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[Nine Book Reviews], Paul R. Gastonguay

The Linacre Quarterly

• Death Inside Out: The Hastings Center Report, edited by Peter Steinfels and Robert M. Veatch.
• Living and Dying at Murray Manor, by Jaber E. Gubrium.
• How to Face Death Without Fear: Selections from the book "Preparation for Death" by St. Alphonsus Liguori, edited by Norman J. Muckerman.
• The Dilemmas of Euthanasia, edited by John A. Behnke and Sissela Bok.
• Death and Beyond, by Andrew Greeley.
• Handbook on Euthanasia, by Susan M. and Robert L. Sassone.
• The Release of the Destruction of Life Devoid of Value, by Karl Binding and Alfred Hoche, with comments …

Perceptual Motor Ability Of Young Children As A Factor Affecting How Individual D.A.P. Characteristics Measure Self-Concept, Gregory F. Cvetkovic

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Kalamazoo County Jail Rehabilitation Program, Janice Eileen Grady

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Investigations In Social Role Theory, Social Functioning, Role Conflict, Role Strain, Role Ambiguity, And A Proposal For Continued Research, Dennis A. Hunyadi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Psychodramatic Treatment Techniques With Prisoners In A State Of Role Transition, Kenneth Byrne

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

One of the inevitable results of incarceration is the difficulty faced by the offender at the time of his release in his re-entry to a free society. He must adjust to a system which in today's rapidly changinq, technological world, has often chanoed drastically since the time of his entry. The prisoner has had an extended period of time in the prison community in which to warm up to the role of inmate, with its concommitant behavior. (Johnson, Savitz & Wolfgang, pp. 383-496).

Commencement Program 1976, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1976 Events of Commencement

3 | Conferring of Degrees

7 | Candidates for Degrees

25 | Awards

27 | Academic Costume

An Examination Of The Relationship Between Population Density, Density Related Social Factors, And Physical Morbidities, Douglas King Huebner

Dissertations and Theses

The relationship between the number of persons per room in the home and the relative occurrence of stress-related morbidities of hospitalized patients is investigated. The social factors of age, social class, and level of social support also are examined as they relate to both density and morbidity type occurrence. The population under study is composed of all Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program members twenty years of age and older, discharged from Bess Kaiser Hospital during 1974, and whose diagnosed morbidity was included in specific morbidity categories. All data were obtained through the facilities of the Health Services Research Center, Kaiser Foundation …

[Book Review Of] Poverty And Health: A Sociological Analysis, Edited By John Kosa And Irving K. Zola, Roger J. Bulger

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] A Handbook For The Study Of Suicide, Edited By Seymour Perlin, Monica Dickens

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Legal Challenges To Behavior Modification: Trends In Schools, Corrections And Mental Health, By Reed Martin, George J. Annas

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Current Literature, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

Material appearing below is thought to be of particular interest to Linacre Quarterly readers because of its moral, religious, or philosophic content. The medical literature constitutes the primary but not the sole source of such material. In general, abstracts' are intended to reflect the substance of the original article. Contributions and comments from readers are invited. (E. C. Laforet, M.D. , 2000 Washington St. , Newton Lower Falls, MA. 02162.)

Upward Mobility Potential Attitudes Toward Mental Illness And Working-Class Youth, Gary Rosenberg, Honey A. Mendelson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The investigators were interested in assessing the relationship between upward mobility potential and attitudes toward mental illness. For the 147 male adolescents studied, it was hypothesized that those working-class youth who demonstrated a high predictability of future upward social mobility would score more liberally on the five factors of the Opinions about Mental Illness Scale than those working-class youth who demonstrated a low predictability of future upward social mobility. Through the use of the aforementioned scale, the Otis Quick Scoring Mental Ability Test and Zero Order Correlations, the hypothesized relationship was confirmed; i.e., the upwardly mobile group was significantly more …

Opinions Of Logan City Residents Towards The Bear River District Health Department, Darrell R. Borrowman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions and perceptions of the residents of Logan, Utah, concerning the role and responsibilities of the Bear River District Health Department, and whether those opinions and perceptions differed among low, middle and high income families; among residents having a high school degree or less, a bachelor's degree or less, or a graduate degree or less; and among men and women. A survey instrument was administered to a stratified random sample of 150 residents.

The data collected indicated that: (1) the majority of the residents of Logan, Utah, were not aware of …

Consumer Satisfaction With Services In A Mental Health Center, Sandra M. Hare

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An exploratory study was done with descriptive comparative components to examine the levels of consumer satisfaction at a mental health center, and there was also the intent to determine if satisfaction or dissatisfaction in one area of service affected the general satisfaction level. In addition, other variables and demographic data included in the questionnaire were examined.

