Ambivalence

Chronic illness is a term applied to an illness that is long lasting and has persistent signs and symptoms. In Australia one in five Australians are affected by multiple chronic diseases. (Australian Government: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015) Emily suffers from two chronic diseases that affect her daily living. When caring for individuals who suffer from chronic diseases the three guiding principles should be used and health professionals should utilise the different…

"The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” the first novel written by Author Carson McCullers, became an immediate critical and commercial victory. The Novel is a tale of mankind fighting against isolation, and search for restoration. The story is set in the deep south, in a period succeeding the great depression. People were beginning to recover from years of harrowing suffering; the clouds were starting to diminish, but they had yet to sense a bit of sunshine on their faces. The story circles five main…

Using Strengths Base Approach in Genny’s Family It is important that the social worker helps the family identify and enhance their strengths and resources they already have. Solution focus intervention is an essential technique that helps the family build on their existing strengths and resources. Both Genny and her parents have several strength and resources that can be incorporated in the family problem-solving process. First, it is imperative to help the parent reminded about the great…

Talking about Kevin: The Teenage Psychopath We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver provides several insights into the influences on human behaviour which lead a character into pathways of darkness. This book tells the story of Eva Khatchadourian, and her family. When her son Kevin is first born, he refuses to cease his screaming and crying when Eva cares for him, contrary to when he is in the care of his father Franklin. As he ages, he remains cold with Eva, but affectionate to Eva’s…

Diabetes is a life-long disease today is considered a global epidemic which is a major health concern. It affects individuals of all ages and races. Expected to grow over the next 20 years, more than 439 million adults globally will have been living with this disease (Gonzalez, Esbitt, Schneider, Osborne and Kupperman, 2011). According to Gonzalez et al.’s (2011) article, diabetes reduces ones’ life expectancy up to 10 years with females losing more years than males, but of a much higher…

In reality, these narratives closer resemble fragmented moments of the lives of each main character, with each individual story lacking a fulfilling conclusion. With ambivalence and unresolved stories ineffectively driving this film, the audience is left in the dark, fruitlessly pondering about the significance of each unfulfilled arc. With the above in mind, Moussaoui’s film is a 113 minute-long, meandering mess with no…

is a form of racism and was promoted by the military. “Blacks in military service have been “the objects of the ambivalence of racism”… which Barbeau and Henri describe as the double-barreled desire to use the black man like an inferior yet have him perform as an equal, to deal with him according to a double standard but judge him by a single standard.” (Gatewood 32-33) The ambivalence of racism is essentially the desire to use African Americans to perform duties at exceedingly high levels, yet…

At some point most of us make a positive behavior change in our lives. Whether it be quitting smoking, increasing our fitness, managing our emotions, or conquering procrastination to improve time management. One of the ways in which behavior change is accomplished is through motivational interviewing. Karzenowski and Puskar (2011) describe motivational interviewing as a tool to help individuals within a supportive and non-judging relationship that’s goal is to elicit change and develop…

becomes the best man at his wedding and McBride's mother attends his wedding and fully participates in it. These events marks the climax of all the struggles, religious and ethnicity, of the McBride family; the son's life rising from confusion and ambivalence. James asks his mother whether God is black or white, when he is a boy living in a black community with a mother who is white, and is doing so because he is confised about his personal race and who he is. Adding to the confusion, his…

The Nurse. Some people may think that Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, is ultimately responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The reason that some people may think this is because Tybalt killed Mercutio, which led to Romeo killing Tybalt out of ambivalence. However, this claim is invalid…