3/31/2012

Depression and Mood Disorders in Later Life, Second Edition (Medical Psychiatry Series) Review

Depression and Mood Disorders in Later Life, Second Edition (Medical Psychiatry Series)
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I recently purchased this book and have found it to be well written with up-to-date information. I would recommend this to any practitioner working with older patients.

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Mood Disorders in Later Life examines the spectrum of mood disorders in older adults, focusing on major and nonmajor depressive disorders, bipolar disorder (manic and depressive phases), depression with psychotic features, and vascular depression. In depth discussions of diagnosis and treatment options including psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and ECT will help clinicians improve treatment outcomes in their elderly patients.This Second Edition, an update and expansion of the 2003 Depression in Later Life, includes many additional topics including discussion of the epidemiology of late life mood disorders, the diagnosis and treatment of late life bipolar disorder, use of non-ECT neurotherapeutic approaches, and the importance of open access to the full range of treatments.This comprehensive, single-source reference is ideal for all psychiatrists, neurologists, and primary care physicians and advanced practice nurses treating older adults.Additional topics include:overcoming barriers to treatmentcross-cultural issuesthe neurobiology of late life mood disordersmedical comorbiditydrug interactionsprevention of later life suicidemaintenance therapies

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Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation (Therapeutic Modalities For Physical Therapists) Review

Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation (Therapeutic Modalities For Physical Therapists)
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It is an ok book. I wish it had color pictures. It explains all the modalities used in therapy. I wish they has more concise tables summing up the parameter but it does the job.

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The most comprehensive book on therapeutic modalities

A Doody's Core Title!

Provides a theoretically based but practically oriented guide to the use of therapeutic modalities. Perfect for the required course in the Physical Therapy curriculum or as a clinical reference, the text features extensive use of case studies, laboratory activities, and a renown illustration program.
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Mastering Medical Sales - The Essential Attitudes, Habits & Skills of High-earning Medical Sales Professionals Review

Mastering Medical Sales - The Essential Attitudes, Habits and Skills of High-earning Medical Sales Professionals
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A strong message about selling in a difficult and oft-sterilized (pun intended) field. Selling in the medical devices field IS different and I learned some very practical tips and frameworks that I can use in my practice, with my clients. Buy the book, even if you're not selling devices.

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3/30/2012

Anatomic Basis of Neurologic Diagnosis Review

Anatomic Basis of Neurologic Diagnosis
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I was taken back by the surprisingly simple and easily understandable explanations. I found it comppelling as well as extremely informative. Five stars!

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Anatomic Basis of Neurologic Diagnosis is a lavishly illustrated book that places special emphasis on the paramount importance of signs and symptoms for the accurate diagnosis of neurologic disorders.It opens with a comprehensive review of neuroembryology, enabling readers to gain knowledge of normal nervous system development and related developmental disorders.The second section of the book comprises an easily accessible presentation of the anatomy of regional parts and to-the-point information on the cardinal manifestations of disease.Separate chapters in the third section of the book present the anatomy of different functional systems and provide practical approaches to diagnosing patients with system disorders.A final chapter covers the anatomy of the vascular system and cerebrospinal fluid.

Highlights:
-Practical organization of chapters, according to regions and functional systems, reflects the clinician's approach to patient care
-Full-color illustrations provide an indispensable visual aid to learning and reviewing clinically relevant neurologic anatomy and pathways
-Numerous tables summarize key points

Ideal for reading cover-to-cover, this book is essential for residents and students seeking to fully understand the complexity of clinical neuroanatomy.Seasoned clinicians will find the book a valuable refresher.

