McDougall

part of the empire’s plan is to convert the most notorious, cannibalistic and the largest tribe in Sarawak: Iban for the empire’s political advantage against the local rebels. The Brooke empire began to send the first Christian missionary, Francis McDougall who later became the first bishop of the Diocese of Kuching. This is supported by an Anglican…

Speaking to The Observer, the children described long hours of unwaged work, as well as threats and beatings. (McDougall, 2007) In response to such direct and searing accusations, GAP stated that they were unaware of such practices and blamed the subcontractors for violating company regulations and ethical guidelines. At first, it sounded like it could just be an oversight…

Are you afraid of snakes? I wouldn’t blame you if you were. Snakebites infect approximately 2.5 million people each year. An estimated 125,000 of these bites kill their victims (Hellor). Snakes can be extremely dangerous and their venom can cause serious injuries, including death. Snakebites can be cured if they are treated rapidly and in the right way. It is evident that snakes cause serious harm and need to be tended to appropriately, as demonstrated in the short story, “No Witchcraft For…

Dialogues on Sexuality, Gender, and Psychoanalysis: The double thinking frequently instigates dangerous analogies. The expression "sexual orientation", which infers a constructivist approach, was acquainted with help take care of the issue of natural sex versus psychosexual character. Paul Verhaeghe keeps up that these analogies and the rundown is apparently perpetual depend on a male centric parallel mindset, where the lady is generally lined up with nature, while the man is lined up with…

There is a multitude of definitions being offered to explain what is actually being meant by patient satisfaction. For instance, Lindel-Pelz (1982) defines patient satisfaction as the ‘individual’s positive evaluation of distinct dimensions of health care’. The different dimensions mentioned earlier are the most pertinent part to be understood and therefore be evaluated in our quest to improve. Many researchers have tried to identify these different or distinct dimensions of health care. Ware…

units were divided amongst differing rent ranges and further separated by the classification of private sector or corporations, all which received an email inquiry with the same subject line and body paragraph, the difference was names (Patrick McDougall, Tyrell Jackson, Said Al-Rahman). The results concluded that the African American sounding names scored more negative replies or no reply at all in all categories and received higher rent rates by four to six dollars. Thus, it was concluded…

repair in the country and it will cost $2 billion to eradicate the mold and chronic overcrowding in the province alone, more than thirteen times higher than the annual housing budget of $150 million proclaimed by the federal government. Chief David McDougall of St. Theresa Point in northern Manitoba defined this housing problem as "ticking time bomb" considering the long waiting list for housing (Canadian Press, 2016, Onkwehonwe Week in Review: Week of February 3, 2016). The long waiting list…

Perhaps homeschooling's most discussed issue is socialization: are homeschoolers getting enough interaction with other people? The answer to this question depends on the quality of social interaction being discussed, whether it's child-to-child versus child-to-adult or comparing how many hours are spent in the same room versus the number of hours spent actually communicating with others. In considering child-to-child interaction, homeschoolers are definitely at the disadvantage but it is…

My wife Gloria and I met a gentleman in a church Sunday school class about six months ago. One day in conversation I share with him about my small-scale health food business and how I was looking to expand it. Ironically, his family company produces a specific Muscadine grape with high antioxidant and he was looking to promote this product, the grapes themselves and the various products that were developed using the seeds. This was a great opportunity for both of us and he agreed to send a…

When looking at public health there is a clear intersection of several discourses. The physical and cultural worlds of Anthropology have a quality of aligning these two topics into a well-designed framework for how humans have shaped their own attitudes on what is “healthy”. While both worlds continually expand in response to how society does these several opinions on what is healthy begin to be developed into a how-to guide. I have interviewed a person whose main goal is to bridge this gap so…