Compassion & Choices

It’s been said that “If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world” . Obviously, that person was not Aristotle (unless the entirety of Nichomachean Ethics utilizes a tone of obfuscated sarcasm typically reserved for internet forums or pretentious asides) as he posits happiness as the ultimate human end, and contemplation the best way of achieving it. However, both the vision of happiness he puts forth, as

Imagine living in a world where differences are celebrated and diversity can be seen everywhere you go. The world would be a place where you would not have to be afraid to hide who you choose to become, your opinions will not be casted aside despite it’s not being what majority agreed upon, and society would simply just be accepting and loving. However, reality is quite the opposite, for years human beings had struggled with racism, discriminations, and accepting others different from themselves

Politics is a bloodsport, one big game of corruption, muckraking, prostitution, and defilement, which is played by the politicians, the media, and the seemingly innocent public that tends to forget that politicians are humans also, no better than the masses except for one thing, the ability to play the game. Primary Colors by Anonymous portrays this fraudulent game perfectly, exhibiting all of the dark aspects of a political campaign: from the vicious media in their pursuit of scandals, to the traitorousness

The concept I chose to critically reflect on is “Compassion and Caring” and the aesthetic piece that I will be using is a video. My film is about the daily routine with my dog, Phileo, and how our relationship with each other resembles this concept. In this paper, I will define and analyze Compassion and Care and it’s significance to my video called, “Phileo & Me”. Compassion is more than just relieving a patient’s suffering but is an essence to enter a patient’s experience and therefore helps

Radiologic technologist do not spend the amount of time with patients that nurses do, providing patients with individualized patient care is a necessity for a hospital. The compassion given and exuberated from health care workers contains benefits and risks. Many times this compassion given often times results in compassion satisfaction. This results in the caregiver feeling a sense of personal benefit because of their contributions to the patient. The risks associated with the compassionate nature

A child holds innocence from a young age and does not understand the importance of having compassion. As a child's innocence gradually fade away due to maturity, he or she transforms into a compassionate person. In a coming of age short story, “Marigolds,” Eugenia Collier writes about a series of events where a young girl, named Lizabeth, develops into a compassionate person. Lizabeth narrates these events in a flashback that involve the marigolds of her neighbor, Miss Lottie. Miss Lottie's marigolds

Compassion and forgiveness are the themes that post-apocalyptic literature tends to put a minor emphasis throughout the stories. As the post-apocalyptic worlds described by the authors are usually focuses on the themes of violence, spirituality, isolation and most importantly survival. The both novels of the research implement the ideas of compassion and forgiveness differently. Miller points out in his novel that, whenever people start building up civilization based on science alone; unavoidable

difficulties and tragedies in life, some more than others. Though when people show compassion, it makes your spirits rise and make your challenges more bearable. In the short story, “Thank you, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, a woman whose purse has been an attempted target by a boy, shows the theme of compassion with an overflowing amount of it. The boy, Roger, learns throughout the story that compassion is very important, and his true personality is revealed by some woman he

and history of traumas would have a supportive relationship with compassion fatigue and emotional self-awareness would have a negative relationship with compassion fatigue. The third hypothesis is looking at feeling drained at work and a person’s own personal history of trauma would positively correlate with compassion fatigue and that if a person had insight into their own emotional state that person would score lower on compassion fatigue. The therapists sense of powerlessness (.32), work drain

overflowing jug of compassion; however, each time they put their own emotions or problems aside to comfort others, they pour a glass out of the jug and give it away. Often, nurses’ jugs run on empty. Metaphorically speaking, this scenario represents compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue plagues all specialties in primary and acute care, and it can lead to serious ailments such as depression, anxiety, burn out, and even self medicating with drugs (Shepard, 2013). Compassion fatigue is a term that