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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary -Thumb-Indexed Version Review

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary -Thumb-Indexed Version
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This dictionary has enough information to be useful for even the most learned medical professional and is still simple enough to use to be accessible to any mildly educated member of society. The dictionary is much more than simply a dictionary. Consisting of the vocabulary section and then some appendices, this 2270-page godsend is chockfull of definitions, examples, full-color diagrams, charts, diagnoses, and more. The preface to the dictionary actually lists all of the features of this cyclopedic dictionary, so I will regurgitate it here:
1. Vocabulary
2. Easy-to-Use Entry Format
3. Alphabetization
4. Eponyms (including biographies of those after whom things were named)
5. Definitions
6.Pronunciations
7.Singular/Plural Forms
8.Etymologies
9.Abbreviations
10. Encyclopedic Entries
11. Illustrations
12. Tables
13. Adjective Forms of Words
14. Cautionary Statements
15. Synonyms (Very helpful!)
16. Cross-References
17. Appendices (Basically all the stuff that doesn't fit well within the dictionary, like medical terminology prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms as well as lots of various classification schemes)
18. Nursing Diagnoses Appendix
The book comes with a trial subscription to Taber's Online. This is my only complaint. Taber's Online does not appear to have received the thorough thought that the printed version did. I found that it was generally unhelpful, but you don't have to pay any extra for it, so I'm not complaining, just commenting. Overall, I would strongly recommend buying the Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary.

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Taber's 19th defines approximately 56,000 terms in all, including 2200 new to this edition. It offers detailed illustrations, from anatomical drawings to radiologic images, all cross-referenced from their entries. The expanded appendices include a computer glossary and complementary medicine.

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The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide Review

The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
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This book explores the question of how doctors, who are sworn to do no harm, became the integral organizers and managers of the Nazi death camps. Through exhaustive interviews with these doctors, people who knew them, and camp survivors, Lifton arrives at more than just individual psychological profiles of these professional killers. He presents us rather with a dense, psychosocial exploration of the dynamics of state-organized terror, along with enough history to describe the milieu in which these dynamics evolved. (Many people will be surprised to discover that the eugenics movement, which fueled the Nazi terror, had a large following in the United States during the 1930's.)
The book reads like a novel in parts (especially the chapter on Josef Mengele). However, I found the introduction one of the most interesting sections; in it Lifton describes the process he went through to gather and analyze his data. This included interviewing ex-Nazi doctors, who suspected or knew outright that Lifton himself is Jewish. Lifton's descriptions of the verbal dances he and these doctors did around the German/Jewish conflict are fascinating.....For obvious reasons this book is not an "easy read," despite the quality of the writing. It will literally give you bad dreams. But it serves to instruct us about demons which still inhabit the collective human psyche, demons which we fail to acknowledge only at our peril. For this reason, if no other, it demands our attention.

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3/29/2012

Acupuncture Energetics: A Clinical Approach for Physicians Review

Acupuncture Energetics: A Clinical Approach for Physicians
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This is the premier textbook for the physician learning and practicing medical-based acupuncture. The scientific basis of acupuncture is well-covered, as is the traditional Chinese teaching. This book is for the serious student and is not a superficial presentation. The book is particularly useful as a companion text to the UCLA acupuncture course by Dr. Helms and as a daily reference for the practitioner. The depth of the work and the attention to detail are commendable. The writing style is imaginative. A pleasure to read and consult on a daily basis.

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This book offers pragmatic and clinically useful information for physicians seeking to integrate acupuncture into their medical practices. Beginning with the history and science of acupuncture. It is a guide through anatomy, physiology, pathology, examination and diagnosis, point location, and basic and advanced treatments. It includes proven techniques for treating musculoskeletal pain, migraines, gastrointestinal conditions, and substance abuse. The text also contains high quality photographs and illustrations for clear localization of channels and points. It is an ideal learning tool for practitioners looking to expand their practice or find a more versatile acupuncture approach.

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Thomson Delmar Learning's Administrative Medical Assisting, Book with CD-ROM, only Review

Thomson Delmar Learning's Administrative Medical Assisting, Book with CD-ROM, only
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the book in great condition but the 3 cd's not included and book had all answers written in book. very disappointed!!! false advertisement
i need the 3 cd's for my class!! now what do i do??????

