into hospital and treated without their consent if they are deemed be a risk to their own health and safety or for the protection of others1. The act has different ‘sections’ (see table 1)‚ which are used depending on what circumstance each patient has or needs1. To be sectioned means a compulsory detention into hospital by law. If a patient is willingly accepts to be admitted they are referred to as an ‘informal’ admission2. The patients who had to be sectioned are known as ‘formal’ patients2. A
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What is an American? Americans are self-spoken individuals full of radical ideas and egotistical spirits. This spirit has created the supreme economic monster that is America today. America is about freedom of speech and press‚ freedom of religion and most importantly freedom of choice. These three key components make up what it means to be an American. Freedom of speech was granted to Americans in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This freedom can be in the form of a peaceful protest
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What does it mean to be an American today? This is a very difficult question to answer‚ but I believe that it is not just an academic question. As our society becomes more diverse‚ America will develop a broader and richer culture. At the same time‚ nations depend upon some sort of core values‚ beliefs‚ and identity to cling to. That requires some sort of definition of what it means to be an American‚ so I believe that the questions should be: “How Would You Define an American Today?” An “American”
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1. What does it mean to be a citizen? The term "Citizen" is defined in the compact Macquarie Dictionary as‚ "a member‚ native or naturalised‚ of state or nation". This paper intends to question what it is that constitutes a member or citizen‚ of state or nation. Many concepts and theories are promoted by political theorists and practitioners alike that are varied and many in response to defining a "citizen". The expanse of these theories ranges from the all-encompassing endorsement of world citizenship
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What does it mean to Learn? Learning is an incredibly complex process that does not have a clearly defined biochemical or physiological mechanism of action. I suspect if you asked a cohort people what it means to learn you would get many divergent‚ yet similar definitions. In my opinion learning can be many things: instant‚ gradual‚ external‚ or internal. Yet beneath these straightforward criterion there is one unifying principle about learning –it results in an intrinsic change in a subject. Once
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EN110 Achieving Academic Excellence 5_06 Writing Assessment March 01‚ 2012 In today’s world‚ a college education is the cornerstone of life. Obtaining a college degree opens many doors of opportunity. These building blocks of opportunity will help shape who I am as a person. I am building a future‚ striving for success‚ and always looking to better myself. Abraham Lincoln once said “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” I have been haunted
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What is Life Like as an Educator? I use to think that the best part of being a teacher was the brightly colored bulletin boards‚ the smell of freshly sharpened pencils‚ the Crayola Crayons‚ and the endless supply of organized office supplies neatly placed on the teacher’s desk. I spent countless summers of my childhood assisting my mother‚ a third grade teacher‚ with the annual set up of her classroom. On those hot summer days‚ I admired the creativity‚ organization‚ and enthusiasm my mother holds
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knowledge of what it means to be a teacher. They take it for granted; teaching children is a privilege that is rewarded to those who entirely devote themselves to the job. Not those who abuse the privilege. If a teacher can not meet their full expectations‚ then he/she should not have the job. Students need the strong to lean on‚ not the weak. Students need a soaring eagle‚ not a crawling worm. Teachers have lost their respect; the title does not mean anything anymore. Does anyone know what the definition
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WHAT FREEDOM MEANS TO ME Freedom- the ability to be able to do whatever you please. The right that we Americans are fortunate enough to possess and use in our everyday lives. Freedom has transformed lives‚ and formed others. Because of the freedom we have in the United States‚ our lives are significantly better than of those in other‚ more restricted countries. But as we often take this freedom for granted‚ it is a good thing to occasionally sit back and reflect on what true freedom means to
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by the individual to a group. | categorical imperative | the requirement that I must act such that the maxim of my action could be made universal law (or the requirement that in acting I always treat others as ends in themselves and never as a means to an end). | compensatory justice | Fairness when compensating for wrongs or injuries | cost-benefit analysis | analyzes desirability of a project by comparing present and future economic benefits to present and future economic costs. | distributive
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