TEXAS WESLEYAN MAYMESTER

2005 Maymester SYLLABUS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One: What is a Social Problem?
     Six Ingredients of Social Problems
     How do Social Problems Occur?
     How do People React to Social Problems?
     Levels of Social Problems
     Who Studies Social Problems?
     How Should Social Problems be Studied?
Chapter Two: Understanding the Advocate Groups
Chapter Three: Solutions to Social Problems
Chapter Four: Individual Participation

SECTION II: THE PROBLEMS
Chapter Five:  Business Related Problems
          Monopolies
          Corruption in Big Business
          White Collar Crime
Chapter  Six: Crime Related Problems
          Organized Crime
          Prison Reform/Overcrowding
          Death Penalty
          Recidivism
          Gun Control
          Corruption of Police and Law Officers
Chapter  Seven: Culture Related Problems
          Violence in the Media
          Thin Images and Eating Disorders
          Homelessness
          Discrimination - Racial, Gender, Handicapped, Elderly, Hate Crime, Racial Profiling
          Law Suit Abuse
          Identity Theft
Chapter  Eight: Elderly Related Problems
          Euthanasia
          Medicare and Medicaid
          Social Security
          Elder Abuse/Nursing Homes
Chapter Nine: Environmental Issues
          Waste Disposal
          Water and Air Resources
          Global Warming
          Natural Resources
Chapter Ten: Education Related Problems
          Robin Hood Funding for Schools
          School Vouchers
          Standardized Tests - TAKS, TASK, etc
          Bilingual Education
          Drop Outs
          Teacher Shortage
Chapter Eleven: Family/Gender Related Problems
          Child Care
          Sexism and Sexual Harrassment
          Child Abuse, Child Sex Abuse
          Spousal Abuse
          Rape/Date Rape/Spousal Rape
          Prostitution/Pornography
          Break down of the Family
          Same Sex Marriages
          Feminization of Poverty
Chapter Twelve: Government Related Problems
          Immigration
          Coyotes - Trafficing in Illegal Immigrants
          Terrorism
          Welfare System
          Electoral Reform
Chapter Thirteen: Medical Issues
          Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco
          Medical Reform
          STDs/AIDS
          Mad Cow Disease/Asian Flu/ etc
          Surrogate Mothers
          Stem Cell Research/Cloning
          Abortion
Chapter Fourteen: Youth Related Problems
          Juvenile Delinquency
          Gangs
          Morality/Teen Pregnancy
          Child Sex Abuse
          Teen Suicide
Chapter Fifteen: Other Issues
          Population
          Censorship

SOME ADDITIONAL LINKS

Business Related Problems

Crime Related Problems

2. Organized Crime
Nathanson Center for the Study of Organized Crime http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/default.htm
American Mafia.com   http://www.americanmafia.com/
Public Lending Right  http://www.plrinternational.com/background/background.htm
United Nations Convention Against Organized Crime http://www.unodc.org/palermo/convmain.html

3. Prison Reform/Overcrowding
Prison Reform Trust http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/
AZ Prison Reform Committee http://www.eaznet.com/~jet/
Moscow Center for Prison Reform  http://www.prison.org/english/
Prison Reform Advocacy Center http://www.prisonreform.com/

4. Death Penalty
Death Penalty Information Center  http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
Pro Death Penalty.com  http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/
Derechos Human Rights  http://www.derechos.org/dp/
Campaign to End the  Death Penalty  http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/

5. Racial Profiling
Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org/RacialEquality/RacialEqualitylist.cfm?c=133
Fariness in Media  http://www.fair.org/racism-desk/
US Department of Justice – Resource Guide   http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/bja/184768.pdf

6. Recidivism
Bureau of Justice Statistics on Recidivism http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/rpr94.htm
 http://www.rainn.org/stats/recidivism2002.pdf

7. Gun Control
GunCite   http://www.guncite.com/
Brady Campaign  http://www.bradycampaign.org/
Women Against Gun Control   http://www.wagc.com/
Open Secrets.org  http://www.opensecrets.org/news/guns/
ACLU Library http://archive.aclu.org/library/aaguns.html
Gun Control Australia   http://www.guncontrol.org.au/

