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Update - December 1989, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Australia's Herbert Clifford will lecture at Loma Linda on February 24
-- Claremont Conference endorses "The Right to Choose Death"
-- Michael and Helen Pearson arrive from England
-- Contributors receive monthly audio cassettes

[ Nancy Cruzan and the Courts ]
-- The Persistent Vegetative State
-- Nancy Cruzan is Already Dead
-- Nancy Cruzan is Not a Vegetable
-- My Family's Anguish

-- The Right to Choose Death

The Relationship Between Depression, Dyspnea, And Physical Activity In Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Carolyn J. Calhoun

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This correlational descriptive study investigated the relationship between depression, degree of dyspnea, and performance of daily activities in male and female patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The problem was to determine (a) the influence of depression on the degree of dyspnea experienced and performance of daily activities, and (b) the relationship between the degree of dyspnea experienced and the performance of daily activities by male and female patients with severe COPD.

This study contained a convenience sample of 49 patients who met the research criteria (38 males, 10 females, and one patient unidentified as to gender). All …

Misfit Between Motivational Style And Type Of Job Demand As A Factor In Developing Occupational Stress, Arlene Gray Blix

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Occupational stress is costly in terms of human suffering and impaired organizational effectiveness. Occupational stress involves the interface between the individual worker and the work environment. The purpose of the study was to analyze the fit between motivational style and the type of job demands as a contributing factor in developing occupational stress symptoms. A literature review of occupational stress models was conducted. The six models compared and contrasted included the Person-Environment fit model (French, Rodgers, & Cobb, 1974), Integrative Transactional Model (Schuler, 1982), Organizational Stress Models (Ivancevich & Matteson, 1987; Parker & DeCotiis, 1983), Facet Analysis Model (Beehr & …

Co-Cr Comparison Between Untreated & Treated Cl Ii Div 1 Cases, James W. Davis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the COCR differences in pretreatment and posttreatment CI II Div I patients. Similar sample groups were chosen from patients of the graduate orthodontic clinic at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry.

Each patient's models were mounted on a Sam II articulator using a face bow transfer and a centric relation check bite. The COCR discrepancies in the anterior-posterior, superior-inferior, and side-shift dimensions were determined with the Mandibular Position Indicator.

Using t-test analyses, statistically significant differences were found between the pretreatment and posttreatment groups, with the posttreatment sample exhibiting a smaller CO-CR …