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Delmar's Administrative Medical Assisting, Third Edition is part of a dynamic learning system that includes a textbook, workbook, interactive CD-ROM, and instructor support materials.The new edition maps to the latest CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Educational programs and the ABHES Program Requirements and Curriculum. Delmar is a part of Cengage Learning.This edition provides more opportunity for critical thinking through case studies, critical thinking questions, scenarios, and features tying to both of Delmar's Medical Assisting DVD series.The book also emphasizes softer skills such as professionalism and practical skills, including how to comply with HIPAA regulations and handle privacy issues on the job.

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The Abuse of Man: An Illustrated History of Dubious Medical Experimentation Review

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Captivating review of the history of experimentation on humankind that was carried out in the "furtherance of medicine" and the misrepresentations used to perpetuate the experimentation.
Recommended reading for anyone who works in the research field. I am sure that this would be a welcome gift to a physician or medical researcher.

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3/28/2012

Glaucoma Volume 1: Medical Diagnosis and Therapy: Expert Consult - Online and Print Review

Glaucoma Volume 1: Medical Diagnosis and Therapy: Expert Consult - Online and Print
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An enourmous effort was probably needed to compile all the information in the first of 2 volumes, but certainly the most recognized experts in each glaucoma area were recruited for this book.
The pictures are of high quality, a must for a disease were the crucial tip for a correct diagnosis and management is in the details. The publisher was also lavish in the full color illustrations in many chapters.
A worthwile addition for any ophthalmologist and indispensable for both glaucoma fellows and glaucoma enthusiasts.
Volume 2 is oriented to surgical treatment, has a DVD-ROM with many quicktime surgical videos of high quality.
Shaarawy had previously published Atlas of Glaucoma Surgery, but this 2-volume set can easily replace previous basic Glaucoma textbooks.

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Recent dramatic advances in diagnosis, as well as medical treatment, mean that you can offer your glaucoma patients more timely and effective interventions. Volume One in this brand-new clinical reference focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of glaucoma treatment, and the latest imaging techniques such as ultrasound biomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography as well as new compounds, combinations, and classes of drugs. You'll get the comprehensive, expert guidance you need to make optimal use of these new approaches.online and in print!
Presents world-class expertise through advice from leading specialists across six continents.
Covers hot topics such as ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT), the various types of glaucoma, alpha agonists, and more.Highlights nuances of glaucoma presentation in 600 high-quality images and photographs that help you visualize key diagnostic findings and operative procedures.
Features an entire section devoted to new horizons, including the latest in stem cell research, gene transfer, and implants.
Allows quick reference thanks to a well-organized, user-friendly full-color layout.
Provides access to the contents of the book online, fully searchable for rapid consultation from any place with an Internet connection.Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

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Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation, Fourth Edition Review

Visual Perception:  A Clinical Orientation, Fourth Edition
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Kudos to Dr. Schwartz for writing such a swell text. This book takes complicated subjects and condenses them into an easy afternoon read. If you read this book before taking Part I of NBEO, you'll greatly increase your chances of passing. The text essentially summarizes a significant number of concepts NBEO writes questions about. Thanks Doc Schwartz!

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The text that bridges the gap between basic visual science and clinical application – now in full color

Includes 3 complete practice exams!

A Doody's Core Title for 2011!

This comprehensive text on visual science is unique in that it highlights the fundamental aspects of monocular visual perception that are necessary to successful clinical practice. Recognized for its engaging, enjoyable style and ability to explain difficult topics in simple, easy-to-understand terms, Visual Perception goes well beyond the basics, including information from anatomy to perception.