8. White Collar Crime
National White Collar Crime Center (W3C)  http://www.nw3c.org/
National Check Fraud Center  http://www.ckfraud.org/whitecollar.html
US Department of Justice  http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/whitecollarforweb.pdf
White Collar Crime Fighter   http://www.wccfighter.com/

9. Corruption of Police and Law officers
Report to Congress on Police Corruption http://www.marijuana.com/pdf/currupt.pdf
Drug Policy Alliance  http://www.drugpolicy.org/law/police/

Other Links
US Dept of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/
Crime and Victims Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm
Court and Sentencing Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/stssent.htm
National Criminal Justice Reference Service http://www.ncjrs.org/
Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/
Central Intelligence Agency http://www.odci.gov/
American Civil Liberties Org http://www.aclu.org/
ACL Archive http://archive.aclu.org/
Corrections Organization and Journal http://www.aca.org/index.asp
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/
Koch Crime Institute http://www.kci.org/publication/white_paper/falling_crime/toc.htm
Movement to end Gun Violence http://www.paxusa.org/
National Coalition to End the Death Penalty http://www.ncadp.org/
National Center for Victims of Crime  www.ncvc.org
The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics www.search.org
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Culture Related Problems

2. Commercialism of Christmas, etc
Social Edge  http://www.thesocialedge.com/archives/other/2artsandculture-dec2002.htm
The Hoya, Georgetown Univ http://www.thehoya.com/guide/120701/guide14.cfm
Kuro5hin http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/11/5/161928/427
Boycott Christmas Commercialism   http://boycottchristmas.freeservers.com/

3. Thin images
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination http://www.cswd.org/
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance http://www.naafa.org/
Largely Positive http://www.largelypositive.com/
National Organization for Women Foundation http://www.nowfoundation.org/issues/health/lybdkit/factsheet4.html

4. Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless  http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
Homeless.org   http://www.homeless.org/do/Home
Homes for the homeless   http://www.homesforthehomeless.com/
Homeless Link (UK)  http://www.homeless.org.uk/

5. Discrimination – Racial, Gender, Handicapped, Elderly
RACIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund http://www.maldef.org/
National Council of La Raza http://www.nclr.org/
Organization of Chinese Americans http://www.ocanatl.org/
American Indian Movement http://www.aimovement.org/
Kayapo Indians http://www.indian-cultures.com/Cultures/kayapo.html
NAACP http://www.naacp.org/
SouthAsian Women Network http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/
Anti defamation League http://www.adl.org/adl.asp
Race in South Africa http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
The Bell Curve Controversy http://www.apa.org/journals/bell.html
Modern Day Slavery Around the World http://home.earthlink.net/~ynot/slave1.html
Modern Anti Slavery Organization http://www.anti-slavery.com/
Affirmative Action http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/affirm/affirm.htm
Race Relations/Stereotypes http://racerelations.about.com/msubstereotype.htm?once=true&
Census Poverty Measure http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povmeas/papers/cestab.html
Marxist Internet Archive http://www.marxists.org/

Bibliography of sources on Disabilities http://codi.buffalo.edu/graph_based/.bibliography/woodhill/woodhill.html
History of Disabilities and Social Problems
       http://codi.buffalo.edu/graph_based/.bibliography/woodhill/woodhill.html
Center for the Study of Autism http://www.autism.org/contents.html
U.S. Census Bureau general statistics on Latinos http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-545.pdf
U.S. Census Bureau general statistics on African-Americans http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-541.pdf
Transafrica.com website: http://www.transafrica.com

Elderly Related Problems

2. Medicare
Medicare.gov  http://www.medicare.gov/
Medicare Rights Center   http://www.medicarerights.org/
Senior Law Home Page  http://www.seniorlaw.com/
Medicare.org   http://www.medicare.org/

4. Abuse/ Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Resource Center  http://www.nursinghomealert.com/
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Information Center http://www.nursinghomeabuse.com/
Nursing Home Abuse http://www.txlegal.com/nursing.htm
National Center on Elder Abuse  http://www.elderabusecenter.org/
Elder Abuse Prevention   http://www.elderabuseprevention-eastbay.org/
Action on Elder Abuse  http://www.elderabuse.org.uk/
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse  http://www.preventelderabuse.org/

