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Papers On Women's Health Issues
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"Battered Women in the Courtroom-The Power of Judicial Responses": A Review of the Book by James Ptacek
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A 5 page paper analyzing Ptacek's review of the legal complications facing a woman who has been battered by her husband or significant partner. Ptacek's book stands out in three critical areas. In addition to considering the effects of men's violence on the daily lives of women, "Battered Women in the Courtroom-The Power of Judicial Responses" provides a review of the laws designed to protect women from abusive men and evaluates the response of judges to battered women who enter their courtroom seeking legal redress. Concludes that Ptacek's analysis of the legal arena facing battered women in the courtroom is one of the most thorough and detailed as of yet provided in the literature. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPwomBtr.wps
"Fasting Girls: The Emerging Ideal Of Slenderness In American Culture": Overview
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4 pages in length. Modern diets of teenage girls reflect the significant pressures placed upon impressionable adolescents. Whether the influence is that of popular culture, athletics or peer pressure, young girls are faced with conflicting information when it comes to how society perceives attractiveness. Joan Jacobs Brumberg's article entitled "Fasting Girls: The Emerging Ideal of Slenderness in American Culture" delves deeply into the reasons why American popular culture has such a stranglehold upon the way in which girls view themselves and the drastic actions they take in order to portray the image of slenderness. Much of the issues with body image and self-esteem manifest themselves in eating disorders, a particularly pertinent concern with impressionable adolescents. Eating disorders, such as bingeing, purging and fasting, are as much a part of adolescent life as Friday night pizza parties and football games. Adolescent females, in particular, are significantly more susceptible because they are keenly aware of their physical appearance, which is oftentimes distorted by an unbalanced self-esteem. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCFstng.rtf
"People-Seeds": An Analogy In the Abortion Argument
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A 6 page discussion of the concept of "person-seeds", a concept introduced by author Judith Jarvis Thomson in 1971. This paper outlines Thomson's analogy and uses it to delve deeper into the issue of the rights and wrongs of abortion. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPabrtSd.rtf
A Look at Genetic Enhancement
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A 9 page paper that examines the possibility of a future that allows parents to utilize the science of genetic enhancement in order to insure that their children will be born with enhanced intelligence and attractive physical features. The benefits of this procedure are listed as well as the main objections of those who oppose this science on moral, ethical, and religious grounds. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: LCGenetc.wps
A Proposal for Evaluating Alternative Forms of Pain Management in Child Birth
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An 8 page contention that there is a considerable need forinvestigation into alternative forms of pain management in labor and delivery. The institutional concentration for pain management has been on the utilization of various drugs. In reality, pain management in labor delivery can include not only pharmacological approaches but also
behavioral approaches such as the use of breathing exercises, imaging techniques, biofeedback, meditation, and distraction techniques such as the
use of music. The author outlines the steps necessary to scientifically investigate the effectiveness of music therapy in this environment.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPchldBr.rtf
A Study of Women and Alcohol
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A 13 page paper which examines the problem of
alcohol abuse in women. The paper examines the theoretical approach of motivational
interviewing as a treatment for women who abuse alcohol. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: RAwmnalc.rtf
Abortion
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A 12 page paper which covers various issues concerning abortion.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAabrt12.rtf
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