...Anglia Sagely English 1020 Mr. Joshua Mills My Choice, “Pro Choice” Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century gives a brief description and history over abortion. Abortion is one of the most sensitive issues occurring all through the early history of the world. Abortion did not only effect the poor, it was also seen throughout all society and cultures. The procedures were all different in how they were performed, depending on the level of care available to the practices. Different societies shunned this practice and women began seeking any means possible. People all around the world had strong opinions on this subject, which have been constantly changing. In 1982, ten to 18 percent of the world’s population resided where the procedure of abortion was illegal. If abortion was legal for restrictive use only, it should be used when the mother’s life is in danger. Surveys done by the United States National Library of Medicine during 1965 showed great change in the attitude toward abortion. The public was accepting the pregnancy termination. Roe vs. Wade was one of the most important points in the history of abortion. This Supreme Court Case decision made in 1973 legalized abortion. Recent polls show little change in public opinion since 1972-1973. Over eighty to ninety percent of Americans are for abortions for mothers in poor health, rape, defective fetus and forty to fifty percent approve for other reasons. Ten percent of Americans want abortion to be illegal...
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...My Medical Choice By ANGELINA JOLIEMAY 14, 2013 LOS ANGELES MY MOTHER fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was. We often speak of “Mommy’s mommy,” and I find myself trying to explain the illness that took her away from us. They have asked if the same could happen to me. I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, although the risk is different in the case of each woman. Only a fraction of breast cancers result from an inherited gene mutation. Those with a defect in BRCA1 have a 65 percent risk of getting it, on average. Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could. I made a decision to have a preventive double mastectomy. I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex. Photo On April 27, I finished the three months of medical procedures that the mastectomies involved. During that time I have been able to keep this private and to carry on with my work. But I am writing about it...
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...Supporting my Choices I was just telling one of my friends how much I like this school because not only do the school teach us about medical billing and coding. It teaches us how to cope with things differently. This school teaches us how to deal with things a lot better. I have come a long way. I have become an emotionally healthy person now. The exercises have helped me out a lot in my everyday life. I have built a strong relationship with my family, my child father. I’m working toward living a fulfilling life something I always wanted. I must say I still have more to learned and I’m prepared. Me having good emotional health I have the ability to bounce back from adversity, trauma, and stress. I see thing a lot differently in this world than what I use to growing up as a child into an adult. I can say I have become more mature than ever and are taken thing very seriously now. I’m learning to do positive things that impact others. I have limited unhealthy mental habit like worrying a stressing. I’m discovering new things as I get father into this semester. One thing I can say is that I’m learning how to deal with anxiety. I was diagnosis with anxiety when I was 16. I use to always think about things like was something gone happen to me, was I gone die, was anyone in my family going to die. I had an anxiety attack when I was 16. I think what lead to my anxiety was me doing marijuana. Peer pressure is something I tell you. That’s why I try to be around positive people now because...
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...Cynthia Gama Sherry Williams English 99 May 9, 2016 My Choice, Not the Governments Imagine being a ten year old innocent little girl and being pregnant. An innocent little girl was raped by her own stepfather and became impregnated. Her mother and stepfather were arrested and taken to jail. This little girl is now alone and forced by her country to have this child. She was denied to choice to have an abortion. At ten years old little girls have baby dolls that they play with, feed, and put them to bed. But does that make a child fit to have a child. Abortion should be a choice, a female choice, not the governments. The debate over abortion began January 22, 1973 in Roe v. Wade, but still many states were against abortion. In 1821, Connecticut passed their first law in the United States to have abortions by giving poison to women after the fourth month of their pregnancy. Back in the day abortions were so looked down upon that it was unheard of. Now in every 10 unintended pregnancies 4 are aborted. So approximately 1.21 million abortions happen in the United States according to Operation Rescue. Abortion should be a choice by the women and not by a man run government. In Paraguay abortion is illegal with the only exception being threat to the life of the expecting mother. If anyone were to have an abortion they are facing 15 to 30 months of prison. If anyone were to added pressure or even force an abortion on a women they are facing 2 to 10 years of prison. As...