Data collection was done by the use of a 23-item questionnaire that was administered to three departments of service, Outpatient, Drug Abuse, and Day-care, at North Orange County Mental Health Services. The sample group consisted of any adult in treatment who had made three …

An Examination Of "Right To Treatment" Standards: Mental Health Policy Within The Context Of The State Hospital System, Kathryn Glass

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper discusses the use of court-imposed standards for public mental hospitals as a method of improving public mental health services. The standards set out in Wyatt v. Stickney are examined, and the author concludes that if implemented nationally such standards would transform the public hospitals. In addition, implementation would alter the power structure of mental health workers, effect the allocation of state and federal funds, and influence the larger system of mental health services. Socio-economic characteristics of public mental hospital patients, and an assessment of present care in this system are presented as central issues in mental health policy …

The Living Together Arrangement: Social Work And The Lost Client, Robert W. Weinbach, Anne C. Blankenship, Sarah M. Friedman, Judy C. Rutledge, Claudia A. Thompson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A recent research study suggests that persons living together outside of marriage do not view social work services as a potential source of help for problems brought into the living together arrangement, those common to all intimate long-range dyadic relationships or those directly related to choice of lifestyle. A multi-faceted approach is suggested which would aim at reaching this potential client group in a climate which will neither stigmatize or judge the alternate lifestyle or the persons who practice it.

An Inter-Rater Reliability Study On The Multi-Dimensional Outcome Measure, Grace Boys

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to explore the inter-rater reliability of the Multi-Dimensional Outcome Measure (MDOM) in the following areas: overall reliability, differences in reliability between samples, differences in reliability between scales, and increasing reliability over time. The study was to assist mental health professionals by clarifying the technical properties of an evaluation tool which could be used to document program outcomes for policy makers and to develop more effective treatment methodologies.

The MDOM was administered to two groups, a mentally and emotionally disturbed sample of thirty-five Subjects from an inpatient facility and a normal sample of thirty-three community …

The Paraprofessional Polemic: Investigating The Case Of The Paraprofessional In The Community Mental Health Center, William Joseph Riley

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (March 1976), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The March 1976 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Founders Day/Alumni Dinner Dance
• Reunions
• Alumni Board Meets
• New Appointments
• Board Members Elected
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital and Health Care Centers
• People
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

The Role Of The Church In Making Bio-Medical Decisions, Maurice J. Dingman

The Linacre Quarterly

Following is the text of an address delivered by Bishop Dingman at the joint meeting of NFCPG and the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in September, 1975, in Washington, D.C.

The author has been Bishop of Des Moines since 1968. In this article, he confronts such problems as static us. dynamic mentality and classical us. historical consciousness. He stresses the need for an understanding of Christian Community and for a commitment to personal holiness.

[Book Review Of] Contemporary Medical Ethics, By John F. Dedek, Eugene F. Diamond

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] The Courage To Fail: A Social View Of Organ Transplants And Dialysis, By Renee C. Fox And Judith P. Swazey, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

A Confidant's Effect On Institutionalized Elders, Marcia L. Johansen

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program, Nathan Maccoby

Consumer Behavior in the Health Marketplace: Symposium Proceedings

This afternoon I want to tell you about the results of a major study we have been doing as a part of the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program. The Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program is an interdisciplinary project directed by Dr. John W. Farquhar, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and I am co-director. This paper was really co-authored by fifteen people as part of an interdisciplinary team. With a group of different people like this, we had to spend a significant amount of time trying to teach each other our respective professional languages. Initially, communication within our group was …

Vital Signs, January, 1976, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A four page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Texas Eastern University Catalog, 1976-1977, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Schizophrenia: Institutionalization And Dependence, Jerry L. Boyd

Masters Theses

The review of the literature dealt with dependence in mental patients. Additional focus was given to the process of patienthood as it relates to the acquisition of dependence. Research on schizophrenia was then discussed and the special interaction of the schizophrenic and the environment was explicated. Finally, attention was given to the unique relationship between the schizophrenic mental patient and dependence.

57 Ss from a rural area in the midwestern United States were given the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (Form C). Ss were divided into 3 groups. The groups were matched according to age, sex, race, marital status, and education. …

Sexual Adjustment After Myocardial Infarction, Brenda Hove Long

Theses and Dissertations

"Cardiovascular diseases claim more American lives than all other causes of death combined,”¹ as stated in the American Heart Association's Heart Facts 1975. In 1972, it was estimated that 1,036,560 individuals died of cardiovascular disease; 683,100 of these were attributable to acute myocardial infarction.² In addition, an estimated 28,420,000 Americans have some type of cardiovascular disease at a cost of $20 billion annually.³ The figures ”bring home" a stalking reality; cardiovascular disease is epidemic in this country, the incidence and ramifications of which make it an ever-present threat to all Americans. The greatest threat is heart attack, …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (December 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The December 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• PCOM Alumnae
• Listing of Alumnae
• Microfilm
• People
• News from the Hospital
• Student Council Christmas Show
• AOA Convention
• New Appointments
• PCOM's New Look
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

The Runaways, Richard David Young

IUSTITIA

At the present stage of development, the varied literature on runaway children and adolescents provides little basis for firm conclusions. The apparent heterogeneity of runaways has yet to be fully realized in conceptual or research attempts, although efforts in that direction are beginning. There appears to be little utility or meaning in assigning runaway behavior solely to categories of delinquency or psychopathology. Such efforts have done little to clarify the meaning of running away or to define the important environmental factors and personality features involved in running away. To some extent their greatest impact has been on the restriction of …