What do you think are the top three most important issues in health and medicine in the United States today?

You are
likely to get many different answers to this question, and it is up to you to sort out which
three issues you think are most important. There are many pressing
problems, but I will discuss three: obesity, the availability of affordable healthcare, and the
lack of funding for research. 

Obesity in the United States is epidemic. 
Somewhat more than one-third of all adults in the United States are obese, a frightening
statistic.  This is not just about appearance, but more about people's health. Obesity leads to
diabetes and heart disease, and it exacerbates pretty much any other health problem a person can
have. For example, if one has arthritis, the extra weight causes more strain and pain on the
obese person. This is an...

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In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Atticus Finch resist gender stereotypes?

resists
gender stereotypes by discussing the trial of Tom Robinson with . Specifically, he gives Scout a
definition of what constitutes rape, which is one of the crimes with which Tom has been charged.
That said, Atticus uses a pretty legalistic definition of rape, referring to it as "carnal
knowledge of a female by force and without consent," an expression that Scout doesn't
really understand.

Nevertheless, the very fact that Atticus is even
discussing this matter with his daughter is quite unusual for the time. As Atticus points out,
women aren't allowed to sit on a jury; this is presumably to spare them the sordid details of
serious crimes such as rape. And before the trial of Tom Robinson gets underway, a motion is
considered in court to prohibit women and children from attending proceedings. One can see,
then, how Atticus's discussion of the case with Scout really does represent a challenge to
traditional gender roles.

How does Dill react to the verdict in To Kill A Mockingbird?

, , and
Dill are profoundly impacted by the outcome of the trial and lose their childhood innocence
after witnessing the Tom Robinson verdict. During the trial, Dill cannot control his emotions
when Mr. Gilmer begins cross-examining Tom Robinson. Dill is disgusted and upset with the way
Mr. Gilmer disrespects Tom and treats him with contempt during his questioning. Dill even bursts
into tears and Scout escorts him outside to calm down. Once they leave the courtroom, Dill tells
Scout,

"It aint right, somehow it aint right to do
€˜em that way. Hasnt anybody got any business talkin like thatit just makes me sick" (Lee,
203).

After Dill manages to control his emotions, the
children go back into the courtroom to witness the verdict. Tragically, Tom Robinson becomes a
victim of racial injustice when he is wrongly convicted of assaulting and raping Mayella
Ewell.

Following the Tom Robinson trial, Jem begins to cry and complains
toabout the obvious injustice. Dill is also upset with the verdict and expresses his displeasure
at witnessing racial injustice firsthand by commenting,

"I think Ill be a clown when I get grown...Yes sir, a clown...There aint one thing
in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so Im gonna join the circus and laugh my head
off" (Lee, 220).

Dill's comment about becoming a
clown indicates that he was profoundly affected by the unfortunate outcome of the trial. Similar
to Jem, Dill has lost all faith in the court system and is digusted by Tom's injustice. After
losing his childhood innocence, Dill wants to protect his fragile emotions from ever
experiencing anything traumatic or tragic again. However, Dill is too young and naive to realize
that becoming a clown will not protect his emotions. Dill also gains a significant perspective
on Maycomb's racist community and understands the dangers of racial prejudice and
injustice.

What are examples of diction in To Kill A Mockingbird?

can be
defined as the style of speaking or writing that is determined by the word choice of the author.
Throughout the novel , Lee's use of diction characterizes various community
members of Maycomb and differentiates.

In , Burris Ewell is asked to leave
the school in order to bathe himself after a cootie crawls out of his hair. Burris hails from an
uneducated country home, which is viewed with contempt throughout the community. His
informal, colloquial diction reveals his background and lack of
education. When Miss Caroline tells him to wash his hair with lye soap, he responds, "What
fer, missus?" (Lee,
27).

In , the audience is introduced to Uncle Jack, who visits Maycomb for
the Finch family's Christmas get-together. Unlike many of thein the novel, Uncle Jack is an
educated man, who uses formal diction when he speaks. By using the
word "invective" to describes's offensive expressions, Uncle Jack demonstrates his
knowledge and wide...

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'If there is no life after death, there is no point in behaving morally.' 'If there is no life after death, there is no point in behaving morally.'

As a
secular humanist, I believe the exact opposite of this thread topic. Since there is no
afterlife, all that matters is how we treat those around us every day. The only impact we have
is here on Earth, now, while we are living. Kudos to poster #8, by the way. I've heard that I'm
somehow "immoral" at several different points in my life due to my lack of faith in an
organized religion. Yet on the contrary, I find myself rather liberated by its absence, and I am
pleased with the fact that I am using my reason and critical thinking skills as a human being to
determine my own morality. Which, as I've mentioned, consists of practicing kindness,
compassion, and acceptance for others while I exist.

I would also dare
suggest that those who follow moral guidelines based solely on their belief in an afterlife are
in fact selfish, rather than altruistic as they may imagine themselves.

How will consumer demands shape the future health care system related to the senior population?

The first
element of consumer demand that will shape the health care market for seniors is is simply the
changing demographics of most wealthy nations, in which the population of the elderly is an
increasingly high proportion of the total population. This means that, for example, fewer
pediatricians and obstetricians will be needed in proportion to specialists in geriatrics and
chronic diseases. This also may means changing training of medical practitioners by including
more training in geriatric care and the special needs of elderly patients.

Another important shift is that people are living longer in different ways than in the past.
Many of the elderly are single and as child birth rates decrease, may have no families to care
for them. This means that health care options will respond to the existence of independent
elderly without family support structures. Also, as many of the elderly are relatively wealthy,
their will be increased consumer demand for upscale retirement on the one...

How did miscommunication lead to some of the problems in Things Fall Apart? Identify at least three specific examples.

Thanks
for the question!

It is easy to argue that miscommunication led to some of
the conflicts between the citizens of Umuofia and the British colonizers in s novel
. The primary source of these miscommunications is the vast cultural
division between the British and the Igbo villagers and a lack of mutual understanding regarding
the social and political norms of each group.

One humorous example of
miscommunication is the translation errors of the missionaries as they adapt to the vast number
of Igbo dialects. For example, in , an Ibo missionary attempts to explain the impact of the
arriving British for the people of Mbanta:

When they
gathered, the white man began to speak to them. He spoke through an...