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Papers On General & Public Health Issues
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"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
"Smoking Among Chinese Americans: Behavior, Knowledge, And Beliefs" - Summary And Response
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3 pages in length. Yu et al (2002) illustrate the prevalence of smoking within the Chinese American population, with a substantially greater number of men than women engaging in the addictive habit. The authors - who studied myriad aspects inherent to the incidence of smokers among Chinese American populations by utilizing Chicago's Chinatown as a viable representation - employed qualitative methodology via a questionnaire formulated in part by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Six hundred forty-four respondents between the ages of forty and sixty-nine were queried for their input. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCSmokChin.rtf
"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadinman
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A 5 page paper
which examines the professional behavior of nurses and other medical professionals as
seen in Anne Fadinman's book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down." The paper
also presents an overall examination of this book as it relates to the clash of two
perspectives, the American medical profession and the Hmong people. No additional
sources cited.
Filename: RAfldown.rtf
'Modern Day Health Issues Of African Americans'
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A 5 page paper on the health problems facing the African American of today. Problems with health care are addressed. As well as work hazards and specific beliefs. Stress is put on the need for better education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Africam.wps
'No Smoking' Policy For Portsmouth, NH
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9 pages in length. From airplanes to restaurants and public transit to movie theaters, smoking was considered no more dangerous to nonsmokers than thalidomide was for pregnant women in the 1950s and 1960s; since then, both secondhand smoke and the morning sickness pill have proven significantly harmful to the unwitting recipients. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCNoSmokBan.rtf
'The Health Practices of Homeless Women / A Causal Model'
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A 5 page paper critiquing Linda Flynn's publication named above, an investigation into both observed and reported health practices of homeless urban women. Where medical records were lacking, the author attempted to estimate the level of health care these women had known previous to their homeless life. Limited to data collection only by self-reporting, however, neither the author nor the reader can be fully persuaded that the research accomplished its intended mission.
Filename: Homewome.wps
A Case for Outlawing Virtual Pornography
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An 8 page discussion of the impacts of virtual pornography on society. The writer emphasizes that while the issue of Internet regulation is highly controversial, pornography on the World Wide Web should definitely be outlawed if for no other reason than its impacts on the most vulnerable members of our society, our children. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPpornRg.rtf
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