Other Links
American Association of Retired Persons http://www.aarp.org/
Gray Panthers http://www.ncscinc.org/
National Indian Council on Aging http://www.nicoa.org/
National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform http://www.nicoa.org/
National Council of Senior Citizens http://www.ncscinc.org/
Older Woman's League http://www.owl-national.org/
Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/
Council on Aging in Australia http://www.cota.org.au/
Abkhasians (Aging) http://hypatia.ss.uci.edu/gpacs/abkhazia/people.html
American Society on Aging http://www.asaging.org/index.cfm

Environmental Issues

2. Water and air resources
Ministry of Water, Air and Land Protection http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/
Univ of Iowa Hydroscience and Engineering Dept http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/products/water_resources/data.html
Canadian Gov Agriculture and Agri-food http://res2.agr.ca/saintefoy/prog/swa-sea_e.htm
USDA Forest Service  http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/boone/soilw.HTM
Duke University Water and Air Resources http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/war.html

3. Global Warming
National Climatic Data Center www.ndc.noaa.gov
Alaska Conservation Foundation www.akcf.org
National Climatic Data Center  www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2003/ann/ann03.html
EGP Global Warming Site http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html
Global Warming.org  http://www.globalwarming.org/
Natural Resources Defense Council  http://www.nrdc.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists   http://www.ucsusa.org/
Sierra Club  http://www.sierraclub.org/
Environmental Defense  http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm
Public Interest Research Group  http://www.uspirg.org/
World Resources Institute  http://www.wri.org/wri/
World Wildlife Fund  http://www.worldwildlife.org/

4. Natural Resources
Worldwatch http://www.worldwatch.org/
Department of Energy http://www.doe.gov/
UN Food and Agriculture Organization http://www.fao.org/
The World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org/
Nature Conservancy http://www.iucn.org/
Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/index.shtml
Huntsman Environmental Research http://www.engineering.usu.edu/Departments/ite/HercWeb/landfills.html

Education Related Problems

2. School Vouchers
School Choices   http://www.schoolchoices.org/roo/vouchers.htm
Anti-Defamation League  http://www.adl.org/vouchers/vouchers_main.asp
CATO Institute  http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-025.html
National Education Association   http://www.nea.org/vouchers/
Manhattan Institute   http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cb_20.htm
Pew Forum  http://pewforum.org/school-vouchers/
Wisconsin Education Association Council http://www.weac.org/Resource/vouchpg.htm

3. Standardized tests – TAKS, TASK, etc
Texas Travesty  http://www.texastravesty.com/2003_11/news_taks.php
Texas Association of School Administrators http://www.tasanet.org/marketplace/news/classwork.html
Gear Up Waco   http://www.gearupwaco.org/taks.htm

4. Bilingual Education
National Association for Bilingual Education http://www.nabe.org/
Utexas Bilingual Resource Page   http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/bilingue/resources.html
California Association for Bilingual Education http://www.bilingualeducation.org/
DEA Office of English Language Acquisition http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Texas Association for Bilingual Educatio http://www.tabe.org/

5. Drop Outs
6. Teacher shortage
National Center for Education Information http://www.ncei.com/WSJ-12898.htm
NEA   http://www.nea.org/teachershortage/
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy  http://depts.washington.edu/ctpmail/PDFs/Turnover-Ing-01-2001.pdf
National Center for Policy Analysis   http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/pdedu/pdedu162.html
American Educational Research Association http://www.aera.net/communications/news/011210.htm
International Technology Education Association http://www.iteawww.org/B2k.html
Center on Reinventing Public Education http://www.crpe.org/

