Good idea that came to me today!

 I had a great idea!  Tell me what you think of my idea.  I would like to read the whole dissertation and reach out to Dr. Barbara Buchanan, LMFT, who wrote the dissertation on alopecia areata, which is an autoimmune disease that strips the patient of all their hair.  Her dissertation is unique because she uses family systems theory to see how the disease affects the family.  Linda Brock, her dissertation chair and professor Emerita at TWU, died this past July 2024.  I would have liked to talk to her.


Specifically, I wanted to talk to her about research methods and how she got IRB approval for such a sensitive topic.  I do not want to throw away my original research idea of studying adolescent chemotherapy-induced alopecia.  I know it's different, but I'd love some feedback.  I would like to study the same population but modify my topic a bit.  I will do a Literature Review shortly.


Thanks for reading!  Stay tuned!

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