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... I once again have decided to continue my education and finish what I started 5 years ago and become an RN (Register Nurse). Not only do I want to become an RN because, I love taking care and providing for others, but I want to be able to be more financially stable to provide for my family. There are also better opportunities as far as work places and duties. My skills will no longer be limited and the benefits will be more gratifying. In total, becoming an RN seems to have more pros than cons. Not only do I want to become an RN because, I love taking care and providing for others, but I want to be able to be more financially stable to provide for my family. It will be fewer hours for better monetary outcome. It will endow me the time needed to spend with my family. As an RN, there will be doors that will open to provide better opportunities and flexibility. Upon completion of graduation, registered nurses are able to work on staff at hospitals, nursing homes, teaching positions at colleges, hospitals, and universities. They can also specialize in certain nursing fields, such as: neonatal nursing, patient educator, oncology, and clinical nurse manager. The need for nurses also gives you some flexibility for your schedules, various shifts are offered, such as: four, eight and twelve hour shift and weekends only. LPN have limited skills, as an RN my skills will be unlimited. I would be able to provide more extended care, to my patients. As an RN I would be able to assess...
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...Nursing the Career of My Choice Name University Affiliation Nursing the Career of My Choice The healthcare unit has been undergoing crucial changes as it is the case with the nursing career. The patient care is behind the complexity detected in the nursing profession because the core revolves around the outpatient, primary and hospital care settings. The roles of nurses are still evolving to specialized personnel in the medical team from simple caregivers. For instance, a trained BSN nurse can operate in all health care settings, and has the qualifications to attend to patients in any kind of an environment. Being a BSN nurse is all dreamt to be qualified to do, because the majority of the patients in the hospitals convinced my instincts that I needed to acquire the degree. At the university I realized I had special interest on any knowledge to do with cell biology. Most of the ageing patients and some young patients, accelerated my urge to learn more about the human cells, which is the primary cause of cancer. The fact that the knowledge I was to gain would be of great help to me in helping the patients to learn how to detect, treat, and overcome cancer, I felt like that was my purpose on the planet. As I progressed in my career, my first few patients also build more motivation by making me feel the thirst of helping others, which really helped me throughout. The major motivator, which really drove me into the...
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...Conservative or Liberal: My Choice Angela J Flemister Liberty University Conservative or Liberal: My Choice A political ideology is a closely linked set of beliefs about politics. Political ideologies offer their adherents well organized theories that propose goals for the society and the means by which those goals can be achieved. (Americian Government pg.18) The two most common ideologies that come to my mind are the conservatism and liberalism, to in nonprofessional terms Republican and Democrat. The two parties differ in what they believe. The beliefs of one are totally opposite to the next. George Lakoff (Moral Politics) penned this book which simply asks “How Liberals and Conservatives think. In my reading of some of the book I was able to easily identify my personal political ideology immediately. Professor Whitham instructed class to research the elected officials in my district. Phil Gingrey and David Scott. The two could not be anymore different than they actually are as Congressman Gingrey is white and Congressman Scott is black. The color of the skin really should not matter but honestly we all know that at some point in time when an issue is presented and needs to be addressed by a vote there is some wrangling be it truth or not, race intervenes. The voting records of my elected officials provided an insight to their ideologies. By viewing the many interest groups it became evident that there is not a non-partisan accumulation of the facts. Many...
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...Questions 1. Explain how the concepts of scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost relate to your dilemma. The concepts of all three relate to my dilemma because they all focus on a choice that I have to make. The scarcity in my dilemma is that I don’t have a lot of time to be home with family and be deployed on ships in the ocean. The choice in my dilemma is I have to choose either to stay home with family and friends and not be successful or become a Merchant Seaman and be successful and proud f what I made out of my life. The opportunity cost in my dilemma is that I have to give up laughter,fun,and games with family. 2. When making a decision, are the costs and benefits equally important to you? Why or why not? Based on your chart, explain which category, costs or benefits, would have the largest impact on your decision? No they are not because the costs is the things you will have to give up and the benefits is the good you get out of the dilemma choice you made. To me the costs category would have a big impact on my decision because to me family is important, I don’t like being without my family so by me having to leave them an giving them me up I would really be heartbroken and lonely. 3. Based on the chart and your responses to the above questions,what will be your final choice? Write a brief paragraph with at least three details to persuade your instructor that this is the best decision. My final choice would be to become a Merchant Seaman....
