this disease/or social dilemma. I will also discuss the effect of drugs on individuals‚ families and society.

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