Lecture Notes: Legal/Ethical Issues and Social Policy Paris Finner-Williams‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D.‚ Esq. Description Dr. Paris Finner-Williams describes areas of addiction and how legal/ethical issues and social policy relate to these areas. She discusses the legal/ethical issues directly related to alcohol‚ drugs‚ and other illicit drugs. Finally‚ Dr. Finner-Williams addresses cultural competency issues as they relate to addiction and recovery. Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson‚ students:
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Fifteenth of January in 2011‚ it was the day which I decided to go to the United States for my bachelor degree. Before I went to America‚ I had a large quantity of things to prepare: do researches about universities in the United States‚ write documents to apply to a university‚ get a visa so that I could go to America legally‚ and so on. After all these things were done‚ I bought a flight ticket to America. The university I chose was Marquette University and my destination was Milwaukee. I
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Contemporary Issue in Health and Social Care Contents Introduction Social media has played and has been playing a crucial role in the development of health and social care in United Kingdom (UK). Since the emerge of the health and social care sector‚ social media has been performing a tremendous role as the health and social care is becoming an industry and without this industry social and economic development of UK would not be possible. This report covers the role of media for the development
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Ethicial Isssues in Social Work was published in 1995. There has been an updated version published in 2002 where I will be furthering my reseach. The information provided in 1995 is still beneficial today. After searching in a varity of databases I came to the conculsion this books is a perfect choice to futher my research the information does relate to risks along with the ethical issues in social work. I did cite the book and the URL .edu- educational instition was published by the professors
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Does excessive use of social media contribute to addictive behaviours and mental health issues? It does because the influencing obscene information on the internet can make people crave more of it. It will influence them to do worse and may lead to addiction. People who use social media including Facebook‚ Twitter and Instagram for hours on end are most likely to have mental health issues. Over the years social media is the main cause in the way people communicate and interact‚ these changes will
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Running Head: Connecting Sociological Theory and Social Issues Connecting Sociological Theory and Social Issues The topic of choice is the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world. HIV/AIDS has been a main concern for the world since its emergence in the 1980’s. “The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the United States through 2009 was about 1 million cases. Worldwide‚ the prevalence of HIV/AIDS varies from less than 0.1 percent to 15–28 percent of a country’s population”
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Mark Zelayaran English Honors 1A Mrs. Breckheimer. Crash a film critique The film “Crash” produced and directed by Paul Haggis is a compilation of clever vignettes all throughout the film and for most they undergo some change; however‚ for the change to occur the film shows the human side of certain characters. The film is a compilation of lives of various characters in a course of a day in the city of Los Angeles. Although racism‚ discrimination and prejudice is constantly used all throughout
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The Criminal Justice System is plagued with social issues in this ever changing society. Youth violence has become a growing problem due to the economic breakdown in the inner cities and the availability of illegal guns. Criminal Justice professionals are responsible for the control of illegal guns and the gun markets. Youth in today’s society have turned to dealing drugs and gangs because they see no other way out of their economic and social pressures. Criminal Justice professionals need more training
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A Christmas Carol Many social issue are in Charles Dickens‚ A Christmas Carol‚ with the vast majority of them having to do with scrooge. Scrooge begins the story with no Christmas spirit whatsoever‚ but he changes into a warmhearted teddybear at the end. A Christmas Carol shows that kindness is the way to go rather than being mean and greedy. A social issue that is touched on in this novel is the lack of sympathy that people have towards each other. Scrooge is mean to his family and friends
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Global Social Issues and Change Paper In this paper we will identify a social issue that has gone global. Our team has chosen same sex marriages. We will talk about the social group that is affected by this social change. In addition we will explain any resistance that this population group has faced and how they have dealt with the issue. Moreover‚ we will explain the sociological theory of social change best applies to the social issue for future research and why the theory is appropriate.
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