to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. This organization was created because at one point people with all types of disabilities whether it was physical‚ mental‚ psychiatric were placed into an institution called Willowbrook. Willowbrook was created to give those with mental retardation a place to live. In this institution the individuals who were housed there did not get proper treatment. The conditions were unsanitary and the facility was overcrowded. Some people who were
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Drew Peterson Trial Drew Peterson was born on January 5‚ 1954. He graduated from Willowbrook High School in Villa Park‚ Illinois in 1972. He was a cross country runner at Willowbrook High school. After graduated from High School he joined US Army. Before moving to Falls Church‚ Virginia to train as a military police officer he briefly attended the College of DuPage. Peterson had a 30-year career as a police officer. In 1977‚ he began working with the Bolingbrook Police Department in Illinois
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I learned a great deal from watching the Willowbrook video and discussing the Christmas in Purgatory book. One of the most interesting things I discovered was how recent the events we saw and talked about actually happened. I had not realized that the kinds of inhumane images we saw had only happened less than 50 years ago. It was hard for me to believe that other people‚ who were not in the same position as those who had to give up their children and loved ones and send them away‚ could just turn
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protect and educate people with ID. This was not true during the 1800s and most of the 1900s. The Willowbrook institution is an example of the horrific conditions child with ID went through. “Public shock and outcry regarding abuse and neglect of residents at the Willowbrook State School on Staten Island in New York City exploded as organized parent protests and media exposes ignited mass awareness. Willowbrook was designed for 4‚000 people. By 1965‚ it had a population of over 6‚000‚ the largest state-run
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be done during staff meetings‚ supervisions‚ appraisals and memos. Learning is a way of gaining new skills and it helps me to keep my knowledge up to date. Personal and professional development is not only a benefit to me‚ but it also benefits Willowbrook‚ as well as the staff and clients that I support. I feel that any training I do will be relevant to my job role and hopefully it will ensure that I am able to be effective in my role. Professional development is important to me and I feel it will
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Nursing Research in Developmental Disabilities Nurses are a vital part of a healthcare team‚ and research plays a very prominent role in all areas of nursing. Nurse’s area of practice takes place in an environment of continuing advances in research and technology‚ which changes nursing care requirements. As I learned from my supervisors‚ when I started to work at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)‚ Developmental Disabilities is a source of pain and bewilderment to many families. As a nurse that works with
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children being part of clinical trials?‚ there are so many complicated questions and sometimes the answers are just as complex. Ethical Dilemma Pediatric clinical trials have not been heard of until 1955‚ when Hepatitis studies were performed at Willowbrook School in New York. This school housed hundreds of mentally challenged children‚ the physician of this school and his staff deliberately infected children with hepatitis‚ with the purpose of being able to create a vaccine that would cure the disease
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Trivergent Health Alliance is considered a Management Service Organization (MSO). MSO’s provide several different kinds of services such as: Administrative‚ Operational‚ Financial‚ Information Technology‚ and many more. The goal of the Trivergent Health MSO is to support‚ unify‚ and streamline the non-healthcare functions of the three regional healthcare systems in Western Maryland: Western Maryland Health System‚ Meritus Health‚ and Frederick Regional Health System. By pulling these services out
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“A Pirandellian prison.” The New York Times Magazine. (April 8): http://www.prisonexp.org/pdf/pirandellian.pdfchology. 67(4):371-378. Humphries‚ Laud. 1970. “Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places.” Society. Krugman‚ Saul. 1986. “The Willowbrook Hepatitis Studies Revisited: Ethical Aspects.” Reviews of Infectious Diseases. 8(1): 157-162. Tännsjö‚ Torbjörn. “The Morality of Clinical Research: A Case Study. In Singer‚ P.‚ & Kuhse‚ H. (Eds.)‚ Bioethics: An Anthology (pp. 525-532). Malden‚
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Stanley Milgram’s 1961 study is a classic example of deception used in the research process. Neither deception or debriefing protocol was followed in conducting this study. In any studies that involve deception‚ there must be a debriefing in which the subjects who were deceived are informed of the nature of the deception. The Stanley Milgram’s study violated this protocol beyond any acceptable ethical standards. Secondly‚ “The Tearoom Trade” is the title of a highly controversial piece of research
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