7. College Admission Discrimination / Hopwood
Affirmative Action and Diversity Project http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/docs/academic17.html
Heritage Foundation   http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/HL611.cfm
National Association for College Admission Counseling http://www.nacac.com/diversity.html
Brookings Institute  http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/comm/PolicyBriefs/pb009/pb9.htm
Other Links
US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/
Council for Higher Education Accreditation http://www.chea.org/
Stats on Bachelor's Degrees http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/condition98/c9829a01.html
Career Infonet http://www.acinet.org/acinet/default.asp?tab=generaloutlook
ICPAC http://icpac.indiana.edu/infoseries/is-46.html
The Male Minority on Campus http://www.time.com/time/education/article/0,8599,90446,00.html
U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov
National Education Association (NEA) www.nea.org
http://www.nea.org/charter/sidebar.html
http://www.nea.org/vouchers/
http://www.nea.org/teachershortage/
National School Board Association  www.nsba.org
Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) www.baeo.org

Family and Gender Related Problems

2. Sexism and sexual harassment
Stanford University  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/92/920219Arc2404.html
University of San Diego  http://ethics.acusd.edu/presentations/AppliedEthics/Gender/index_files/frame.html
Memorial University of Newfoundland http://www.mun.ca/sexualharassment/index.html
Cato Institute http://www.cato.org/dailys/01-07-00.html

3. Child Abuse
www.preventchildabusetexas.org
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov
Prevent Child Abuse America http://www.preventchildabuse.org/
Child Abuse.org   http://www.childabuse.org/
Child Abuse Prevention Network  http://child-abuse.com/
ChildHelp USA  http://www.childhelpusa.org/
International Child Abuse Network  http://www.yesican.org/

4. Spousal abuse
Citizens Against Spouse Abuse http://www.say.net/casa/
Menweb  http://www.menweb.org/batnytim.htm
Spouse Abuse by Law Enforcement   http://www.policedv.com/
Center Against Spouse Abuse  http://www.webcoast.com/CASA/
Support Works  http://www.supportworks.org/cat707.htm
Army Community Service Family Advocacy http://www.armycommunityservice.org/vacs_advocacy/data/modules/pbm/rendered/spouse_abuse_1.asp
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence http://www.ncadv.org/

5. Rape/ Date Rape/ Spousal Rape
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network http://www.rainn.org/
Stop Prisoner Rape   http://www.spr.org/
Men Can Stop Rape   http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment http://www.aware.org/
4 Women.gov  http://www.4woman.gov/faq/rohypnol.htm
Kids Health http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/date_rape.html
Women Organized against Rape http://www.woar.org/

6. Prostitution.Pornography
End Child Prostitution   http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp
Concerned Women for America   http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=1920&department=MEDIA&categoryid=nation

7. Break down of the family – High divorce rate
Pembina Institute  http://www.pembina.org/pdf/publications/gpi-ab99-30.pdf
Stepfamily Zone  http://www.stepfamily.asn.au/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b=gen2004,m=1080432605,s=15
Fathers for Life  http://www.fathersforlife.org/
Family Facts  http://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/issues/divorce/stats.html
The Heritage Foundation   http://www.heritage.org/research/features/issues/family/

8. Homosexual marriages
American Family Association  http://www.nogaymarriage.com/
Family Research Council   http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR03J03

9. Feminization of Poverty
UN Women  http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/session/presskit/fs1.htm
Network on Family and Poverty   http://www.olin.wustl.edu/macarthur/working%20papers/wp-mclanahan3.htm
United Nations DP  http://www.sdnp.undp.org/ww/women-poverty/msg00148.html
Elliot Institute   http://www.afterabortion.org/poverty.html
United Nations for Human Settlement  http://www.unhabitat.org/HD/hdv6n4/feminizing.htm
FNSA  http://www.fnsa.org/v1n3/strahan.html
World Bank, Fem of Poverty in Russia http://www.worldbank.org.ru/ECA/Russia.nsf/0/D606F1D62AB61204C3256CD1005EF695

Other Links
M Kearl's Marriage and Family Processes http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html
GENDER AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Feminist Majority Foundation http://www.feminist.org/other/dv/dvhome.html
Alan Guttmacher Organization http://www.agi-usa.org/
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League http://www.smyal.org/
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force http://www.ngltf.org/
Gender Awareness Pages http://www.mun.ca/sexualharassment/Masculinity.html
Men's Rights http://www.mensrights.com.au/
Men's/Father's Movement http://www.mensdefense.org/Mens_unity.htm
M Kearl's Gender and Society Page http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html
M Kearl's Social Psychology http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/socpsy.html

