GSLC LibGuides: Selected GSLC Dissertations by Subject: Healthcare

All GSLC dissertations can be found at the link below. Search by author, keyword, topic, etc. Our dissertations are published in Open Access.

https://aura.antioch.edu/mlphdlcuw/

Therapists Who Specialize in Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis of a Stigmatized Profession by Heather J. Humphrey-Leclaire
Publication Date: 2020

Method: grounded situational analysis
Keywords: Stigma; Stigma-by-Association; Burnout; Discrimination; Substance Abuse Treatment; Professionalization; Substance Abuse Counselors; Addiction Treatment; Addiction Counselors; Wellness; Recovery; Thriving
Understanding the Context and Social Processes that Shape Person- and Family-Centered Culture in Long-Term Care: The Pivotal Role of Personal Support Workers by Ellen Helena Melis
Publication Date: 2020

Method: Case Study
Keywords: long-term care; person-centered care; personal support workers; relational care; relational leadership; leadership development; organizational culture; culture change; complex adaptive systems; grounded theory; situational analysis; leadership
When Bad Genes Ruin a Perfectly Good Outlook: Psychological Implications of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer via Narrative Inquiry Methodology by Cammi Clark
Publication Date: 2019

Method: Narrative
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Breast Reconstruction; HBOC; Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer; Narrative Medicine; Narrative Inquiry; Psychology of Cancer; Story; Storytelling
Is It Who Am I or Who Do You Think I Am? Identity Development of Adolescents With Substance Use Disorders by Danielle N. Treiber
Publication Date: 2019

Method: Grounded Theory; Situational Analysis
Keywords: Adolescence; Youth; Development; Identity; Self; Self-Concept; Substance Use; Substance Use Disorders; Drug use; Drug Culture; Addiction Culture; Leadership; Qualitative; Grounded Theory; Situational Analysis
Servant Leadership Characteristics and Empathic Care: Developing a Culture of Empathy in the Healthcare Setting by Mark Anthony Martin
Publication Date: 2019

Method: Mixed methods
Keywords: Empathy; Empathic Care; Empathetic; Healthcare; Mid-Level Practitioners; Mixed Methods; Servant Leadership; Healthcare Consumerism; Health Systems; Hospitals; Medical Group Practices; Nurse Practitioners; Physician Assistants; Servant Leadership Pillars
Revealing Grace: The Lived Experiences of America's Post-9/11 Military Caregivers by Jennifer J. Hunter
Publication Date: 2017

Method: Narrative
Keywords: military spouses; caregivers; PTSD; TBI; family members; polytrauma triad; secondary traumatic stress; veterans; narrative inquiry; lived experiences; Elizabeth Dole Foundation; Hidden Heroes; posttraumatic ; wives; brain injury
Practicing Sacred Encounters: A Narrative Analysis of Relational, Spiritual, and Nursing Leadership by Margaret Woodrow Mark
Publication Date: 2017

Method: Narrative
Keywords: nursing; nurse managers; leadership; nurses; relational leadership; spiritual leadership; spirituality; organizational culture; narrative inquiry; organizational psychology
Canadian Nurse Leaders' Experiences with and Perceptions of Moral Distress: An Interpretive Descriptive Study by Jodi-rae Kortje
Publication Date: 2016

Method: thematic analysis
Keywords: moral distress; nursing leadership; interpretive description; experiences; strategies; lessons; recommendations; Canada; ethics
Urban Indian Perspectives of Traditional Indian Medicine by Annette Squetimkin-Anquoe
Publication Date: 2013

Method: Ethnographic Futures Research
Keywords: Native Americans; Ethnographic Futures Research; Urban Indians; Traditional Indian Medicine; Indigenous Leadership; Traditional Healing Practices; Traditional Knowledge; Indigenous Knowledge; Ethnomedicine; Spiritual Healing