Tag: furthering

During this class discussion we talked a lot about the beginning of this piece. From the first word she is using many different techniques to get the readers attention. For example by using the word “we” as her first word she has already included the reader in what she is about to talk about. Her writing is very straightforward and she makes it easy for the reader to understand what she is trying to say.

Another thing I noticed from her piece was the personal anecdotes that she places throughout. With them she tells the story of her own father and his end-of-life care. Spacing them out the way she did helps get the interest of the reader and keep it throughout the piece. They become immersed in her story and want to find out what happened. This is a good technique as it also helps split up the academic information and charts she has included. Even though academics will be reading it I think her use of a personal story helps keep their interest.

Overall I think she does a good job of balancing the academic information with more easy to read stuff. She is also successful in writing something that truly is a call to action. The way she talks about how everyone will die one day is her way of uniting anyone who reads what she has written. Because this is something that will affect every person it is something that deserves peoples immediate attention. This especially means people in the public health field because she believes these issues directly correlate to that field.

In my project, I am trying to figure out how race and socioeconomic status affects a disadvantaged individual receive medicare because these are important factors that are important to ensure whether medicare is provided to everyone equally or whether there are disparities among people. My targeted audience can definitely people who are disadvantaged patients, care providers, health insurance providers, and the general public. This audience is not limited and can also include sociologists, psychologists, etc. I still have yet to think about the form I want this project to take but I decided to incorporate the idea of socioeconomic status in my topic question to avoid generalizations as much as possible. Any race can struggle achieving the adequate resources for medicare so I did not want to paint a certain race group with the same brush. With socioeconomic status, it makes it more easier for me to explain the main race groups that are affected by medicare and the types of race groups that are at a disadvantage. I am still struggling to find a way to go against my position I will be taking in my project. I feel like I am explaining too much about the types of groups that are affected and in what ways/how they are, but It would be helpful to find a clever way to find a rebuttal to my arguments.