discuss your experience with cultural pluralism as related to the institution of health care, which has been introduced in this module. For example, what have been your most memorable experiences when dealing with the institution of health care? Have you been valued and appreciated because of the diversity that you represent, or have you been discriminated against because of the diversity that you represent when you engage with this institution in general and/or its representatives in health care? For example, what has been your experiences in your dealings with health care doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals? Share whatever examples you feel comfortable sharing with respect to the institution of health care. This discussion will be substantive and informative if you share what your experiences have been and how these experiences made you feel.

If you do not have personal experiences to share, please share how friends or family members have been treated (your children, nieces, or nephews, mother, father, sisters, or brothers, etc.) within the institution of health care with respect to the diversity that they represent (please do not mention their names unless you have permission to do so). Make it in one page please. Do not make it so long.

This week, we will move to the world of
contemporary drama.  You may choose to read either Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun or August
Wilson’sThe Piano Lesson. 

In your
responses to the play you choose, I’d like you to compare and contrast as
follows:

1.  The modern play andHamlet: Is the play you chose a tragedy, according to
Aristotle’s definition?  What about according to the modern definitions of
“tragedy”?  Why or why not?

2.  The modern play andA Doll’s House: How is the play you chose to read
similar toA Doll’s House?  How is it different?

One more
question:

If Ibsen is the
father of modern theater, what can we extrapolate about modern theater vs.
older styles of theater based on our examination of these three plays?

Application: Interpreting Cost-Benefit Analyses

Cost-benefit analyses are designed to do just what their name implies—weigh the costs and benefits of a program or policy. This is important because, in a world of finite resources, people want to make sure that funds are allocated to programs that are as financially efficient as possible, thereby maximizing the impact of each dollar. As mentioned in this week’s Discussion, cost-benefit analysis is a type of program evaluation. To use this type of analysis, researchers weigh costs and benefits in economic terms, in other words, analysts must determine what the costs and benefits of a program or policy are (i.e., the variables) and assign monetary values to these variables. It sounds easy enough but can sometimes be complicated when non-economic costs and benefits (e.g., enhanced neighborhood beauty, psychological damage caused by a crime, or job satisfaction) must be assigned a monetary value. It is important to note that cost-benefit analysis differs from cost-effectiveness analysis in that the latter compares program costs to program outcomes.

For this Application Assignment, you evaluate the cost-benefit analysis of the program presented in the article, “A Cost-Benefit Study of a Breaking the Cycle Program for Juveniles.” As you examine the study, locate the key variables and consider the findings. Then consider whether you would continue or discontinue the program, based on the evidence presented in the study. As you formulate your answer, think about the advantages and disadvantages of continuing or canceling the program and the potential consequences for the affected community.

The assignment (2–3 pages):

• Describe the key variables within the study and provide a summary of the analysis.
• Explain whether you would continue or discontinue the program, based on the evidence provided in the analysis, and why.
• Finally, explain potential consequences of your decision for the affected community.

MUST BE MINIMUM 2 FULL PAGES, 12 FONT, TIMES NEW ROMAN

Must use this source:

Article: Cowell, A. J., Lattimore, P. K., & Krebs, C. P. (2010). A cost-benefit study of a breaking the cycle program for juveniles . Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47(2), 241–262.

Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Sage database.
A cost-benefit study of a breaking the cycle program for juveniles 47(2) by Cowell, A. J., Lattimore, P. K., & Krebs, C. P. Copyright 2010 by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. JOURNALS. Reprinted by permission of SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. JOURNALS via the Copyright Clearance Center.

As you know we have been looking at the pressures on the budgetary process and how that pressure can and does affect the policy making deciders. A week ago we looked at the issue of aging and discussed the high percentage of costs that go into the final years of life for our aging population.

Perhaps we need to explore the issue from a cost saving and, if possible, philosophical perspective. I would like you to read the two articles listed below:

Should the Health American Care System Continuously Strive to Extend Life?

Yes: Miguel Faria, from “Bioethics and Why I Hope to Live Beyond Age 75 Attaining Wisdom!—A Rebuttal to Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s 75 Age Limit,” haciendapublishing.com (2014)

No: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, from “Why I Hope to Die at 75: An Argument That Society and Families—and You—Will Be Better Off if Nature Takes Its Course Swiftly and Promptly,” The Atlantic (2014)

Physician Miguel Faria contends that lives can be productive and fulfilling and worthwhile past age 75 and that there is a difference between aging and infirmity and illness.

Physician, bioethicist, and vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania Ezekiel J. Emanuel disagrees and claims that society and families would be better off if we died at 75 rather than be incapacitated and unable to live a full life.

I excerpted this from another textbook. What I am asking you to do is to read the two articles. Once you have done that you need to prepare a 5 page or so analysis of the policy implications here- APA writing style. If Emanuel is correct then life is really not worth living due to the hardships of life and nature. If Faria is correct then arguably life is worth living in a limited sense and the cost would be a very significant for the population.

So, here is your question, What do we do as a policy? Should we have single payer health for all people up to age 75 and then perhaps employ deductibles? Perhaps remove medicare B from healthcare based upon the fact that any real treatment after that is really futile…. In essence how should our economy try and balance, if feasible, the dilemma of technology, morality and the costs of extended care. These costs are multiple… e.g. spiritual, economic, ethical etc. Please be thoughtful in your response. Please cite at least three sources.

Prompt: There are always many explanations and reasons for why things are the way they are. Some are based on solid logic, evidence, research and facts. Others are based on fears, prejudice, emotions and the all too often “blame game”. A good Cause and Effect Essay creates a solid argument based upon a great deal of logos (research, facts, information), some pathos (showing the motivations behind the actions and why the audience should care) and even ethos (the morality behind what was done and where we should go from here). For your essay choose one topic and create a cause and effect argument about it. Explain why something is the way it is and what led to it being that way. This can be positive, negative or both. (See the example below).

Word Count: 800-1,000 Words in MLA Format.

Works Cited: Five Sources in MLA format.

Rough Draft Due: March 15, 2017

Final Draft Due: March 29, 2017

An example thesis for this essay could be:

FIFA and the World Soccer Federation are in a huge transition and overhaul over the scandal of widespread corruption, criminality and injustice for teams, players and the organization as a whole. This has happened because of the multiple reports, arrests, lawsuits and media attention across the globe. A variety of factors and individuals led FIFA to where it is today. These are…