Rationing

World War I started in 1914, when the archduke of Austria-Hungary was murdered, and ended in 1918 (Source 5). Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire formed an alliance against the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Japan (Source 5). World War I had many negative effects on the United States. It hurt soldiers, citizens, and it led to World War II. At first the United States wanted to stay neutral (Source 11). What changed their mind was two things. The first…

Women of World War II During World War II and the many wars and battles that have occurred throughout history, people come together to unite in order to help support the war. To be a part of a war effort, means to participate in the act of supporting a military force. The work done on the home front is as essential and significant to the war effort that is done by soldiers in the field of battle. On the home front, non-combatants focus on sacrificing, volunteering and being on the same page with…

According to Beauchamp & Childress (2013), rationing health care costs and improvising with incentives can lead to a compromise. They will argue that before the compromise is reached, these rations and incentives will compromise the goal of universal access to health care (Beauchamp & Childress, 2013)…

and everything from: coffee, sugar, meat, cheese, butter, lard, margarine, canned foods, dried fruits, jam, gasoline, bicycles, fuel oil, clothing, silk or nylon stockings, shoes, and many other items. To obtain a book of rationing stamps, one had to appear before a local rationing board. Each person in a household received a ration book, including babies and children. When purchasing gasoline, a driver had to present a gas card along with a ration book and cash. Ration stamps were valid only…

Ethical Responsibility of Health Professionals in Allocating Resources As defined by Scheunemann and White, rationing in healthcare is the distribution of scarce resources in a way that necessitates denying some individuals treatments that carry potential benefits (Scheunemann). Rationing in healthcare settings is inevitable because resources are finite. In this paper, the focus will be on allocation of resources in situations that involve shortages of a drug and the ethical responsibilities…

Germany’s shift of women in the workforce was not as significant as other European countries during World War I. However they did see an increase of the range of jobs available to women. The rise of nationalism and propaganda campaigns encouraged women to join the workforce and to contribute to the war effort . Women in urban areas often had many more opportunities for work available to them rather than rural area women. Middle and upper-class women had opportunities such as becoming a police…

During WWI, women’s involvement also brought the breaking of stereotypes that further initiated gender equality. At first, numerous stereotypes of women were introduced through propaganda posters in society. Propaganda formed in WWI mainly portrayed women as being a delicate symbol, who were in need of protection and had to only help out at home due to their lack of strength. However, when WWII came around women started to break those stereotypes, which in turn amended the start of equal status…

Beer contributed heavily to the beginnings of writing and commerce and also had many health benefits to people of ancient civilizations. Writing was first invented to record the collection and rationing of cereal grains used for beer, bread and other goods. Beer also became a subject of writing as well. The topic of beer drinking is found in an excerpt of the world’s first literary work “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and in a survey of Egyptian literature it was found that hekt, the Egyptian word for…

The Fatal Flaw, or hamartia, is the tragic flaw within a person that ultimately leads to their downfall. Some examples of the hamartia in literature can be found in Shakespeare's character, Lady Macbeth. Her fatal flaw, a lack of humanity and strong ambition drove her to the murder of her king. Thrusting her into a life of guilt, insanity, disgrace and ultimately, suicide. And another in the famous hero, Achilles, an invincible Greek hero whose fatal flaw was his heel. It was eventually his…

Universal vs. Privatized HealthCare Systems Universal and privatized healthcare systems are both proven effective, in different countries and in different environments, A comparison between the similarities, and some insight on the differences between the two is what we are interested in. The difference between how the universal system compared to the privatized system could help our country, and which would be more beneficial to the citizens of the US. A Universal system could lower costs of…