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  • Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicine within the Coordinated Care Model

    Creator:
    Logan, Alicia J.
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    The purpose of this paper was to consider whether the integration of complementary and alternative medicine within coordinated care organizations would be possible and beneficial. Per capita health expenditures in the Unites States are greater than any other nation’s in the world. However, many complain that the organization and distribution...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    integration of complementary and alternative medicine within coordinated care organizations would be

  • Comparison of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups

    Creator:
    Zimmerman, Zelda L.
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    A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships between adopters and the dogs they adopted from three types of rescue groups/organizations: humane societies, greyhound rescues, and pit bull rescues. The dog selected to adopt can vary for many reasons, one of which is breed preference. This study found dog...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups. Abstract

  • Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

    Creator:
    Atwood-Wheeler, Kathryn
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    This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study conducted by Mary Barbercheck (2001) that analyzed advertisements in Science between 1995 and 1997. In this study,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    science journal, it publishes news, reviews and research from a variety of fields. However, the

  • Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

    Creator:
    Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
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    In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the interviews, my skepticism of medicine and obstetrics increased. This has influenced the tone of

  • An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Current Pesticide Management Practices in the Caribbean Region

    Creator:
    Gray, Nancy L.
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    This study examined the existence and effectiveness of current pesticide management programs in the Caribbean region. A questionnaire was developed to assess the current pesticide managment programs in the Caribbean region and to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the existing education and training programs, governmental policies, and other resources....
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    Masters Thesis
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    - terdisciplinary application of agriculture, applied chemistry, and medicine to the safe global production of food

  • Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

    Creator:
    Vee, Regina M.
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    Surrogate motherhood is a very complex issue with many groups having vested interests. In order to measure attitudes specific to surrogacy a 20-item Likert Scale with high reliability was developed through item analysis (N=131, Part-whole correlation range 0.749-0.478). Correlation of surrogacy attitudes was subsequently related to six other instruments: AIDS,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , analogizing it to medical treatments for infertility such as drugs and surgery. A commission of adoption

  • Women: Pregnancy and Sexual Activity

    Creator:
    Kilkenny, Michelle
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    The perception of the self as a sexual being is challenged by the experience of pregnancy. Included in the experience of pregnancy are issues with perceptions of the self, body image, transition into motherhood, and reconciliation of the self as a sexual being during pregnancy. Through a review of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Women's Issues, Race, Class, and

  • Guilt and Redemption on Wisteria Lane: A Burkeian Analysis of Desperate Housewives

    Creator:
    Huillet, Michelle M.
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    In 2004 after Desperate Housewives premiered, it was met with significant criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of sinful and illegal behavior (Olsen & Morgan, 2010). However, Olsen and Morgan contend that sinful and illegal behavior is accompanied with attempts at...
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    Masters Thesis
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    television were those in the fields of law, medicine and media entertainment. Thus, these occupations were

  • Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

    Creator:
    Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
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    Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the American medical profession and, is a controversial political and legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical, and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth. A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the degree of Master of Arts in Inter- disciplinary Studies in Anthropology, Sociology and Political

  • Education, community development and cultural resistance in rural Nepal

    Creator:
    Shrestha, Ava
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    In 1974 Tribhuvan University implemented the National Development Service (NDS) program as part of the graduate curricula. The program required all the graduate students to serve ten months in the rural areas of Nepal, helping in the on-going projects related to agriculture, health, education, and social sciences. This study describes...
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    Masters Thesis
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    agriculture, health, educa- tion, and social sciences. This study describes the exper- iences of the first