Government Related Problems

2. Coyotes – Trafficing in Illegal Immigrants
VDare Site   http://www.vdare.com/williamson/border_music.htm
Arizona Republic News http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0312babysmuggler12.html

3. Terrorism
The Terrorism Research Center  http://www.terrorism.com/
US Gov http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism.html
International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism http://www.ict.org.il/
CDC  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
Federation of American Scientists  http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror.htm
CIA   http://www.cia.gov/terrorism/
UN  http://www.cia.gov/terrorism/
Jurist Law   http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm
Department of Defense  http://www.defendamerica.mil/

4. Welfare System
Urban Institute   http://www.urban.org
Economic Research Service   http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr17/
Health Care Reform Tracking Project  http://gucchd.georgetown.edu//cw2.pdf
Joint Center for Poverty Research  http://www.jcpr.org/conferences/child_welfare/waldfogel.pdf
Child Welfare League of America   http://ndas.cwla.org/Include/text/Children%20of%20Color.pdf
 

5. Voting procedures
Political Activism and the Internet http://www.ari.net/moon/political.html
Vote.com http://www.vote.com/
Online Democracy http://www.onlinedemocracy.com/
Internet Voting Fraud http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/0914netvote.html
Governments of the World http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

Other Links
Database of worldwide parliaments http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp
Worldwide Election Statistics http://dodgson.ucsd.edu/lij/
International Relations glossary http://www.yorku.ca/rosir/gloss.htm
Worldwide Election Guide http://www.ifes.org/eguide/elecguide.htm
Country Indicators for Foreign Policy http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/
Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices
        http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/trade_reports/index.html
Canada Statistics http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
FedWorld http://www.fedworld.gov/
Historical US Census Data  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
US Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov/
US Federal Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/
New Zealand http://www.massey.ac.nz/~NZSRDA/
South Africa http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada/
Eurotext http://eurotext.ulst.ac.uk/

European Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/
National Audit Office http://www.nao.gov.uk/
Scotland http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/
UK Public Record Office http://www.pro.gov.uk/
UK Government Site http://www.open.gov.uk/
Constitutions, Treaties
Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm
Maastricht Treaty (Treaty of the European Union) http://europa.eu.int/en/record/mt/top.html
Charter of the United Nations http://www.un.org/Overview/Charter/contents.html
Constitutions of the World http://www.constitution.org/cons/natlcons.htm
Magna Carta http://www.bl.uk/diglib/magna-carta/magna-carta-text.html
United Nations International Treaty Collection http://untreaty.un.org/
Economic Poverty
Children's Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/
Institute for Research on Poverty http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
VISTA http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
Poverty Guidelines and Measures http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/poverty.shtml
ICPSR Panel Stud of Income http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/psid/
Welfare Information Network http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/
Poverty/slavery in India http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/bhiksha/3930a.htm
The Hunger Project  http://www.thp.org/index.html
The Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jan/borlaug/borlaug.htm
US Dept of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/
Council of Economic Advisors http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/index.html
ACCION, Int'l Org to fight Poverty http://www.accion.org/default.asp
Unicef http://www.unicef.org/
World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, etc.http://www.crop.org/
Luxembourg Income Study http://www.lis.ceps.lu/index.htm
Praxis Resources for Social and Economic Development http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
World Bank Data sets http://www.worldbank.org/data/
World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/
Global Stratification http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/honors/strat/GlobalConflict.html#race
Global Statistics http://www.geohive.com/
Corporate Welfare Information Center http://www.corporations.org/welfare/
Economy at a Glance Tables, US Dept of Labor http://www.bls.gov/eag/
The Fletcher School. http://fletcher.tufts.edu/
Civil Liberties
Consumer Information Organization http://consumer.net/
Privacy Rights Clearing House http://www.privacyrights.org/

Health and Medical Related Problems

National Clearinghouse for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Resources http://www.health.gov/NHIC/NHICScripts/Entry.cfm?HRCode=HR0027
Radio Free Europe - Alcoholism contributing to declining life expectancy in Russia
       http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/1997/08/F.RU.970812130020.html

