THE BOURNEWOOD CASE The Bournewood case pinpoints the remarkable change in the British law that deals with vulnerable people‚ which came into force in April 2009 as Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. It is the story of an autistic person of 45 years old (HL)‚ who had lived in Bournewood hospital in Surrey‚ in residential care‚ for 32 years‚ before he was fostered by a family in 1994. Living in a family proved to be very beneficial for him and‚ as the family said:‚ “...he became more confident
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different way of looking at it. A vulnerable population can be a group of people that show factors of an increased chance of their health status becoming poor. This can be that they are lacking access to care and their chance of illness is higher than other patients (Stanhope and Lancaster‚ 2014). In other words‚ vulnerable populations are at risk for poor physical‚ psychological or social health (De Chesnay‚ 2012). One population in particular are adults living in poverty. Vulnerability can occur
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|TOK Essay Title : “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence” Do you agree ? | |Word Count: 1240 Words | Evidence is a thing or things that help in attaining knowledge. The statement “that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence” means that it is possible
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ethical concern and controversy that can arise over targeting. An empirical study confirms public disquiet over consumer vulnerability and product harmfulness‚ identifies which targeting strategies are evaluated as less ethical‚ and highlights the likelihood of consumer boycotts and other disapproving behaviors. Evidence of ethical concern arises when both "sin" and "non-sin" products are involved‚ and it increases for consumers perceived to be more vulnerable. The authors discuss implications for
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Cheri W. Bluford Nur/440 June 3‚ 2013 Vulnerable population is not limited to a specific disease‚ race‚ income‚ or gender. There are different situations that can cause an individual to be classified into this category. A Vulnerable population can also include the neighborhood where an individual resides because healthcare resources may be limited. The focus of this will include the understanding of how the different biases affect the delivery of healthcare
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Introduction A Vulnerable population is a group of individuals that lack the ability to protect themselves or their interests fully or independently. This can also be interpreted as lacking the ability to give informed legal consent. Lack of this could lead to economic exploitation‚ risk of incarceration‚ or being taken unfair advantage of. The USA Code of Federal Regulations stipulates that Vulnerable populations includes children‚ pregnant women‚ prisoners‚ educationally or economically disadvantaged
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vulnerability by definition is “exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed‚ either physically or emotionally. The term vulnerable population takes it a step further and is defined as “a population at risk”. There are many different versions of the definition of vulnerable population but the underlying message is always a population of heightened risk that needs service. Vulnerable populations exist across‚ the globe‚ across the nation‚ across the city and maybe even across the street from any given
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Vulnerable Populations The chronically mentally ill are people that suffer from one of many diseases that affect the brain. The brain is the most complex of human organs. The cause of being mentally ill is unknown‚ but there are most likely many different reasons. There is no cure for being mentally ill but there are many effective treatments that one can get. In history‚ there have been several movements to try and deinstitutionalize many mental health facilities. The goal for many mental
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CAN SOCIETIES EXIST WITHOUT LAW The question whether society can exist without law is somewhat an interesting question‚ because depending on which context you may want to look at this question there may be views and arguments that tends to differ because of how individuals view the law and society‚ indicating for or against whether society can indeed exist without laws. This could be a great debate but first we need to answer questions like what is society? What is law?. According to Black’s
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influence in the way we view the world and others. Every culture has different perceptions on subjects such as religion‚ government‚ family‚ war‚ etc. If you were raised in a certain culture your point of views of the world are going to be different than those of another person. However‚ one’s culture can change throughout the years and one can change their point of views. But culture still had that influence in the person in how they view the world. In the personal essay “Two ways to belong in America”
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