Term Paper on "Social Justice System Inquiry"

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As Finn & Jacobson indicate, this "theoretical framework rests on understanding the effects of the larger political, social, and economic environment on families and 'the link between symptoms and chronic stress from lack of basic economic resources.'" (p. 293) The primary strength of this approach is that it helps to break down the array of challenges facing a family in the simplest terms, underlining ways that a family can begin to systematically and routinely face these challenges. Unfortunately, this instrument is only weakened by the fact that the vast majority of its solutions will rest significantly on helping client families access government sponsored support programs. This denotes that such family assessment tools are less aimed at helping create long-term and sustainable solutions for the problems outlined by the Ecomap and more designed to help classify client families according to their public assistance needs. While this is a valuable objective, it suggests something of a one-dimensional support strategy.

4. In what ways have your beliefs about health and illness been informed by a Western biomedical view? In what ways have your beliefs been informed by differing perspectives on health and illness? Think for a moment about some of the "folk" practices of medicine in your experience, such as your cure for hiccups. What beliefs inform these practices?

Few subjects provoke more kneejerk reactions than health. Indeed, we are each of us armed with a host of suggestions and theories on how to treat sicknesses and resolve ailments in spite of the fact that so few of us are medically trained. We owe this tendency to the preeminence of 'native theories' in our beliefs and behaviors. These theories are constructed by oral tradition, personal anecdotal experience and other forces that are unreliable from a scientific standpoint but personally and/or culturally resonant. Ironically, many of our native theories may connect to our faith in the tradition of Western Medicine. While this is, more than many historically traditions, controlled by a high level of scientific scrutiny, other values such as profitability play a role in medical practice. Therefore, that we generally invest our faith in such western practices as a high dependency on pharmaceutical treatment, is in some ways constructed on a native trust of our physicians. Moreover, this promotes a sense of skepticism of holistic practices that eschew the biomedical treatment strategies inherent to our experiences. This is to suggest that the notion of western medicine has achieved something of a 'folk' status, especially as resources like WebMD allow each of us to play doctor with little to no formal knowledge.

5. You have had the opportunity to apply Diaz's Five step process to a current issue in your community. In what other contexts might you use this process? Give an example

The Five Step Process described by Diaz might be adaptable to a wide range of contexts. In fact, its application to the creation of a community healthcare group is only one of many possibilities. In the wholly distinct contexts of corporate organization or small business operation, this process remains pertinent. For instance, if one is initiating transformation of a company's existing IT system, first it will be appropriate to Describe the conditions which warrant the need for change, to Organize a plan of implementation for the new system, to Prioritize the steps that must be taken to prepare the organization and its personnel for the change, to Analyze the costs and gains of system transformation and to Draw Conclusions about the project's likely duration and outcomes.

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Finn, J.L. & Jacobson, M. (2003). Just Practice: Social Justice Approach… READ MORE

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