Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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VULNERABLE POPULATION ASSESSMENT A woman presents to the Emergency Room(ER) in Leon‚ Iowa with her 2-year-old little girls who she states has had a cough for 1 hour. It is 2pm on a Tuesday and the Community clinic is open. Our community is the second poorest county in Iowa and we have a federally funded Clinic available to anyone regardless of insurance coverage. The patient also is notable wheezy. I ask the mom if she or anyone in the home smokes and she says yes. There are four people total
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shining on the buildings in the town as you wake up from your morning slumber. You walk out the door and look in front of you to see… farmer John‚ dead and covered in boils of blood. Oh no‚ it’s the Plague‚ what are you going to do now? Luckily on your way home yesterday‚ you picked up a copy of Medicine for Mugs from the local apothecary! The plague is a very dangerous disease caused by infect blood. Many treatments are available besides just letting blood including: Piercing Boils - Cutting open the
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Don’t Treat Yourself Dr. K.P. Parthasarathy Dr. K.P. Parthasarathy a practicing psysician discusses health problems. His essay “Don’t Treat Yourself” warns us against the dangers of the self-medication‚ medicines are changing these days. Their effect on our body and system also undergoes rapid changes. Hence self-medication must be discouraged. The author condemns it. Many house holds in India use their own methods of treating their sick people. There is no rationals
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The Results of Raising a Child as a Good Citizen As parents‚ we all would like our youths to cultivate to be accountable citizens and moral people. We want them to sense‚ ponder‚ and act with admiration for themselves as well as other people. We want them to hound their own happiness‚ while also being thoughtful of the necessities and the spirits of others. Just as children are deemed to go to the bathroom‚ solve basic math concepts‚ read‚ write and learn a little about events in history‚ so
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culturally congruent care to people of different or similar cultures to maintain or regain well-being and health or face death in a culturally appropriately way (2002).” Even if that culture is the homeless. According to de Chesnay (2008)‚ “Vulnerable populations are those at risk for poor physical‚ psychological‚ or social health. Anyone can be vulnerable at any given point in time as a result of life circumstances or response to illness or events” (2008 pg. 3). In this paper I will focus on the homeless
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and civil society No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. The other part has to decide and agree to be ruled by the other and this is what is said to be governed. Governance and democracy require that the majority decide what they need to be‚ who to do what they need and not the minority‚ Lincoln (1994). This paper attempts to discuss the assertion that the issue of democracy and good governance is dependent on political parties‚ media and civil society. The paper
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I.3.1 The definition of Citizen Journalism Citizen journalism‚ can be defined as a community news and informationshared online and/or in print. The content is generated by users and readers. It can betext / blogs‚ digital storytelling‚ images‚ audio file‚ podcasting or video. Feedback anddiscussion on issues raised is received in the same way.2 Citizen journalism is a form of citizen media - where individuals write and orcomment on issues they feel are left out of the mainstream media. Many issuesaddressed
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between offer & invitation to treat. An offer is a definite promise to be bound provided that certain terms are to be accepted. The Contracts Act 1950 uses the term ‘proposal’ but it has the same meaning as an ‘offer. Section 2(a) defines a proposal as ‘when a person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence‚ he is said to make a proposal. An invitation to treat is a statement which is intended
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Karen Cote English 102 15 February 2011 W. H Auden: The Unknown Citizen The marble monument erected by the state or town is usually of a hometown hero. The person is almost always someone who did well for the country and originated from a certain town. The statue is almost never of someone who is just an ordinary man living life just like everyone else around him. This man is the model citizen; one who never causes a stir‚ goes to war when asked‚ and does everything to serve the common good
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