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Improving health communication : an anthropological perspective of health literacy among chronic disease patients

Creator:

van Bronkhorst, Kelly Marie

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This research examines the relationship between health literacy among End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients and its relevance for communication between patients and providers. The study was conducted among dialysis services providers at the Good Samaritan Dialysis Center and dialysis patients receiving care at the Center. Data collection techniques included...

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Masters Thesis

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studied extensively by a variety of social scientists (Lazarus 1988: 34). Dissatisfaction and non
Constructing identities : analyzing dress, appearance, and mental illness in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

Creator:

Haas, Rachael E.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine how the popular writer Wilkie Collins used dress and appearance to bring to light concerns about mental illness in his 1859-60 sensation novel The Woman in White. The method of narrative analysis was used to complete this study. Data sheets were developed...

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Masters Thesis

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social issues through the use of dress and appearance, specifically views of mentally ill women in