Utilitarians seek to maximize justice by maximizing ________

A. the total amount of welfare
B. the amount of giving
C. opportunity
D. efficiency


A

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Social control involves a process by which society or one of its constituent social units transmits prevailing knowledge, social values, and behavior patterns to its members.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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What was the extent of Magnolia Hospiceís responsibility when dealing with a multi-problem family? Were there special constraints due to hospiceís identified mission?

Alice Singletary, a novice social worker with Magnolia Hospice in Alexandria, Louisiana, met June Plunket, who had terminal cancer, and her daughter, Polly, for an admission interview. June was in quite a bit of pain and trying to cope with dying. Polly blamed Dr. Dubuis and herself for her mother’s approaching death, and was also angry with her brother, who had distanced himself from the family. June and Polly lived in a chaotic and overcrowded household with Polly’s daughter, Jenna, and Jenna’s two young children. While assessing June’s situation, Alice identified a multitude of family problems which had to be balanced with the mission of the hospice. In this situation, Alice was not sure where to begin.

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The most common type of presentation format at conferences are …

a. papers b. posters c. symposia d. paper blitzes

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What ethical guideline(s) is are violated in the following study? A child therapist thinks the new, untested psychotherapy she recently developed is more effective than physician-prescribed medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. To research the effectiveness of her therapy, she tells parents that the therapy replaces the need for the medications and then provides the therapy to

half of her clients, without telling parents about the study or which treatment group their child is in.

a. voluntary participation and informed consent. b. no harm to the participant. c. deceiving subjects. d. all of these.

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