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Mary Koithan, PhD

Recent Publications

Koithan, M. Home nutrition therapy: complications. National I.V. Therapy Association Journal 1985;12:124-9.

Koithan, M. Incorporating multiple models of awareness in nursing curriculum. In P. Chinn and J. Watson (Eds.) An Anthology of Art and Aesthetics in Nursing. New York: National League for Nursing; 1994.

Koithan, M. The seeing self: Photography and storytelling as a health promotion methodology. In P. Chinn and J. Watson (Eds.) An Anthology of Art and Aesthetics in Nursing. New York: National League for Nursing; 1994.

Koithan, M. The dance of human becoming: A theoretical perspective of health promotion and healing. Nursing & Health Research Papers 1996;1(1):259-266 .

Koithan, M. Aesthetics in nursing practice and education. Mental Health Nursing 1996;17(6):529-39.

Koithan, M. Healing images. In A. Kivela and R. Vitikka (Eds.) People, Environmental Conditions, and Health in the Arctic Region. Rovaniemi, Finland: Lapland College of Health Care Publications; 1997.

Koithan, M. & Tripoli, V. The human-environment connection: The relationship between nursing and environmental sciences. In A. Kivela and R.Vitikka (Eds.) People, Environmental Conditions, and Health in the Arctic Region. Rovaniemi, Finland: Lapland College of Health Care Publications; 1997

Merkle, C., Ritter, L., Moore, I., Koithan, M., & Pasvogel, A. Nursing research on injury mechanisms and related responses: A model of HIV wasting syndrome. Proceedings from the 33rd Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference: Western Institute of Nursing. Denver, CO; 2000.

Coffman, S. & Koithan, M. Advanced practice nursing: Outcomes defined. In L. Dunphy & J. Winland Brown (Eds.), Advanced Nursing Practice Situated in Caring. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis; 2001.

Braden, C. with G. Lamb, G & M. Koithan, (Eds.) Direct outcomes of case management: Involvement/participation, empowerment and knowledge: State of the science. Little Rock, AR: Case Management Society of America; 2002.

Bell, I., Koithan, M., Gorman, M. & Baldwin, C. Homeopathic practitioner views of changes in patients undergoing constitutional treatment for chronic disease. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine; 2003; 9(1):39-50.

Bell, I, Koithan, M. & DeToro, D. Patterns of curing/healing: Goals of homeopathic treatment. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies: An Evidence-based Approach, 2003; 8(4):508.

Caspi, O., Koithan, M. & Criddle, M. Alternative medicine or alternative patients: A qualitative study of patient-oriented decision-making processes with respect to complementary and alternative medicine. Medical Decision Making 2004;24(1):64-79.

Bell, I, Koithan, & DeToro, D. Outcomes of Homeopathic Treatment: Patient Perceptions and Experiences. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies: An Evidence-based Approach 2004;9(4):21

Koithan, M., Bell, I. & Campesino, M. Holographs and jigsaw puzzles: Processes of care and approaches to healing of classical homeopaths. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies: An Evidence-based Approach 2005;10(1):29.

Connor, M. & Koithan, M. The emerging science of energy healing. Beginnings 2006; 26(1): 1,26-27.

Maizes, V., Sliverman, H., Kligler, B., Koithan, M., et al. Integrative family medicine residency: Curriculum development and program evaluation. Academic Medicine. In press.

Lewith, G., Koithan, M., Verhoef, M., & Zick, S. Developing research capacity in complementary and alternative medicine: An international perspective. eCAM. In press.

Boon, H., MacPherson, H., Fleishman, S., Grimsgaard, S., Koithan, M., Norheim, A. & Walach, A. Evaluating complex healthcare systems: A critique of four approaches. eCAM In press.

Koithan, M. & Morehouse, J. Disease status, quality of life and functional status among persons with HIV disease. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. In press.

Fønnebø, V., Grimsgaard, S., Walach, H., Ritenbaugh, C., Koithan, M., Norheim, A., MacPherson, H., Lewith, G., Falkenberg, T., Boon, H., & Aickin, M. Researching complementary and alternative treatments: The gatekeeper is not at home. British Medical Journal. In review.