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...unknown road without a map. No set destination can be achieved without an attempt at plans or directions. Some roads are shorter than others, due to life choices or life obstacles. Many people make choices that cause them to crash and others sometimes just need a little tow from a friend to get their lives back in the right direction on the road. Life is a road we are on, it is our destiny to choose where our road takes us, this I believe. Despite young age, many of us have encountered hardships beyond our years. Many people have overcome poverty, peer pressure, and the loss of loved ones. I personally have dealt with all these. One of the biggest bumps in my road has been the loss of a close aunt, she was like a second mother to me. I felt like giving up on my goals and my path, depression led to a lack of motivation. However, I continued driving through the rocky patch of road I was on. Both a hardship and blessing, I now am a teenage father. The statement by Drew Barrymore “I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, You don't know what life has in store for you” relates to every person on this road. Every turn and swerve in the road is a blind spot and it's impossible to guess the things that may be confronted. It's a personal choice to continue forging on regardless of the barriers between the...
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...Clinical judgment is when one believes on whatever relevant data or what we believe is the best choice, while actuarial judgment solely uses practical proven statistical associations between data and outcome; in other words, one selects what statistics or numbers recommend (Dawes, Faust, & Meehl, 1989). I believe that both ways are not better than each other because for the most part, people tend to use their best judgments based on the situation at hand and an actuarial judgment may not offer the best choice. One of my clinical judgments was choosing a pest control company to fumigate my home bi-weekly. They showed up at my front door explaining the process and how they can eliminate all types of insects and other pests from my home. I was motivated to give them a try as I had recently moved into the house and did not have anyone doing this service during that time. They also offered to fumigate immediately and bill me monthly (did not have to pay that day). I thought this was a pretty good deal. After a week or so after the fumigation, I noticed I was getting spider webs by my front door. I called the service so they could come back out and take care of the situation. They came over and explained that it will take a few tries to kill these spiders. I was a bit upset as I did not have them prior to the fumigation. They explained that the venom drew them out and at least I can see them now. At that point I just asked them to fumigate around the area...
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...think in a way which life often seems pointless. For example, if you ever question what is our purpose in the world? or what are we supposed to do on earth? These are all existential questions that are asked every day. From my understanding of existentialism is making your own choices and later on having to dwell on the presumptions of that choice that you made. In such as Orwell having to dwell on the choice that he made of shooting the elephant. According to his essay, “existentialism” Sartre explains the beliefs and conditions of existentialism. The most important beliefs that Sartre had was that there is no human nature. “If existence really does precede essence, there is no explaining things away by reference to a fixed and given human nature.” (Sartre 1131.) He also believed that God does not exist. “On the other hand, if God does not exist, we find no values or commands to turn to which legitimize our conduct. (Sartre 1131.) Meaning, we are the ones to blame for our own actions and choices that we make, if God doesn’t exist were not able to put our blame on him. George Orwell is a writer that I think is an existentialist. In his essay “Shooting an Elephant” I believe that Orwell was existentialism. His central choice that he makes was, he didn’t know if he wanted to shoot the elephant or not. Orwell stated “As I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty I ought not to shoot him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant looked...
