Browsing by Author "Medical Family Therapy"
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African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes : A Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Approach
Hames, April M. (East Carolina University, 2010)This dissertation consists of two articles written to address the context of type 2 diabetes care in African American women. In addition, the proposal and required Institutional Review Board (IRB) documentation are included ... -
Biopsychosocial Health of Military Members and their Spouses
Lewis, Melissa E. (East Carolina University, 2012)Military members and their spouses experience unique stressors compared to civilian couples, making them vulnerable for physical, psychological, and relational health concerns. A systematic literature search, exhaustive ... -
Issues in Rural Pediatric Primary Care
Borst, Christine E. W. (East Carolina University, 2013)Children in rural areas experience health disparities above and beyond their urban and suburban counterparts. In order to explore the needs of children and their families in rural health care settings, two research articles ... -
Medical Family Therapy : Conceptual Clarification and Consensus for an Emerging Profession
Tyndall, Lisa E. (East Carolina University, 2010)The term Medical Family Therapy (MedFT) was coined in the early 1990s (McDaniel, Hepworth, & Doherty, 1992a) by a team of family therapists and a family psychologist. Since then there has been growing interest in MedFT, ... -
MEDICAL PROVIDERS' VIEWS OF MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED ILLNESS AND MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS
Harsh, Jennifer Serene (East Carolina University, 2013)Patients who present with medically unexplained illnesses or medically unexplained symptoms (MUI/S) tend to be higher utilizers of healthcare services and have significantly greater healthcare costs than other patients, ...