If I
had the time to research any topic with unlimited resources, I would have a
difficult time choosing the topic to research!
In the field of early childhood education, there are so many areas in
which we need more knowledge or more up-to-date knowledge. One of the sectors of early childhood is the
sector of health, which seeks to provide for children’s health and
well-being. Although, I am not trained
medically in any way I believe that I would like to look for a cure for
childhood cancer like leukemia. Cancer
is such a horrible disease that in most cases there is no method of
prevention. Sadly, in most cases there
is not a consistent cure and most treatments i.e. chemotherapy can be as
dangerous as the disease itself.
According to the National Cancer Institute (n.d.) approximately 10, 400
children under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer, of these
approximately 1, 545 children will die from the disease. I find this startling, horrible, and unimaginable!
Although,
organizations like the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society,
and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are working to find a cure and bring
about better treatments for cancer they have not found a solution yet. Although, I have never personally worked with
children that have cancer I can only imagine how horrible it would be. Cancer means a lot to me personally, because
my mother died of cancer. I saw its
affects and the effects of the standard treatments for it and I know there has
to be a better way. If a “real cure” for
cancer were to be found, I think it would have many meaningful, positive
contributions for children, families, and society in general. First, it would stop the disease so that
children would not get sick and their families would not have to watch them get
sick. Second, families would not have to
grieve the loss of their child (ren).
Society in general would be spared the future economic cost of these
losses and would be assured that there was a way to defeat a major
disease.
I
realize that I probably will never be the one to cure cancer. However, a cure does need to be found. I believe that finding a cure would have a
very positive affect on many lives.
References
The National Cancer Institute. (n.d.) Childhood cancers fact
sheet. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/childhood
I think that's the part of research that I won't be able to do. Watching others suffer in order to help them and others like them. When it comes to research I question my own beliefs and how they will influence the results in this particular situation and even with my own research question because I'm afraid of the results.
ReplyDeleteCancer is no longer the death sentence that it once was. Many studies have shown that in the past 30 years, overall survival rates from cancer have doubled. Despite the fact that there might not be any definite cure for the disease, we can do a lot to reduce our risk of getting it, thanks to better treatments, earlier diagnosis and greater public awareness of the warning symptoms.
ReplyDeleteI too would have a difficult time narrowing down a research area but I think that the one you've chosen to focus on is great. There is so much that we still need to learn about not only the physical aspects of cancer but the emotional aspects as well.
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