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The Relationship Between Dysfunctional Family And The Involvement Of Children In Prostitution

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Abstract

The involvement of children in prostitution is a well known phenomenon but not well understood. The aim ofthis study was to examine the involvement of children in prostitution. A total of 63 sexually exploited young women participated in this children >centered approach study. Both quantitative and qualitative methods wereused. Respondents’ age ranged from 13 to 18 years old. Nearly 89.0 percent of them were 16-18 years old.This study found that the youngest respondent first involvement in prostitution was nine years old. A majority 0 (! of them entered prostitution at the age of between 13 to17 years old and more than half were 15-16 years ofage. The average age of the respondents’ first involvement in prostitution was 15.1 years. Three main reasonsfor their involvement were boyfriends’ deceit, friends’ influence, and personal. The study provides a significant implication to social workers on how they...

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The Relationship Between Dysfunctional Interpersonal Tendencies, Derailment Potential Behavior, and Turnover

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Managerial derailment, which includes failure in the form organizational exit, poses costly consequences for organizations. We investigated the relationship between dysfunctional interpersonal tendencies, derailment potential behaviors, and actual managerial derailment in the form of voluntary and involuntary turnover. Data were from an archival database of high-level managers working for a global retail organization, including self-report interpersonal tendencies, 360-degree feedback data, and personnel history (N = 1,796). Managers who exhibit the dysfunctional interpersonal tendencies associated with “moving against people” were more likely to enact derailment potential behaviors. As a result, these managers were more likely to be fired or quit. This study advances our understanding of the managerial derailment process by providing evidence of the positive relationship between derailment potential behaviors and both voluntary and involuntary turnover as well as the potential for “moving against” people to result in derailment. Our results may...

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Danger Ahead: The Changing Face Of Failure To Warn Claims

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Defense attorneys involved in product liability litigation are familiar with claims alleging failure to warn against a manufacturer or seller. The typical failure to warn claim is fairly straightforward: the plaintiff asserts that the defendant placed inadequate warnings of potential hazards on or with the product and the lack of proper warnings was a proximate cause of harm to the plaintiff. Not all failure to warn claims are so basic, however. Many such claims have wrinkles that do not allow the standard analysis to be used, whether it involves a unique argument for insufficiency or the targeting of an uncommon defendant. Plaintiffs try to assert these non-traditional claims in the hope of finding additional sources of recovery, even if the outlook for success may appear bleak...

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Abnormal Psychology What Is Abnormal Behavior

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Difficulty in defining Abnormality

In this era of rapid technological advancement, you might think there would be some objective test like a blood test or a like a brain scan that could determine whether an individual is normal or abnormal? There is no such test available; however psychologists rely on signs, symptoms, and subjective criteria for deciding when the observed symptoms (signs) constitute abnormality. Four criteria for defining abnormality have been proposed. They are often called the four D's, Deviance, Distress, Dysfunction and Danger.

Deviant behavior means different extreme unusual and bizarre Distress refers to unpleasant or upsetting behavior of an individual Dysfunctional or disruptive in a way that possibly can became dangerous as well Danger of hurting one self and others

1. Deviance

a.  Deviance from the Cultural Norms b. Deviance from the Statistical Norms

a. Deviance from Cultural Norms

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Civil Practice – Involuntary Commitment – Danger to Self or Others – Insufficient Findings – Conspiracy Theories

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In re Richardson The trial court found that respondent (1) was hospitalized twice in the preceding year; (2) was diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia and delusional disorder; (3) was taking the anti-psychotic drug Respirdal; (4) believes that the government is trying to control him, keeps to himself, and eats only pre-packaged foods; and (5) feels his parents are on the side of the government, despite their support. These findings do not indicate that respondent is a danger to himself or others

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Don’t Lie But Don’t Tell The Whole Truth: The Therapeutic Privilege – Is It Ever Justified?

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Summary

This position paper will show that withholding information from a competent patient is a violation of the doctor's role as a fiduciary and is not ever justified. As a fiduciary, the doctor's relationship with his or her patient must be one of candour since it will be impossible for the patient to trust the doctor without regular candid information regarding the patient's condition and its outcome. Although the use of the therapeutic privilege has been recognized by several courts and is supported by scientific literature, I will explore why withholding information from a competent patient is a violation of the doctor's role as a fiduciary and as such is not legally or ethically defensible.

While some courts have recognized the therapeutic privilege as a way of promoting patient wellbeing and respecting the Hippocratic dictum of “primum non nocere” {or first do no harm},

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Doctor’s Views On Disclosing Or Withholding Information On Low Risks Of Complication

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Background

More and more quantitative information is becoming available about the risks of complications arising from medical treatment. In everyday practice, this raises the question whether each and every risk, however low, should be disclosed to patients. What could be good reasons for doing or not doing so? This will increasingly become a dilemma for practitioners.

Objective

To report doctors' views on whether to disclose or withhold information on low risks of complications.

Methods

In a qualitative study design, 37 respondents (gastroenterologists and gynaecologists or obstetricians) were included. Focus group interviews were held with 22 respondents and individual in‐depth interviews with 15.

Results

Doctors have doubts about disclosing or withholding information on complication risk, especially in a risk range of 1 in 200 to 1 in 10 000. Their considerations on whether to disclose or to withhold information depend on a...‐.

