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Comparative Analysis Of Women’S Healthcare On A Global Scale, Lana Sawar May 2021

Comparative Analysis Of Women’S Healthcare On A Global Scale, Lana Sawar

Honors Theses

The purpose of this research paper is to compare the three health care systems of the following highly advanced industrialized countries: The United States of America, Canada, and Germany. The first segment of the research paper will focus on the description of health care systems in the above-mentioned countries, while the second part will analyze, evaluate, and compare the three systems on their initiative to address global health issues as they pertain to women. Lastly, an overview of proposed future reforms for the U.S. will be provided. I will start by providing a general description of global health.


My Journey To Better Medicine: Healing The Mind-Body Split Through An Integrated Cross-Cultural Model, Harsh Ilapakurthi May 2017

My Journey To Better Medicine: Healing The Mind-Body Split Through An Integrated Cross-Cultural Model, Harsh Ilapakurthi

Honors Theses

As a future medical doctor, I will always see the process of healing through the hybrid consciousness of my Eastern-Hindu upbringing and Western academic and scientific training. The Eastern philosophy of healing has been linked to consciousness and how the powers of human consciousness can affect the body’s healing. The Western perspective of medicine, which has developed as a result of the industrial and scientific revolutions, generally treats the human body as an object. However, this is not to say that Western medicine is flawed. In fact, Western medicine is incredibly effective in certain specialties, but is limited by the …


The Legal Context Of Medicine: Looking At Healthcare Through A Bicultural Lens, Annamarie Beckmeyer May 2017

The Legal Context Of Medicine: Looking At Healthcare Through A Bicultural Lens, Annamarie Beckmeyer

Honors Theses

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Osteopathic And Chiropractic: An Examination Of The Patient-Physician Relationship In Their Respective Practices, Cody L. Ward Aug 2015

Osteopathic And Chiropractic: An Examination Of The Patient-Physician Relationship In Their Respective Practices, Cody L. Ward

Honors Theses

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Women In Medicine: Past, Present, & Future, Ryleigh S. Livingston May 2015

Women In Medicine: Past, Present, & Future, Ryleigh S. Livingston

Honors Theses

Women have been healers throughout history, even dating back to ancient Egypt and Greece, but it is only recently that they have been accepted into mainstream Western medicine. This research examines women and their role in healing and healthcare from ancient Egypt and through the Middle Ages, focusing mostly on Western medicine, but also looking at Eastern traditions in medicine in the world of Islam and China. The second part of this project details the creation and execution of an event hosted by the author and her co-chair La'Mayah Hodges for Women's History Month and the research that was presented …


Examination Of Critical Greek Texts Of The New Testament Through Word Study Of Therapeuo, Joe Gulick May 2013

Examination Of Critical Greek Texts Of The New Testament Through Word Study Of Therapeuo, Joe Gulick

Honors Theses

This project seeks to examine the idea of healthcare within the New Testament of the Bible. A word study of the most prevalent Greek word for healing in the New Testament, therapueo, was done to illuminate the meanings behind these scriptural examples of healing. Five passages that included verses surrounding occurrences of therapeuo were selected to be translated. Four of these passages were from the book of Luke and the fifth was from Acts. The report consists of two parts. The first will discuss the word study conducted on therapeuo exclusively, and the second will expand on some of …