Essays on COI

This paper reviews an article titled ‘States –level Estimates of the Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse’ authored by Thomas Wickizer. The study was published in the thirty ninth volume of the Journal of Health Science 2013. It contains the findings of an investigation done to estimate the cost of alcohol and drug abuse in Washington State in the year 2005. The study employed the Cost of Illness (COI) to estimate the economic cost of alcohol and drug abuse in Washington. Both the direct costs associated with payment made for medication and indirect costs which include ...

Critiquing Quantitative and Qualitative Studies

Several research techniques are available all with the aim of achieving precise data or information or data about something. Quantitative technique, sometimes referred to as true science, involves the use of mathematical and statistical methods in the analysis and drawing useful information from a specific set of data (Davies, 2009). On the other hand, qualitative is a type of technique used to study behavior and habits portrayed by humans under different environments. The critique is aimed at juxtaposing the two techniques involved in the field of research with critical analysis of the two methods.

Compare and Contrast Information

Hand hygiene especially in health care setting ...

Introduction

Asylum is a fundamental right for people who are facing harmful prosecution and adverse circumstances in their own country and therefore are in need of international protection. That granting asylum to helpless refugees is an international obligation was first recognized in Geneva Convention held in 1951 on the protection of refugees. Geneva Convention identified refugee as someone who cannot return to his home country due to reasonable "fear of being prosecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion” (McDonough & Tsourdi, 2012). All the member states of European Union are required to undertake a joint ...

ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ROLE OF ENGINEER

Engineering Ethics and the Environment: Ethical and Professional Role of the Engineer

Engineers play an integral role in how our world is designed, built, constructed and maintained. Stovall (2011) pointed out that even though engineers work in a variety of fields such as structural, mechanical, chemical and aeronautics, they all have in common their “involvement in the research, design, construction, and maintenance of the technological and physical infrastructure that underpins human society.” Ethics and social responsibility is considered by some engineers to be an integral part of their professional obligations. On the other hand some engineers might say ‘The ethical ...