the diverse clients on a routine basis is rather common. Despite its ubiquitousness, disparity continues to exist in the counselling delivery with these group of clients. Counsellors can be unravelled by the lack of familiarity with culture-specific knowledge, awareness and skills in their interaction with the diverse clients (Arredondo et al, 1996). Multicultural competence in counselling is defined in this essay as the ability to form the therapeutic alliance with a diverse client in a culturally
compared to white Americans. The onset of chronic illness in minorities is usually earlier than in whites. Moreover, the minorities are likely to endure from obesity which can lead to diabetes and health problems that will go unreported to their healthcare practitioner. Minorities are also not likely to seek health-related treatments, and are often excluded from drug research. There are other factors such as; poverty, unemployment, poor education, discrimination, stereotyping and poor healthcare that contribute
Women’s conferences taken places round the world with nation states promoted their agendas (UN Women).their statistic has shown that women and girls are the most vulnerable with regard to the distribution of resources from health education and, economic activities. This essay will seek to address these major gaps in Iran and what is the Islamic republic doing to narrow these gender gaps. The role played by women and men, in the Iranian institutions has leads to serious consequences such as underdevelopment
By definition bullying refers to repeated forceful acts of threats, coercion, abuse, intimidation and dominating others with the purpose of inflicting harm or fear on the victim. (Ng, Rigby, 2010) Bullying stems from the real or perceived power disparity between two or more groups. It is important to understand that bullying is not only carried out physically but also mentally through avenues such as verbal, relational and cyber-bullying. Physical bullying includes behaviours such as kicking and
in 1988. 11 years after implementation this country has managed to eliminate their kidney-transplant waiting lists which has not been achieved by any other country. Additionally, research has shown that “over 20 years, the expected savings to the health system of getting a kidney versus staying on dialysis are about $95,000”, thus this money that would be saved could be used on disease prevention or invested in improving organ transplantation process. Finally, legalizing the use of financial incentives
Chapter Two: Literature review Introduction English as a second or foreign language has gained much attention during the past decades in almost every country. In Iran English is taught as a foreign language in high-schools as well as in universities (Mirdehghan, HoseiniKargar, Navab, & Mahmoodi, 2011). Aside from different language courses presented in different levels of public academic centers, there are also private institutes that teach different levels of foreign language
Over the years Nigeria has witnessed several empty, jabberwocky inordinate promises from our political gladiators who has used the magic of language to cajole many. However, language serves as a strong tool that our political leaders used for easy communication of thought that enhance winning of political mandate. This paper shows how language is used in politics as a tool to communicate thought and how language is used as a train to which political leaders convey meaning to the heart of Nigerians
English Language and Literature Studies; Vol. 5, No. 1; 2015 ISSN 1925-4768 E-ISSN 1925-4776 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 13 Historicizing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Critique of King Leopold II’s Colonial Rule Isam Shihada1 1 Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine Correspondence: Isam Shihada, Associate Professor of English Literature and Gender Studies, Department of English, Gaza Strip, Palestine