Doctors Without Borders.
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(6pp) Doctors Without Borders is an international organization, with offices in 18 countries. It sends more than 2,000 volunteers, of more than 45 nationalities, to some 80 countries annually. It's volunteer medical staff does amazing work in strife and war torn areas throughout the globe. In 1999 the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Domestic Abuse: Assessment
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6 pages in length. The writer provides a brief assessment pertaining to children and domestic abuse that includes presenting problem, brief history, DSM-IV, therapy and rationale. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Emergency Room Expansion
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This 7 page paper presents a proposal to expand an emergency room in an urban city. The proposal focuses on creating a room to hold patients awaiting admissions. A specific three year plan is outlined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Emergency Services in Towns and Cities
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This 5 page paper looks at how emergency services are dispatched in different areas. Responsibilities of the police, fire, and first aid departments are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Family Interaction in Crises Related to Natural Disasters
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This 5 page report discusses family interactions and what takes place in family relationships when a natural disaster such as an earthquake occurs. Because the family is thought of as the basic unit of society and is acknowledged for the essential socio-economic functions that it performs, its place in dealing with the impact of a natural disaster such as an earthquake must be carefully considered. Family dynamics shift and a new set of coping skills replace them. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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First Aid & Accident Prevention / Patching Up Kids Injuries
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A 5 page report on First Aid as it relates specifically to the care of children. Covered are cuts, scrapes, puncture wounds, 1st & 2nd degree burns, and more. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Firstaid.wps

Hazard Management Report for a Social Worker
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This 9 page paper provides considers the development of recommendations to minimize risk and applies a hazard management approach as well as occupational health and safety management approaches to the development of a reporting system. This paper investigates the elements specific to the job of a social worker, with an emphasis on the potential consequences of exposure to hazards that occur in the workplace. Bibliography lists 40 sources.
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Improving Occupational Health and Safety through Management/Worker Consultation
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This 6 page paper considers the nature of consultative arrangements between workers and management designed to enhance workplace safety. Specifically, this paper considers how these interactions have contributed to the development of workplace safety programs and demonstrates the importance of the role of the worker in safety improvements, with a focus on the benefits for Australian businesses. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
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Indoor Air Quality in Commercial Buildings
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This informative 36 page paper looks at the issues of poor air quality in commercial buildings. The paper starts by defining the problem, with some background on the causes and effects of poor air quality. The paper then moves on to consider the problem of sick building syndrome and the way the situation may be tackled. This includes consideration of recent legal cases where large comparison has paid out due to poor air quality in a commercial building. The role of insurance is briefly considered before the final section where there is an examination of the way that air pollution or contamination may be investigated and treated and what preventative measures are available. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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Industrial Safety / Aviation Focus
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A 10 page research paper on the human, economic and other benefits to companies who implement industrial safety processes. The writer focuses on the 1997 Champions of Safety winners and looks at details of training and implementation programs. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Manual Handling Policy
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12 pages in length. Manual handling policy has long been an integral component to the standard of care provided at hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other situations where patients require the nurse to provide physical movement for them. As a direct result of overwhelming musculoskeltal injuries, new policy dictates a termination of any sort of manual lifting, which is to be replaced by specially adapted equipment. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: TLCManHn.rtf

Occupational Health and Safety at This End Up Furniture
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An 11 page paper summarizing an interview with this furniture manufacturer's facility and safety manager. The interview questions cover such topics as whether the building has been screened for asbestos, radon and lead; employee safety training; approach to worker's compensation; ergonomics and other OSHA standards; and employee assistance programs available. The company regards some issues as falling into zero-tolerance range, but it is rather casual with measures above minimum standards. Instead, it makes tools available for employees and allows them to determine their individual needs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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