Photography in the Healing Process
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This 5 page paper looks at this type of art therapy. Uses discussed include hospitals, schools and nursing home settings. How photography is used in the healing process is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Paper Title: Photography in the Healing Process

“Universal Intelligence” and Homeostasis
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A 12 page discussion of “universal intelligence” as it relates to homeostasis. Defines this term from a more clinical perspective utilizing the workings of the body’s central nervous system. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Paper Title: “Universal Intelligence” and Homeostasis

"A Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Symptom Management in Patients with Advanced Cancer"
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A 7 page review of the research conducted by Sherwood, Given, Given, et. al. published in a 2005 edition of "Oncology Nursing Forum". Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Paper Title: "A Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Symptom Management in Patients with Advanced Cancer"

"Art" of Nursing/ Julia Cameron
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A 5 page research paper that examines the ramification that holistic nursing practice and theory is having on the profession. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Paper Title: "Art" of Nursing/ Julia Cameron

"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down": Culture and Medicine
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A 7 page review of the book by Anne Fadiman. The tale of a young Hmong girl whose treatment for a severe form of epilepsy is impended by miscommunications and misunderstandings between the medical establishment and her traditional family. The author of this paper asserts that a little more effort to communication with the family could have proven miraculous in terms of the positive impacts to the patient. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Paper Title: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down": Culture and Medicine

A Proposal for Evaluating Alternative Forms of Pain Management in Child Birth
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An 8 page contention that there is a considerable need forinvestigation into alternative forms of pain management in labor and delivery. The institutional concentration for pain management has been on the utilization of various drugs. In reality, pain management in labor delivery can include not only pharmacological approaches but also behavioral approaches such as the use of breathing exercises, imaging techniques, biofeedback, meditation, and distraction techniques such as the use of music. The author outlines the steps necessary to scientifically investigate the effectiveness of music therapy in this environment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Paper Title: A Proposal for Evaluating Alternative Forms of Pain Management in Child Birth

A Proposed Research Study To Investigate the Effect of Music in Postoperative Pain Management
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An 8 page proposal for a research study designed to evaluate the effect of music in pain reduction in elderly patients. This paper asserts that physiologic, pathophysiologic, and psychosocial patient variables influence patient recovery and stresses that nurses and other medical personnel need to make provisions for each of these variables both before and after surgery. The author contends that music in the postoperative environment could be tremendously effective in meeting the goal of pain reduction. Details a comparative study among two groups of elderly patients which is designed to evaluate this contention. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Paper Title: A Proposed Research Study To Investigate the Effect of Music in Postoperative Pain Management

A Proposed Study to Evaluate the Impact of Vegetarianism on Blood Sugar Level
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A 12 page proposal to evaluate the effect of a vegetarian lifestyle on blood sugar levels. The study is designed to assess individual's current approach to blood sugar levels, approaches that may or may not include medications and that may or may not include a vegetarian diet. Subjects are selected randomly and provided surveys through e-mail. Their reports as to their lifestyle choices are correlated with blood sugar analyses. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Paper Title: A Proposed Study to Evaluate the Impact of Vegetarianism on Blood Sugar Level

Acid Indigestion and Herbal Treatments
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the problem of acid indigestion and outlines some herbal treatments that are beneficial. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Paper Title: Acid Indigestion and Herbal Treatments

Acupuncture / Does It Work ?
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An 8 page research paper exploring the efficacy of the Chinese use of acupuncture. It is only during the last two decades that Western culture has begun to accept this 5,000 year-old treatment procedure. The fact that the reasons acupuncture works in so many cases cannot be scientifically identified has created barriers to the use of this therapy in Western medicine. Numerous research studies reported in this paper clearly reveal that acupuncture is more effective than traditional Western medicine in a number of conditions. The writer offers evidence of the benefits of this ancient Chinese medical treatment process. Bibliography includd.
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Paper Title: Acupuncture / Does It Work ?