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- 1351: Assumptions And Principles Underlying Standards For Care of The Terminally Ill
- ... There is agreement that patients with life-threatening illnesses, including progressive malignancies, need appropriate therapy and treatment throughout the course of illness. At one stage, therapy is directed toward assessment and intervention in order to control and/or to cure such illness and alleviate associated symptoms. For some persons, however, the time comes when cure and remission are beyond current medical expertise. It is then that the intervention must shift to what is now often termed "palliative treatment," which is designed to control pain in the broadest sense and provide personal support for patients and family during the terminal phase of illness. In general, palliative care requires limited use of apparatus and technology, extensive personal care, and an ... incapable of understanding or of making decisions. Patients' wishes for information about their condition should be respected. They should be allowed full participation in their care and a continuing sense of self-determination and self-control. 12. Dying patients often suffer through helplessness, weakness, isolation, and loneliness. The patient should have a sense of security and protection. Involvement of family and friends should be encouraged. 13. The varied problems and ...
- 1352: Pride and Prejudice and The Edible Woman: Negative Effects of the Society's Influence
- ... on the basis of her family's socioeconomic situation. Society's view of marriage is evident through the many characters who express monetary views of the sacred institution. Elizabeth finally finds happiness when she takes control of her situation and completely disregards society. After a series of events both Darcy and Elizabeth fall in love for real. However, the two are still not free to be together. Lady Catherine de Bourgh ... realizes that something must be done, and proceeds to take matters into her own hands. Marian breaks the spell of anorexia when she finally decides to stop trying to change herself and instead to take control of her life. Marian loses her psychological stability in her quest to be normal. She became engaged because it was the normal thing to do, but what was essentially bothering her was the thought that ... ll get you a fork (Atwood 284). Marian realizes that she is being consumed by Peter. She proceeds to break off the engagement and suddenly she was hungry. Extremely hungry (285). Marian has attained full control of her life once more. But most importantly, the novel returns to first-person narrative, and Marian is a complete person once again. Marian realizes that her needs are different from what society imposes ...
- 1353: Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians: The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... failed to make this leap forward from pre-industrial nation to industrialized power. For example, China failed to make this leap. It collapsed during the 1840s and the European powers followed by Japan, sought to control China by expropriating its raw materials and exploiting its markets. By 1889, when the Japanese ConstitutionFootnote13 was adopted, Japan, with a few minor setbacks, had been able to make the transition to a world power ... power.Footnote29 1929 marked the world wide Great Depression. International trade was at a standstill and countries resorted to nationalistic economic policies. 1929 became a Japanese turning point. The Japanese realized that they had governmental control over only a small area compared to the large area they needed to support their industrializing economy.Footnote30 Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands had huge overseas possessions and the Russians and Americans both had ... a symbolic role as the military gradually gained the upper hand over policies. The Japanese Parliament continued in operation and the major democratic parties continued to win elections in 1932, 1936 and 1937. But parliamentary control was waning as the military virtually controlled foreign policy.Footnote40 Japan's political journey from its nearly democratic government of the 1920's to its radical nationalism of the mid 1930's, the collapse ...
- 1354: Freud
- ... anal expulsive") or highly controlled and compulsively neat ("anal-retentive"). To live in social groups, impulses cannot be freely acted on They must be controlled in logical, socially acceptable ways. When the ego fears losing control of the inner struggle between the demands of the id and the superego, the result is anxiety. Anxiety, said Freud, is the price paid for civilization. Unlike specific fears, the dark cloud of anxiety is ... fixed by the fifth year of life, as Freud believed, but remains fluid throughout the life span. Between the ages of one and three (Freud's anal stage), children are developing a growing sense of control over their lives. They can now walk, run, climb, and get into all sorts of mischief. A sense of autonomy develops as they learn new skills and achieve a feeling of control over their environment. Thus Erikson's titles this stage Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt. During this period, some parents, out of concern or impatience with their children's progress may intervene and do things ...
