Thesis (M.A. in English)--Vanderbilt University, May 2005. / Available in both PDF and MS-WORD file formats. Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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Cheng Po Chu. / Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references. / ABSTRACT --- p.1 / Chapters / Chapter I. --- BACKGROUND --- p.2 / Chapter II. --- OVERVIEW OF HISTORY-TAKING EXPERT SYSTEMS --- p.3 / Chapter II.1 --- Structure of Diagnostic systems --- p.3 / Chapter II.2 --- Present Design --- p.4 / Chapter III. --- LOGICAL APPROACH TO HISTORY TAKING --- p.5 / Chapter III.1 --- Objectives of Taking a Medical History --- p.5 / Chapter III.2 --- Process of History Taking --- p.6 / Chapter III.3 --- The Art of Asking Questions --- p.8 / Chapter III.4 --- Implementation Problems --- p.9 / Chapter III.4.1 --- Question of Users --- p.9 / Chapter III.4.2 --- Question of the End Point --- p.10 / Chapter III.4.3 --- Analysis Problems --- p.10 / Chapter IV. --- DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM --- p.11 / Chapter IV.1 --- DATA REPRESENTATION --- p.11 / Chapter IV.1.1 --- Diagnosis --- p.11 / Chapter IV.1.2 --- Symptoms --- p.12 / Chapter IV.1.3 --- Patient History --- p.14 / Chapter IV.2 --- KNOWLEDGE --- p.15 / Chapter IV.3 --- INFERENCE ENGINE --- p.19 / Chapter IV.4 --- TEACHING MECHANISM --- p.24 / Chapter IV.4.1 --- Diagnostic Module --- p.24 / Chapter IV.4.2 --- Teaching Module: --- p.24 / Chapter V. --- STATISTICAL STUDY --- p.26 / Chapter VI. --- SAMPLE RUNNING OF THE PROGRAM: --- p.27 / Chapter VI.l. --- DIAGNOSTIC MODULE --- p.28 / Chapter VI.1.1 --- "Demographic Data, Chief Complaint and History of Present Illness" --- p.28 / Chapter VI.1.2 --- Related Symptoms --- p.30 / Chapter VI.1.3 --- Symptom Descriptors --- p.30 / Chapter VI.1.4 --- Deduction and Ask Cycle --- p.30 / Chapter VI.1.5. --- Summary --- p.31 / Chapter VI.1.6 --- Record in casebook --- p.32 / Chapter VI.2 --- THE TUTORING MODULE --- p.32 / Chapter VI.2.1 --- Demographic Data and Chief Complaint --- p.32 / Chapter VI.2.2 --- Advises and History of Present Illness --- p.33 / Chapter VI.2.2.1 --- Advises --- p.33 / Chapter VI.2.2.2 --- Summary --- p.34 / Chapter VI.2.2.3 --- History of Present Illness --- p.34 / Chapter VI.2.2.4 --- Advises again --- p.35 / Chapter VI.2.2.5 --- History of Present Illness again --- p.36 / Chapter VI.2.2.6 --- Advises again --- p.36 / Chapter VI.2.2.7 --- Summary again --- p.37 / Chapter VI.2.2.8 --- History of Present Illness again --- p.37 / Chapter VI.2.2.9 --- Offer of advice and Summary again --- p.38 / Chapter VI.2.3 --- Termination --- p.38 / Chapter VI.3 --- RETRIEVING CASES AND SUMMARIZING --- p.39 / Chapter VII. --- PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM --- p.43 / Chapter VIII. --- FURTHER DEVELOPMENT --- p.44 / CONCLUSION --- p.46 / REFERENCES: --- p.46 / ACKNOWLEDGMENT: --- p.46

Thesis (MTech. degree in Business Information Systems.)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2008. / This study is about exploring and understanding the collective work activity involved in medical record keeping for patients within a district hospital. The unit of analysis was the activity of medical record keeping as a system.

In recent years, with the development of DNA tests and genetic knowledge, there has been a growth of genetic counseling services and research in Canada and Japan. Although the uniqueness of genetic services in medicine lies in the preliminary assessment of the entire family rather than a single patient, few attempts have been made by social scientists to examine the technical and social construction of family trees and medical pedigrees. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how the family data taken by genetic counselors are transcribed as medical pedigrees and used by associated health care workers in different cultural settings. The comparative analysis was based on an ethnographic approach that included participant-observation in genetic counseling sessions, interviews with clinical workers, and content-analysis of medical textbooks. The findings include three major points: (1) cultural views of the family are taken for granted by genetic counselors; (2) the process of documenting family data consists of four stages: primary transcription, secondary transcriptions, combination and publications; (3) the clinical workers' use of medical pedigrees results in the construction of family history as part of the present family illness.

This thesis critically reviews medical journal literature on the physician-patient interview. The review focuses on literature which is written by and for physicians, in Canadian and American, English language medical journals. Articles, essays and letters to the editor are examined as a cultural exchange amongst physicians that both shapes and is shaped by the values of the medical profession. Chapter One presents literature concerning physician-patient communication in general. The following Chapters Two, Three and Four ("The Physician as Medical Interpreter," "Physician and Patient: in Conflict and in Silence," and "The Patient as Narrator,") focus on themes in the medical journal literature written by physicians on the clinical interview. These Chapters examine the values, explicit and implicit, of this literature. The values are examined for possible epistemological origins in traditional medical ethics, philosophical bioethics, contemporary social movements for the dignity and rights of the individual, and other sources. Thematic shifts in these values over the past twenty years, and the sources of these shifts, are also examined. Finally, the Conclusion evaluates the significance of this literature for the development of a medical morality.

Thesis (DScPT)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed on June 23, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-37).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brandeis University, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 29, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 321-350).

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2006. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1438489. ProQuest document ID: 1240705311. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34)