1) "The generation gap is one which cannot be bridged." Discuss
2) "Prevention is better than cure." Out of a country's health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures.
To what extend do you agree with this statement?
I would normally focus on "diverting from treatment to health education" instead of just supporting tratement or health education because I think 'diverting' is the key word there.
Or I am wrong?
I see "diverting" as the key word here too. It is not like a country could divert a major portion of its health budget for obstetrics from prenatal care to pregnancy prevention programs . . . you'd still have people who are pregnant and in need of services.
I'm confused: Are these two separate questions?
For the first, I think about the research that indicates that changes in public opinion on first race and more recently sexual orientation have come from what social scientists call "cohort replacement" rather than through people changing their minds. It's not that nobody ever changes their mind, just that each new generation has had significantly more open attitudes than the previous and this, rather than individuals changing their minds, has led to recent revolutions of opinion on matters such as gay marriage.
As for prevention versus cure, perhaps you could challenge the "versus" -- why not both?
For the first, you might also look at how the attitudes of one generation are often deliberately framed in opposition to those of the previous one. So, some have speculated that youth in America are becoming more conservative because their parents have been so liberal. (How do you rebel against parental authority when your parents are marijuana smoking, free-love preaching hippies, after all?) You might also look at more than just recent changes in public opinion. Those who like to think of themselves as social progressives tend to see history as marching towards a more 'enlightened' state (i.e. one where more and more people agree with them). However, it may be that, rather than being merely a matter of "open" versus "closed" attitudes, each generation is influenced by different historical events that tend to shape their perspectives differently. That said, there is nothing wrong with pointing out that, as one gains more age, experience, and wisdom, one does tend to adopt a more conservative worldview. I believe it was Winston Churchill who said ""If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.""
For the second, presumably there is some point at which preventative approaches begin to lose effectiveness. That is, after funding reaches a certain amount, the lowering of the incidence of disease is too low to justify lessening spending on treatment protocols, as not all illness can be prevented.
I'm confused: Are these two separate questions?
Yes
Thank you all :)
