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Filtering by: Creator Mehlenbacher, S. A. (Shawn A.) Remove constraint Creator: Mehlenbacher, S. A. (Shawn A.) Advisor Campbell, Courtney Remove constraint Advisor: Campbell, Courtney Degree Name Honors Bachelor of Science (H.B.S.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Honors Bachelor of Science (H.B.S.)

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  • Models of the Physician-Patient Relationship: Parent, Technician, and Provider

    Creator:
    Takata, Kimberly K.
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    The relationship between physicians and patients is undeniably unique. To understand the qualities of a healing relationship, it is essential to analyze the perceptions that influence physician behavior. Metaphors and relationship models are often used in bioethics to analyze the construction of perceptions. The goal of this study is to...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    consent was preceded by a legal doctrine involving several landmark cases. Prior to the 1970’s, informed

  • Spirituality in Medicine: The Physician’s Perspective

    Creator:
    Soto, Tiffany A.
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    Many public opinion surveys indicate that patients desire an open dialogue on spirituality/religion with their physicians. What role does spirituality play in the physician/patient relationship and in what contexts do these conversations arise? What do physicians think about the appropriateness of such discussions? Because the role of spirituality in clinical...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    excitement for medicine. I also owe a great deal to Dr. Indira Rajagopal and Dr. Shawn Foley for being

  • Dealing with a Modern Crisis: Physicians and End of Life Care

    Creator:
    Bowman, Chloe
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    As medicine in the United States has progressed, physicians have been posed with a unique task of shepherding patients into the end of their life. This research sought to determine the effect this has on physicians in the form of what has been coined “professional grief.” In this, we look...
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    the story of one his professor’s, Dr. Shawn Nuland, who cut open the chest of a patient whose heart