2. Cost of Medical Drugs
Jerome Levy Economic Institute  http://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpma/9808003.html
The Price of Liberty   http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/04/04/06/editor.htm
The Medicine Program   http://www.themedicineprogram.com/
Center for Evidenced Based Medicine  http://www.cebm.net/ebm_is_isnt.asp

3. Medical Malpractice Suits
Online Lawyer Source    http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/medical_malpractice.html
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/nw/nw003531.php3
Overlawyered  http://overlawyered.com/topics/medical.html

4. Insurance system/HMOs
Health insurance infonet   http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/
Health and Human Services  http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

5. STDs/AIDS
Teensource    http://www.teensource.org/
CDC    http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
American Social Health Association  http://www.ashastd.org/
Apathyislethal (UN)   http://www.apathyislethal.org/affected.html
AIDS.org   http://www.aids.org/
The Body    http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
Aids education global information system http://www.aegis.com/default.asp

6. Mad Cow Disease/Asian Flu/Etc
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.pcrm.org/health/Preventive_Medicine/mad_cow_disease.html
Howard Hughes Medical Institute   http://www.hhmi.org/news/ferguson.html
FDA    http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2001/201_cow.html
Heartland Institute    http://heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=14088
NoDowners   http://www.nodowners.org/index_health.htm

7. Surrogate Mothers
Surrogate Mothers Online   http://www.surromomsonline.com/
Touro Law Center    http://www.tourolaw.edu/Publications/internationallawrev/vol6/part8.html
American Surrogacy Center    http://www.surrogacy.com/psychres/article/motivat.html
Center for Surrogate Parenting    http://www.creatingfamilies.com/smprofil.HTML

8. Stem cell research/Cloning
New Scientist    http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/cloning/
Human Cloning .org   http://www.humancloning.org/
Human Genome Project Information  http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml
Cloinaid     http://www.clonaid.com/news.php
Global Change    http://www.globalchange.com/clonlink.htm

9. Abortion
Sources for Debate on Abortion, Capital Punishment, Euthanasia http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death-5.html#ss
National Right to Life (Abortion Controversy) http://www.nrlc.org/
Prochoice Source (Abortion Controversy) http://prochoiceresource.org/
http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/costsfact.htm
Institute of Medicine www.wiom.edu
www.medicarerights.org.
Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov;
Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov;
Grocery Manufacturers  www.gmabrands.com/index-glash.cfm

Other Links
US Dept of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
World Health Org http://www.who.ch/
Centers for Disease Control http://www.who.ch/
National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/
M Kearl's Health Statistics http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/health.html
World Bank http://www4.worldbank.org/ ?
Russia's Health care http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9611/03/russia.health/
Russia's Health care
        http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/22/world/22CLIN.html
Cancer Risk Assessment http://users.rcn.com/ptkelly/

Youth Related Problems

2. Gangs
Gangs or Us    http://www.gangsorus.com/
StreetGangs    http://www.streetgangs.com/

3. Anorexia, Bulimia and unrealistic media images of thinness
Gurze   http://www.bulimia.com
Something Fishy  http://www.something-fishy.org/
National Eating Disorders Association  http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=337
Anorexia Bulimia Care   http://www.anorexiabulimiacare.co.uk/
Radar Programs    http://www.raderprograms.com/
Center for Counseling and Health Resources http://www.aplaceofhope.com/
Eating Disorder .com    http://www.eating-disorder.com/
Healthy Place    http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Eating_Disorders/Site/

4. Morality/ Teen Pregnancy
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy   http://www.teenpregnancy.org
Medline Plus    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenagepregnancy.html
Alan Guttmacher Institute    http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/fb_teen_sex.html

5. Child Abuse/Child Sex Abuse
Prevent Abuse Now   http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/
Sex Abuse and the Catholic Church from NPR http://www.npr.org/news/specials/priests/
Children, Youth and Families Site http://www.cyfernet.mes.umn.edu/
Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/

Other Issues

2. Technology
Earth Crash Earth Spirit   http://eces.org/archive/ec/population/http://www.eces.org/
 
 
 

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