Pre-2018 Senior Honors Theses

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/6769

This collection contains theses produced by Honors College students

Browse

Recent Submissions

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Item
    When Physicians Terminate Patients: Assessing the Effects of Termination on Health Disparities, the Benefits of Cultural Competency, and Viable Solutions
    (2017-04) Vu, Peter
    Despite efforts to curb health disparities within the United States, the inequalities remain. Consequently, this thesis aims to reduce health disparities by examining patient termination due to a lack of cultural competency within a vaccination framework. This thesis begins by reviewing health disparities and the role of termination within medical care. That section is followed by a discussion of the barriers to cultural competency as a reason for termination using vaccination as a case study. Next, the thesis analyzes the benefits of cultural competency. It concludes with viable solutions and examples to improve health and health care within the United States.