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    NAME: ALICE SENAMNIMOH-APPEA CANDIDATE NUMBER: FINAL TOK ESSAY DRAFT QUESTION: “There are only two ways in which humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Knowledge as a whole is the total information one has acquired. Passive observation is the process of observation that one is not experiencing the event. It is not as dynamic as active experimentation because one just perceives the event and not

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    that Health is a difficult term to define. Health to me is defined as your well-being. Health to me is the ability to adapt and able to change. Health can be broken down into two aspects‚ Physical health and mental health. Physical health means good body health. Good body health can be determined as a exercising‚ or nutrition. Mental health relates to people’s cognitive and emotional well-being. Health is can be broken down to small aspect as spiritual health‚ Emotional health. Health can also

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    Health care costs in the United States (US) currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. Other developed nations spend less of their GDP on health care but have the same increasing trend. Factors contributing to this rise are not hard to find‚ such as the development of new treatments and the age increase of the baby boomers. Unfortunately‚ instead of focusing on the costs of treating individual patients with specific medical conditions over their full cycle of care‚ providers aggregate and

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    one city to another‚ one can feel the difference in language‚ culture‚ life style and many more. In my case I moved thousand of miles from my country‚ Pakistan. The differences are unimaginable. I was born in a very big house with 5 bedrooms‚ 2 living rooms‚ 2 kitchens‚ big lawns in front and back‚ servant quarters and couple of servants serving my family. This wasn’t like this because we were filthy rich or millionaires. It simply portrays a middle class home in my country. My grandmother was used

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    In microeconomic theory‚ the opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative forgone‚ in a situation in which a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alternatives given limited resources. Assuming the best choice is made‚ it is the "cost" incurred by not enjoying the benefit that would be had by taking the second best choice available.[1] The New Oxford American Dictionary defines it as "the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative

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    Opportunity cost Have you ever been in the situation deciding which cloth to buy? Have you ever facing the dilemma of to study or to play? Have you ever consider as a seller and choose to lower the price or raise it? In the field of economics‚ here’s a solution for you. The magic word is “opportunity cost”. Opportunity cost in terms of economy is the highest-value alternative one has to give up to engage in an activity. In other words‚ using the same resources such as money and time‚ the best

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    " ’Good health implies the achievement of a dynamic balance between individuals or groups and their environment. ’" (Better Health Commission 1986‚ cited in Carey‚ D.‚ Perraton‚ G.; Weston‚ K. 2000: 3). According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)‚ ’healthcan be defined as the absence of illnesses and a state of mental and social well-being (Carey et al. 2000:3). In other words‚ in order to maintain optimal health‚ it is imperative to have a well-balanced lifestyle which would include a nutritious

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    Opportunity Cost Scarcity of resources is one of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity necessitates trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up (the next best alternative) as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost contrasts to accounting

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    Commercialization of Health Care: Good or Bad? Commercialisation in health care basically means setting up private owned hospitals which in turn are the ones set on the business ethics of profit. But this does not mean that there is no proper treatment. Its true that the charges are more and in India where there are so many poor people cannot afford such high charges. The govt hospitals draw a lot of people as because the charges are reasonably low and has some fine experienced doctors and

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    Health Care Costs Health Care Costs By: Katrina Robinson Health Services Organizations Pica-Branco‚ Denise Provide a discussion that demonstrates you have an understanding of the impact the cost of health care has on the economy. Be sure to discuss the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Health Care spending is on a raised emotional and physical. Health care spending is concerning the United States economy is healthcare system. The majority countries the healthcare system in the United States

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