Category Archive for: "healthcare"

Medical Professionals’ Sensitivity to Patient’s Religious and Spiritual Backgrounds and It’s Effects on Prevention, Treatment, and/or Recovery in the United States

July 5, 2019 healthcare

This thesis reviewed the current cultural, religious and spiritual concerns of a patient, regarding the relationship between the patient and medical professional. Common issues medical [...]
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TC Co-director published in JHCC

April 30, 2019 healthcare, News, research

Along with Qian Zhang, Jess Shenkel, Sara Paasche-Orlow, Elizabeth Howard, Margaret Bryan, and John N. Morris, Wendy Cadge has published a new article in Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. You [...]
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Independent, dependent, and other variables in health care and chaplaincy research

January 28, 2019 healthcare

This article begins by defining the term variable and the terms independent variable and dependent variable, providing examples of each. It then proceeds to describe and discuss synonyms for the [...]
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Fundamentals of measurement in health care research

January 28, 2019 healthcare, Uncategorized

This article discusses levels of measurement and their application to research and practice in health care. The concept of levels of measurement was codified in a seminal article by S. S. Stevens [...]
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Research designs and making causal inferences from health care studies

January 28, 2019 healthcare

This article summarizes the major types of research designs used in healthcare research, including experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational studies. Observational studies are divided [...]
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