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Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Menopause, Middle Age, and the Social Worker, Bonnie C. Vatter
The relationship of weight loss to self concept in the mentally retarded adult, Pauline Bunting Wall
A manual for emergency room social workers, Jack West
Social Control Theory and Delinquency, Michael David Wiatrowski
Description and Analysis of the Public Guardian and Conservator Program in Multnomah County, Oregon, Dianne Wyers
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Personality Characteristics of Social Work Students and Choice of Social Work Practice Area, Linda A. Yegge and Francie E. Buktenica
Alternative Living Situation for Indian Youth, Colleen Lynn Langer Yost and Lloyd Blackstone Pinkham
Politics of land use : the lengthy saga of Senate bill 100, Kathleen Joan Zachary
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
An Exploratory Study of Adolescent Perceptions of Communication Behavior, Pat Adams and Marion Summers
Attitudes of Psychiatric Nurses and Aides at an Oregon State Hospital Toward Homosexuality, Don Andersen
Role Demands of Professional Women in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Soraya Wali El-Deen Assad
The Development of a Patient Satisfaction Evaluation System in a Family Practice Setting, Lynda Ater
Toward an understanding of men and masculinity: some dimensions of the social construction of knowledge in social work professional journals, Robert Bailey and Denny Patella
The Berrigans at Catonsville: a Case Study in Symbolic Behavior as Rhetoric, Susan Baker
English Renaissance Humanist Education, Lori Ann Bjornstad
Visual notes, fragments and allusions: drawing and painting thesis, Barbara Black
Self-Report of Illicit Adolescent Drug Use: a Methodological Discussion, Mario Bolivar, Judy Casey, Susan Goldsmith, and Stanley Hahn
A Descriptive Study of the Pragmatic Issues in Obtaining an Abortion Among Sixty-five Women at Lovejoy Specialty Hospital, Portland, Oregon, Barbara E. Bordner, Wendy Green, and Susie Milberg
The Effect of Declining Timber Supplies and Productivity Increases in the Forest Products Industries Upon Employment in Douglas County, Oregon, Patrick L. Burden
A Follow-up Study of Children Released From Child Care Centers, Tamsel Tack Cabrera
Middle and upper Eocene biostratigraphy (Foraminifera) of the Cascade Head area, Lincoln and Tillamook Counties, Oregon, Arden D. Callender Jr.
Gender Roles in the Camping Situation, Carol Alice Carlson
An Evaluative Study of Client Satisfaction at a Mental Health Clinic, Dianne E. Carlton
A Comparison of the Clinician-Client Interactions in Urban Language and Stuttering Clinics, Teresa M. Carnese