Bøger af Jacqueline Langwith

Editor Jacqueline Langwith has compiled several essential articles that will help your readers understand suicide. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate who is at risk for suicide, what causes it, whether it can be prevented, and whether doctor-assisted suicide should be allowed. Essay sources include the Native American Report, Wesley J. Smith, Sundararajan Rajagopal, and Ellen Liversidge.

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Issues surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of cancer are debated.

A compilation of opposing viewpoints on the issue of stem cell research.

"Pandemics: Pandemic Preparedness Is a Matter of National Security; Pandemic Preparedness Is a Public Health Matter; Pandemic Preparedness Should Include Quarantines And Other Interventions; Pandemic Preparedness Planning Requires A Global Response; International Pandemic Response Is an Excuse to Globalize the Planet; The World Must Ensure There Is Equal Access to Pandemic Vaccines; Negotiating Equitable Access to Pandemic Vaccines Will Be Difficult; A Universal Flu Vaccine Could Protect Against A Pandemic; The 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic Was Exaggerated By the World Health Organization; The WHO Had No Agenda Regarding the Swine Flu Pandemic; The Virus That Caused The 2009 Pandemic Will Likely Die Out; There Will Be Another Pandemic"--

Editor Jacqueline Langwith has compiled some startling and fascinating essays to address several issues related to water as a resource. Two essays debate whether armed conflicts will arise over future water scarcity. Another set of essays debate water privatization. The American Farmland Trust argues against a view that agriculture threatens water quality. Several other topics will truly fascinate your readers, giving them two sides to every issue, allowing them to form a well balanced, well researched opinion.

An unfortunate reality in our world is that discrimination, no matter how many strides we make for equality, cannot be rid of easily. This collection of essays explains this tough topic to readers. Essays are in a pro versus con format so that multiple perspective activate the reader's critical thinking skills. Across four chapters, readers will address the state of discrimination in America, how it impacts society, whether affirmative action is effective, and whether the government has an impact on discrimination. Essay sources include the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Institute of Medicine, David L. Chambers, Richard Thompson Ford, Ruth Marcus, and Ishmael Reed.