Essays on Helping Others

I am eager to pursue a career in midwifery because I want to work in partnership with women throughout one of the most meaningful events of their life. Midwives are advocates for women who provide unbiased information to empower mothers to make informed decisions in regards to their own care. Midwives have an all-encompassing role...

Introduction Dignity is defined as a human quality associated with worth as a human being and the value of being a person (Jacobson, 2012). I chose to reflect on personal hygiene and appearance in relation to dignity as its one of the fundamentals of care. Personal hygiene is essential in maintaining good health which helps...

Motivations for helping is multiply determined, several reasons affect individuals Bystander intervention decreases an individual’s willingness to intervene and help others. The most notorious case which portrays this was the muder of Kitty Genovese, 38 residents witnessed the crime however none of which intervened (Manning, Levine, & Collins, 2007). It has been proposed that bystanders...

Formal carers transpire in different forms such as doctors, nurses, health care assistants, Radiographers, sonographers, physiotherapists, phycologists, chaplains, occupational therapists social workers, general practitioners, and many other amazing people in the hospital setting, social care setting, and a community care setting. These people all have a particular job and are all professionally trained with relevant...

In this essay the link between helping and prosocial behaviour and the use of qualitative analysis is explored and discussed. Qualitive research is the use of descriptive and narrative research methods to obtain and understand why or how a behaviour happens, in a certain situation; one example of this is, a study by Cotney and...

In the current state of society, mental illness has been stigmatised to be seen as a mental disease. From a young age I have always been fascinated with the field of psychology, particularly mental illness in young people, which tends to be under-represented and typically ignored. Often, I find myself helping and listening to my...

Intro I was always into pets; I had a pet since I was little and since I moved to London, I was looking to buy one. I wanted to have a smooth path from searching to buying or rescuing a pet. I had a look at numerous rescue centres (not an easy task to find...

Although the number of smokers decreased over the past decade, an estimated 34.2 million American adults still regularly use them. At the same time, the use of electronic cigarettes and vape pens have had a stable trend, especially among young people. Although vaping is often considered a ‘healthier’ option than regular smoking, both products contain...