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    SOCIAL ROLES IN THE CARING PROFESSION Conventional families:Family is a network of interpersonal rights and obligations arising out of birth and marriage and extends across household boundaries. Personal choice is allowed for to some extent‚ as in marriage.Family ties are seen as binding together people of all ages and sex categories into groupings whose members feel responsibility to provide and supports each other. Such interdependence within families is seen as the moral basis of society‚ and

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    Utilitarianism is fine if your among the winners justice is better if you are not Utilitarianism is the moral philosophy that the morally right action is that which leads to the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. The term justice means getting what you deserve both good and bad. However there is significant disagreement between justice theorists as to what causes who to deserve what. In this essay I will be discussing John Rawls’ concept of contract justice and Robert Nozick’s

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    When caring for someone with dementia‚ they can have serious health problems that are further complicated by a patient who doesn’t understand what’s happening to them. They have difficulty remembering things and can become agitated and confused. It helps to have good communication when caring for a person with dementia. Positive Mood Your mood directly translates to the patient. While you may think you’re being pleasant when you’re in a bad mood‚ the patient can feel your stress and negativity

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    Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population

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    JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED ******************************** In the legendary interminable case of “Jarndyce Vs Jarndyce” in Dickens’ “The Bleak House”‚ characters have grown old‚ been born into‚ married into‚ and been divorced from various plaintiffs and defendants and awaited judgement with fond hope as if to The Last Day of Judgement. In this novel‚ Charles Dickens brings forth a long-running litigation which is an embodiment

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    Utilitarianism theories hold that the moral worth of actions or practices is determined by their consequences. An action or practice is right if it leads to the best possible balance of good consequences over bad consequences for all affected parties. (Arnold‚ pp 17) Utility = whatever produces pleasure or happiness‚ and prevents pain or suffering. Utilitarianism = an ethical philosophy that says the most ethical decision or course of action is the one that maximize utility. Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism Essay Fields‚ Vickie Grand Canyon University: PHI-305 November 9‚ 2014 Utilitarianism Essay Utilitarianism is a theory in ethics regarding actions that maximize utility. Utilitarianism is human- centered and has a foundation of morality. One could say this theory holds to happiness as the principle‚ at least that is what John Mill proposes. Mills is well known for being not only a great philosopher of his time‚ but also an advocate for utilitarianism‚ in so much that Mills

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    To summarize this Mill’s chapter two about what utilitarianism is‚ basically meaning that individuals would find some kind of pleasure that are more desirable and more valuable to themselves are inherently good. Utilitarianism is pleasurable when the actions are good; when the actions are bad the pleasure decreases. To Mill he compares human pleasures are as equal as animalistic pleasures. It depends on what kind of pleasure people are seeking. For this purpose‚ Mill mentioned that people would have

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    Justice Delayed Justice Denied Justice delayed and justice denied means that if justice is not carried out right away timely‚ then even if it is carried out later it is not really justice because there was a period of time when there was a lack of justice. In vogue justice delayed justice denied is a very smooth saying. But it is not as easy to understand without clarification as to what actually is meant by the delay of justice. Justice is something meant to be handled at the present moment

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    had awoken to discover that he is an insect‚ he is afraid that he will be late for work and as a result he will lose his job. As a result of this behavior‚ Gregor Samsa is a perfect example of utilitarianism in the early 20th century. Comparatively‚ Gregor’s family is also exemplified through utilitarianism. In part one of the short story‚ Gregor Samsa had awoken from "uneasy dreams" and was "transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" (40 Short Stories‚ 146). Although he found himself transformed

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