- 1355: Cash Out (accounting)
- ... to plan for the inevitable, he has minority shareholders or kids who don t want to run the business. Every option for the owner has a downside. Selling usually means the owner must give up control. Going public often creates an orphan stock. Employee-stock-ownership plans can burden the CEO with "onerous regulatory-compliance issues," and leveraged recaps can load the firm with debt. Company owners come to firms such as Heritage Partners because they want to cash out but at the same time keep management control of their company and the Heritage system allows them to do that and help them grow the business too. Investing in family businesses and then letting owners keep control of their companies after the sale is a novel concept but it s risky. Heritage Partners plan gives cash to owners which usually amounts to about 85% of what their companies are worth, providing ...
- 1356: Mali, One Of The Greatest Afri
- ... and North African trade routs. The importance of the Niger River can also be seen in the fact that Mali's capital city, which changed many times, was often located on that river. Mali's control of the Niger River, and these important cities, helped it to grow and prosper. Trade and military power were important elements that held together the government of Mali. Like Ghana, Mali was organized and into ... to see the king perform even the most mundane tasks, such as eating or speaking. Founded out of the ruins of Ancient Ghana, Ancient Mali expanded down the Niger River capturing several cites and sizing control of the river itself. The cities that Mali ruled over included Timbuktu, Dejenne, and Kawkaw. The capture of these cities and the Niger River allowed Mali to control tarns-Saharan trade routs along with trade to North Africa. The control of trade and large cavalry allowed Mali to build an impressive feudal empire, but the senseless spending of a king in 14th ...
- 1357: Whistleblowing
- ... tragedy (Brewer ,1998) FEDERAL & STATE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION PROVISIONS According to the The Administrative Law Journal,(Volume 2, Spring 1998) there are several federal laws that contain whistleblower protection provisions. These laws are the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection act, The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, The Energy Reorganization Act, The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, The Clean Air Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Fair Labor Standards, Federal Mine Health and Safety Act, Civil Service Reform Act, ...
- 1358: "Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... failed to make this leap forward from pre-industrial nation to industrialized power. For example, China failed to make this leap. It collapsed during the 1840s and the European powers followed by Japan, sought to control China by expropriating its raw materials and exploiting its markets. By 1889, when the Japanese ConstitutionFootnote13 was adopted, Japan, with a few minor setbacks, had been able to make the transition to a world power ... power.Footnote29 1929 marked the world wide Great Depression. International trade was at a standstill and countries resorted to nationalistic economic policies. 1929 became a Japanese turning point. The Japanese realized that they had governmental control over only a small area compared to the large area they needed to support their industrializing economy.Footnote30 Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands had huge overseas possessions and the Russians and Americans both had ... a symbolic role as the military gradually gained the upper hand over policies. The Japanese Parliament continued in operation and the major democratic parties continued to win elections in 1932, 1936 and 1937. But parliamentary control was waning as the military virtually controlled foreign policy.Footnote40 Japan's political journey from its nearly democratic government of the 1920's to its radical nationalism of the mid 1930's, the collapse ...
- 1359: The Song Dynasty
- ... the beginning General Chao K'uang-yin, also known as Sung T'ai Tsu, was forced to become emperor in order to unify China. Sung T'ai Tsu created a national army under his direct control. He, and only he had control of the military. Once he had passed away his less competent successors were unable to keep the military under control, the military increasingly lost prestige. The weakening of China's military, coincided with the rise of strong nomadic nations on the boarders. During the same time of the military's loss of prestige, the ...
- 1360: The Suez Crisis of 1956: The War From Differing Viewpoints
- ... sources used from the Egyptian or Arab viewpoint usually pointed to the fact that Nasser was finally freeing a Third World country from the clinging grip of colonial Europe, where Britain and France continued to control much of the Egyptian economy. There is most likely no doubt that Nasser did nationalize the Suez Canal for partly political motives, and as the already crowned leader of "Pan-Arabism", it seemed that he ... fact was), Egypt had not won a military victory in 1956" Two days after the Israeli invasion, the Anglo-French troops entered the Suez Canal zone and started operation MUSKATEER in order to re-secure control of the area under their joint command. These invasions were followed by a barrage of international criticism, the most telling of which came from the two superpowers, the United States and the USSR. The weight ... that it was to punish the West (meaning mainly the Americans and the British) for their withdrawal of financial support for Nasser's Answan Dam project- that the Canal needed to be put under Egyptian control so as to help raise revenues for the Dam project was strongly echoed in the Arab works. Apparently, the move was in part a reprisal to the moves of John Foster Dulles, who was ...
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