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...problems, their actions, their feelings? In one form or another, we often hear, “it’s not my fault,” “it’s not my job.” Or “it’s not my problem.” The lack of personal accountability is a problem that has resulted in an epidemic of blame, complaining, and procrastination. No organization or individual can achieve goals, compete in the marketplace, fulfill a vision, or develop people and teams without personal accountability. Who is this book for? Anyone who’s ever heard questions like these; “when is that department going to its job?” “why don’t they communicate better?” “Who dropped the ball?” “Why do we have to go through all this change?” “when is someone going to train me?” These questions seem innocent enough, but they indicate a lack of personal responsibility. Miller prefers the term “personal accountability,” which he believes goes right to the heart of many of the problems we face today. He believes that turning our thinking around and asking more personally accountable questions is one of the most powerful and effective things we can do to improve our lives and our organizations. The question behind the question (QBQ) is a tool that’s been developed and refined over the years that helps individuals practice personal accountability by asking better questions. Each day as we journey into the unexplored wilds of our personal and professional lives, we have countless choices to make. And what are we choosing? Not our next action but our next thought. Chose the wrong...
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...The illusion of choice. This is a tale of a man called Harold. Harold worked at a fast food restaurant; he stood at his station day in and day out looking up at a screen. The screen told him what to cook, how to cook it and where to put it once he had cooked it. He was happy with his job, his wife, his life. But then all of a sudden, when he was standing at his station he looked up at the screen and nothing was there, there were no instructions or directions to tell him what to do. Harold felt a small unfamiliar feeling of uncertainty and before he knew it, Harold had already begun his adventure. Harold stood at his station for a while; he noticed how time began to drift away faster and faster whilst his glazed eyes stared up at the screen. He had no idea how long had passed. Minutes? Hours? Days? Months? He knew that he would have to brave leaving his station soon. So, with this in mind, he took a sharp breath and lowered his spatula, giving him a grand feeling of dropping a great burden from himself. He pulled his eyes away from the screen and looked towards the exit sign on his right, can Harold do it? Can he drop the world he knows to adventure into a world unknown? Harold slowly approached the sign and opened the large metallic door beneath it. Once he opened the large door he came to another room, a clean and well-furnished room with a set of two opened doors which lay in front of him alongside each other. Upon seeing these doors, Harold took the door on his right. But...
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...Should DataClear go global or continue down the path that they have found success on thus far? In my opinion, the best business choice for them is to wait a little longer. The second they received word that a similar company was launching internationally, a panic broke out. In this state of mind, DataClear could make a business choice that may greatly impact their company in a negative way. The firm needs to sit back and work out different strategies that will allow them to go global when the time is right. The company has some time but not a lot; they must focus and work together strategically. Even with VisiDat’s unexpected development and contract with Shell, Data clear may still have the upper hand. DataClear already built a data analysis market in the U.S., one that they still have to themselves. Not only do they control this, but they also have proof of success and overall quality. There is no guarantee that this new competition is actually competition. DataClear has proven throughout their first two years how great their product truly is. The company is looking at a potential 300 percent average growth through 2002. DataClear has an annual $600 million domestic market for its current product and $1.2 billion when you begin to include telecommunications and financial services. When laying everything out on the table, it is clear that going global could make the company millions. This is easy to say, but how they bring it all together could determine if this will...
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...think as he does? How many changes, and to what extent, would be the very minimum that would have to be made in Godwin’s story “Cold Equations” before you would think that Marilyn ought to be spared by the EDS pilot? Stephanie Mann 4778759 Phil 1F90 Maya Snrdic In the short story The Cold Equations, it depicts life’s real challenges, and how we must face them when in a decision of where we are obligated to figure out for ourselves what is right and wrong. Although this is a science-fictional story, it shows us how real life decisions are made, in which this case, the decision is threatening to one’s life. The choices made in this story are done through morality, utilitarianism, and assumption, clearly shown throughout the obstacles that are thrown at the main character and subject. In this short story, Marilyn made a choice, and clearly the last choice she could have made as a young 18 year old, to sneak onto a ship that was clearly marked “unauthorized personnel, keep out!” Little did she know was that her decision to sneak onto this ship would not be to pay a small fine, but would be to pay the price of her life. The EDS pilot now has to face decisions that he would rather not, since he is the one who has to choose who dies or not. He knows in his heart that Marilyn doesn’t deserve to die, since she foolishly put aside the sign that was made for her to obey, but he also knows that it’s the ships law to “any stowaway discovered in an EDS shall be jettisoned immediately...
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