Doing Sociology: Analyzing Cultural Change over Time

The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to practice and refine sociologically-informed archival research skills. You will demonstrate your sociological imagination by thinking about how the data that you find tells us about social change over time. Thinking about the relationship between data, the conclusions we draw from them, and […]

Motivating Employees Overview

Imagine that you have been appointed the director of health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya—a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents and chronic and communicable diseases, and it houses an HIV/AIDS ward. As you settle into your position, you realize that the employees […]

The impact of chronic illness on patients, families, and the health care system will be explored.

1) Summarize the impact of chronic illness on patients and families. 2) Differentiate illness from disease. 3) Explore the impact of chronic illness in the health care system. 4) Appraise own assumptions regarding chronic illness and those who live with chronic illness. Sample Solution

A U.S.-based social problem of interest

Using scholarly citations, describe the social problem you have chosen in a sentence or two.Based on your research, what population(s) is/are negatively impacted by this social problem?Provide 2-3 reasons why the problem is thought to exist. (Give examples of different points of view and include your sources).Statistically, how widespread is the problem in the U.S.?Is […]