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Homeless Youth: Defining The Problem And The Population

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Current studies suggest that the primary cause of youth homelessness is family dysfunction in the form of parental neglect, physical or sexual abuse, family substance abuse and family violence.

The term “runaway and homeless youth” encompasses individuals with varied life trajectories and reasons for finding their way to RHY programs and shelters.

Homeless youth are typically defined as unaccompanied youth ages 12 and older (up to age 17, 21, or 24) who are without family support and who are living in shelters, on the streets, in cars or vacant buildings, or who are “coach surfing” or living in other unstable circumstances.

The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART), conducted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice, is one of the best sources of data on this vulnerable population....

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Substance Abuse Disorders Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents

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This paper presents lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates and comorbidity data for substance abuse disorders among homeless and runaway adolescents. Data are from baseline interviews of a longitudinal diagnostic study of 428 (187 males and 241 females) homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16 to 19 years (mean age = 17.4 year, SD = 1.05). The data were collected by full-time interviewers on the streets and in shelters in eight Midwestern cities of various populations. About two thirds (60.5%) of the runaways met lifetime criteria for at least one of three substance disorders (alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, drug abuse), and nearly one half (48.1%) met 12-month criteria for at least one of the disorders. Nearly all of the adolescents (93%) who met criteria for a substance disorder met criteria for at least one other Introduction...

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My Wife Died After Giving Birth

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When Judah Schiller talks about how he met his wife, Galit, his voice gets soft. "I was 25 at the time and scuba diving in the Red Sea," the executive vice president of Saatchi & Saatchi S reminisces. "You can imagine: pillows, campfire, the beautiful water, the brown hues of the desert. I was sitting there trying to charm these two very lovely French models, and Galit sat down a few pillows away from us. She was a very pretty woman, and I could tell she was kind of eavesdropping, so I invited her to join the conversation."

The models left, and the couple watched the sun set over the Sinai Mountains, beginning a charmed courtship that resulted in their 1998 marriage. Shortly afterward, they settled in San Francisco, where their first son, Tomer, was born in 1999. In 2002, they had their daughter, Naomi....

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Long-Term Effects of the Death of a Child on Parents’ Adjustment in Midlife

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The death of a child is a traumatic event that can have long-term effects on the lives of parents. This study examined bereaved parents of deceased children (infancy to age 34) and comparison parents with similar backgrounds (n = 428 per group) identified in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. An average of 18.05 years following the death, when parents were age 53, bereaved parents reported more depressive symptoms, poorer well-being, and more health problems and were more likely to have experienced a depressive episode and marital disruption than were comparison parents. Recovery from grief was associated with having a sense of life purpose and having additional children but was unrelated to the cause of death or the amount of time since the death. The results point to the need for detection and intervention to help those parents who are experiencing lasting grief...

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Why Do Men Predominately Think Death Threats Or Threats Of Violence Are Protected By Free Speech?

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Firstly, it has been found that the majority of the time women make up half of internet hate mobs (gender equity at last) and can be the most vitriolic in their vile vituperations.

As for why people think death threats or threats of violence are acceptable then they probably are just ignorant of the law or don’t care.

I am not sure what the ask classes as a death threats but things like ‘I wish/think/hope/pray that you die’, you ought to be beaten up’ etc are not threats, just the (sometimes justified) expression of desire to see the recipient hurt. These comprise the majority of the cancer known as the comments section and as they do not state credible intent to commit violence or incitement to violence are protected under freedom of speech. ...

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The Forensic Nurse as a Death Investigator

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In the United States, responsibility for death investigation lies with either the coroner or the medical examiner. A coroner is an elected official who, in some jurisdictions, has no specific educational requirements. A Medical Examiner is generally an appointed physician with training in forensic pathology. There are currently 11 Coroner states, 22 Medical Examiner states, and 18 states that employ some combination of both.

Every state/county has different needs and resources, and every state/county may run death investigations with a different approach. What matters is that every effort be made to ensure a thorough, accurate, and timely investigation. A faulty cause of death determination can significantly impact surviving family members, agencies responsible for planning public health policy, civil or criminal action, and even public safety.  Some deaths may occur as a result of a criminal event, but every death is a medical event....

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Choices to Make Before Death

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Seriously ill people and their families may feel swept along by the fatal illness and the various treatments, as if they have no control over the events. Some people seem to prefer this sense of having no control because it relieves them of the responsibility of deciding what should be done. Other people prefer to determine all aspects of their care, sometimes even including the specifics of their funeral and burial.

Honest, open communication between patients and doctors about preferences for care at the end of life helps to ensure the best possible quality of life during a fatal illness. The doctors provide a candid assessment of the likely benefits of end-of-life treatments and their disadvantages, including effects on quality of life. People express what they do and do not want to experience. People have the chance to...

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Marriage and Happiness: 18 Long-Term Studies

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What happens to your happiness and satisfaction with your life in the years following a potentially major life event such as getting married or divorced or having a child or becoming unemployed? Social scientists have been doing a lot of research on that question.

What’s Wrong with Most Research on Marriage and Marital Status

More social scientists are beginning to realize what should have been obvious all along – we can’t just compare, say, people who are currently married to people who are not married, at one point in time, to understand the implications of getting married. If the currently-married people differ from the other people – in happiness, for example – we cannot conclude that they are different because they are married.

People who are married and people who are not married may differ in all sorts of other ways...

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