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  • The Impact of Medicalization on the Authority of Women Healers

    Creator:
    Long, Myra
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    In the West, the growth of the modern, androcentric medical establishment can be shown to be correlated with the decline in women’s authority and status in the healing arts. As the world of science and medicine expanded exponentially, the understanding of the body changed through the studies of anatomy and...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Committee Member, Melissa Cheyney, representing Anthropology

  • IUD insertions in nulliparous patients : mitigating pain and anxiety

    Creator:
    Seifert, Madeleine
    Abstract:
    Unintended pregnancy has been found to be one of the most prominent challenges that the public health system is forced to overcome due to the financial and social burdens that accompany it (Yazdkhasti et al., 2015). With nearly 48% of reproductive-age American female patients having experienced at least one unintended...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    —------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Cheyney, representing the School of Language, Culture, and Society

  • The Differences in Reasons for Antepartum Transfer to Hospital by Maternal Characteristics

    Creator:
    Francis, Ashley B.
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    Community births are defined as a planned home or birth center birth. Today, the majority of births in the U.S. occur in the hospital, but the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rates of any developed country. Although community births have comparable outcomes, there is an extreme preference for hospital...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Science _____________________________________________________________________ Melissa Cheyney

  • Pre-Med Attrition: Exploring the Pre-Med Experience at OSU

    Creator:
    Xue, Han
    Abstract:
    Pre-med attrition is the loss of students participating in academic pre-medical programs over time. Attrition in medical school has been the subject of many studies, but pre-med attrition is less researched, despite its relevance to the emergence and performance of future medical professionals. Interviewing former pre-med students who chose other...
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Melissa Cheyney, Committee Member, representing Anthropology