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Identification Of Roach’S Concepts Of Caring In Sophomore Nursing Students At A Women’S Prison, Mary Ann Burnam, Mary Mckelvey Apr 2013

Identification Of Roach’S Concepts Of Caring In Sophomore Nursing Students At A Women’S Prison, Mary Ann Burnam, Mary Mckelvey

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The concept of caring has been identified with nursing since its professional organization. Several theories of caring have been developed and some adopted for instruction and implementation in nursing programs. This study’s aim was to identify caring attributes exhibited in a group of sophomore nursing students who had their maternity experience in a women’s prison. A focus group of six students responded in a semi-structured interview about their experiences with pregnant prisoners. The interview was recorded, transcribed and analyzed for Roach’s five caring concepts. The qualitative analysis revealed that sophomore nursing students manifested the caring concepts in their experience with …


Dr. Snook And The Coed: The Theora Hix Affair And Murder, James R. Hennessy Apr 2013

Dr. Snook And The Coed: The Theora Hix Affair And Murder, James R. Hennessy

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Dr. James Howard Snook was born in South Lebanon, Ohio in Warren County in 1879. He was both an alumnus and later a faculty member of the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1922 Dr. Snook married Helen Marple and had a daughter. In 1926 Dr. Snook began an affair with an OSU medical student, Theora Hix. The affair lasted about 2 years. During a visit in 1929 Theora Hix allegedly threatened to harm Dr. Snook's wife and child. Dr. Snook murdered her and was sentenced to death in February of 1930.


The Murder Trials Of Harry K. Thaw (1907 And 1908) And Dr. Arthur Waite (1916) And The Perplexing Concept Of “Constitutional Inferiority”, Emil R. Pinta Apr 2013

The Murder Trials Of Harry K. Thaw (1907 And 1908) And Dr. Arthur Waite (1916) And The Perplexing Concept Of “Constitutional Inferiority”, Emil R. Pinta

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The murder trials of Harry Thaw, in 1907 and 1908, and dentist Dr. Arthur Waite, in 1916, were “celebrity trials” that received widespread newspaper coverage. As such, they brought psychiatry and psychiatric diagnosis into the public’s awareness.