Religion and spirituality are complex constructs that have the capacity to influence patients’ illnesses, courses of treatment, and experiences. Medical social workers may feel unsure of how to address patients’ religious beliefs. Despite knowledge about the benefits of medications and treatment in illness management, social workers may hear patient comments such as, “I don’t need medicine. God is going to heal me.” In situations of […]

Health, illness, and disease mean different things to members of different cultural groups. When viewed in a cultural context, these experiences can have significant ramifications for individual patients and, at times, communities as a whole. It can be helpful for medical social workers to examine the cultural factors that influence a patient’s perception of disease, illness, treatment, caregiving, and death. Doing so can provide insight […]

will give you a solid foundation for building your policy briefing. It will help you frame your policy issue; it will also allow you to develop your research into your policy in greater depth than will be possible in the final policy briefing. 1) Define your policy issue clearly. 2) Provide relevant background information so that an outside reader can understand the issue as you […]

Students are to complete two separate two to three page summaries of a current events article or news story on a religious subject. The selection can come from a publication, on line news source or article. These articles should cover a contemporary religious subject, such as a religious meeting, a doctrinal or moral issue or controversy. Once the student identifies the current event news story […]

 1) Identify a person of your choosing that is NOT famous or a celebrity and prepare a speech no less than four minutes in their honor. 2) The person maybe male or female, a relative, friend, teacher, coach, grandparent or adversary. 3) The person should be alive but if they have died you may select them if they are the person who most believed in […]

Assignment: For this group participation assignment, I want you to write what type of thing (in general terms) would count as a counterexample to Direct Act Utilitarianism, Indirect Act Utilitarianism, and Rule Utilitarianism. I think this will be helpful in your own paper writing and so it’s good to discuss it with your group. I show what I’m looking for with Direct Act Utilitarianism. A […]

Imagine that you have been hired as an arbitrator in a legal dispute between the government of Tanzania, a U.S.-based petroleum company, and an environmental advocacy organization (e.g., Greenpeace, Earth System Governance Project, United Nations Environment Programme, etc.). At dispute is the financial and moral obligation of the petroleum company to terminate coastal oil exploration that is polluting the local fishing waters in the Indian […]

This discussion addresses module outcome 2. You have learned about the institutions of politics, education and religion. You have learned theories that examine how these institutions promote solidarity and stability in society even though they also contribute to inequality and dysfunction. Functionalists argue that the institutions interact and support each other in order to maintain social order. You will critically evaluate how these institutions interact […]

Throughout this course we examined development through the lens of the life-span. For this week we took a closer look at older adults. The perceptions about growing older into older adulthood often do not match the realities of being an older adult. For this assignment, explain some of the myths regarding older adults and some of the realities they often face. Put special emphasis on […]

Paper:  Select a chronic disease that is a burden to a specific population in a country other than the United States.  Choose an exposure and utilize the research process to determine if the disease and exposure are related. Write an 8 to10 page double spaced paper including the following headings:  title page, study question, selection of study approach, study design and data collection, analysis of data, reporting of […]