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- 251: Something Wicked This Way Come
- ... good, loved and wanted. And you get bet she never charged for a picture. Or what about Princess Diana, she was a person who gave hope and acceptance to those who were sick and with AIDS, or Elizabeth Glaser who founded the Pediatric Aids Foundation. Not to mention Oseola McCarty, a true hero who donated her life savings so others could go to collage or Ann Armstrong Dailey who began the Children s Hospice International. And finally the brave ...
- 252: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
- ... final minutes of life her pride won't allow her to accept her daughter-in-law's help. This glass of water was an attempt at rejuvenating herself for life after death. The flower imagery aids the story by showing the two opposing ways to live your life. In the novel there is imagery of wild flowers and of cultivated flowers. Much like people, some are wild and others are tame ... Margaret Laurence's story; however, it wasn't personally seen as powerful as the ones discussed. All the imagery throughout the novel helps the themes, characters, or plot to be more effective. The biblical imagery aids the development of Hagar's character and the plot. The water imagery helps to establish the theme of death and to attempt the impossible - escape from death. The flower imagery showed the way Hagar lived ...
- 253: "A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
- ... he still sticks to what he believes in and what his religion says to do, although he dies for it. The moral dilemma More faces is similar to the moral dilemma of someone who has AIDS. If you have AIDS, you have no good way of dealing with it. More displays what a wonderful a person he is by choosing to not go against what he believed in, even though he got executed for it ...
- 254: Censorship of Academic Materials
- ... not being allowed to live her/ his life to the fullest degree because of this disease. Its traits can be found in every city, town, and state across the country. No, this epidemic is not AIDS or cancer: however, if left alone, its long term effects can be just as detrimental. The name of the epidemic is censorship, and last year, the number of censorship cases in the school systems across ... of the press" (Tax 154). Last year alone, there were more instances of school censorship than any year since 1982 (Clark 171). The most challenged books deal with the following subjects: sex, feminism, teen rebelliousness, AIDS, homosexuality, the negative African-American experience, and non-Christian viewpoints. The overwhelming majority of book objections come from parents in the community who have no authority on what should be censored and what should not ...
- 255: Sexual Attitudes Have Changed
- ... to sexual behaviour came in the 1980's and 1990's. In the early 80's just when people s prejudices were beginning to adjust and accept the gay community along came mass media on AIDS. AIDS was first seen as a gay disease, and this made gay men stay in monogamous relationships. Media started to campaign on safe sex, and as more research evidence was gathered, heterosexuals were told that they ...
- 256: Health Care System
- ... checks and teach breast self-examinations. Mid-life services are provided for menopausal women as well hormone replacement therapy. Testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections for men and women and confidential and anonymous HIV/AIDS testing are available as well. Planned Parenthood does perform first trimester abortions. They also offer a number of other health services such as cholesterol and blood pressure screening. Educational services. PPSP offers educational programs to pre-teens, teens, parents, and caregivers on topics of human sexuality, including health care, family planning, relationships, and HIV/Aids. There are teen peer education groups as well as Latino community workshops provided by bilingual/ bicultural educators. PPSP provides a complete resource center (bookstore and library) which provides a collection of literature on reproduction health ...
- 257: Physician Assisted Suicide
- ... Euthanasia is when the physician administers the death causing drug or agent”(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by a self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution”(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that ... until May 9, 1997 until new arguments will be heard. Hall, who has been deemed mentally competent, contracted the virus in 1981 through a blood transfusion. “Some of the complications he is encountering from the AIDS virus are arthritis, hepatitis, pneumonia and a brain cyst” (http://www.rights.org/deathnet/ open.html). The Oregon Death with Dignity Act allows terminally ill adults who are mentally competent to ask for a prescription ...
- 258: ADA
- ... having such impairment. The following are examples of individuals who qualify under the ADA: those who are blind, in a wheel chair, facially disfigured; however, the less apparent disabilities are hearing loss, mental illness, and Aids. In addition, successfully rehabilitated drug users or alcoholics are also protected (n.a. no author. gopher://trace.wisc.edu/00/ftp/PUB/TEXT/ADA_INFO/HANDBOOK/FREG1.TXT.). Since 1990, there has been a sweeping ... disabled. In addition, the following list also falls under reasonable accommodations: „h restructuring jobs „h offering part-time or modified work schedules, „h reassignment to a vacant position „h purchasing of special equipment or job aids „h making appropriate adjustments or modifications to examinations and test, training materials, and policies „h providing a qualified reader or interpreter Other similar accommodations for individuals with disabilities may also be required. However, the law ...
- 259: The Pros And Cons About Legalizing Marijuana
- ... such as "Marijuana As Medicine," state that marijuana can be used as medicine for: nausea, appetite stimulation, relief from vomiting, reduction in spasticity, glaucoma, epilepsy, anxiety, depression, asthma, multiple sclerosis, stimulation of the immune system, Aids patient and cancer patients. For victims with AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis, smoking marijuana is believed to help reduce emesis, suppress vomiting, and stimulate the appetite. People with multiple sclerosis are convinced that smoking marijuana also reduces the intensity of their spasms. "Marijuana ...
- 260: Steps To And Through Sex--inte
- ... relationship is extremely dangerous and not smart at all. One night stands are an extremely common occurrence, although it is sad to say. It is this type of behavior that leads to the spread of AIDS, herpes, and other diseases(Lear 1997). The other type of relationship involving sexual activity is the type where two people have been in a committed relationship before they engage in sexual activity. In a romantic ... our lives. It makes me wonder about the state that our society is in when I think of how many people in this world have unprotected sex every day. In males ages 25 to 44, AIDS is the leading cause of death, according to Professor Herbert, an Adolescent Psychology teacher here at Hofstra. The majority of this massive spread is due to both homosexual and heterosexual sex without protection. Different people ...
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