Covering a broad range of clinically-relevant topics, including color vision and its defects, spatial vision, temporal aspects of vision, psychophysics, physiology, and development and aging, the Fourth Edition of Visual Perception has been updated to include full-color figures and many new clinical images. Each chapter has been revised to keep up with the latest advances in the basic sciences, and throughout the text the linkage between basic psychophysics and clinical practice has been strengthened.
Features
New full-color presentation with 250 illustrations, including color vision tests and fundus photographs
3 practice exams (more than 200 multiple-choice questions)
Self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter
Current references from leaders in each subfield

Enjoyable to Read AND Comprehensive!Experimental Approaches,Introductory Concepts,The Duplex Retina,Photometry,Color Vision,Anomalies of Color Vision,Spatial Vision,Temporal Aspects of Vision,Motion Perception,Depth Perception,Psychophysical Methodology,Functional Retinal Physiology,Parallel Processing,Striate Cortex,Information Streams and Extrastriate Processing,Gross Electrical Potentials,Development and Maturation of Vision,Practice Exams,Answers to Self-Assessment Questions,Answers to Practice Exams,References


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The Manufacture of Medical and Health Products by Transgenic Plants Review

The Manufacture of Medical and Health Products by Transgenic Plants
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This book about transgenic approaches in plant biotechnology was a great help for the preparation of my plant biochemistry final exam. It was really useful as a compilation of the recent status of semi- and fully transgenic applications in plants which combines the necessary basics with the outcomes and perspectives. A compact treatise like this one is not easy to find. The book would be very suitable both for applied plant sciences classes and those in bio-medical ethics. - I certainly have to recommend this title to students for the preparation of examinations in the mentioned level of advanced graduate studies.
The authors' statement in the preface is "in this book, we shall put man in the forefront." After a brief discussion about plant molecular genetics and a short introduction to immunology, the text directs towards a detailed discussion about how antibodies, vaccines, and other therapeutic compounds for human diseases can be manufactured by transgenic plants. Afterwards, the focus lies on risk management, safety in applications, and public acceptance issues. The book gives an important direction regarding applied plant genetics, updated in 2001.

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3/27/2012

Cancer Involvement Program: An Integrative & Holistic Approach to Conventional Medical Treatment (with CDs) Review

Cancer Involvement Program: An Integrative and Holistic Approach to Conventional Medical Treatment (with CDs)
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Cancer Involvement Program: An Integrative & Holistic Approach To Conventional Medical Treatment is an CD format, self-help, audiobook guide which focuses upon an holistic, mind-body approach to combating cancer. Tips, tricks, and techniques for using the power of the mind fill this meaningful collection from beginning to end. Listeners will learn how to make the most of guided imagery to help themselves upon a personal journey toward improved physical and spiritual health. Listeners will learn how to reduce their feelings of fear and powerlessness; reduce their mental and emotional depression; reduce their tension and stress levels; be able to enhance their body's immune response; enhance their ability to manage pain and reduce their physical suffering; deepen and hone their intuitive skills and decision making abilities; strengthen their will to live; and to identify, evaluate, and amend any unhealthy beliefs detrimental to the physical and emotional quality of their daily life. Sandy Jost's Cancer Involvement Program is strongly recommended for anyone who is having to deal with cancer in any of its forms.

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Include your most valuable asset in the treatment of cancer... your mind!Guided imagery is known to offer hope and a sense of control, by providing a three-dimensional approach to conventional medical treatment in the convenience of one's own home and at a fraction of the cost of a holistic center.This program includes a book of easy-to-understand basics of the bodymind connection, Understanding Your Journey, with information on nutritional and behavioral guidelines that are known to optimize the immune system.Also included is the interactive journal and sketch book, Documenting Your Journey, which is designed to encourage the expression of one's truest self.And perhaps most important of all, this program includes nine unique CD recordings of authentic guided imagery sessions that are easily integrated with today's conventional medical treatments for cancer. They will help to involve the body's innate abilities during the entire process of diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, etc.The incredible wisdom of the bodymind is a welcome addition to the more sterile process of many medical journeys. Learn how to add the science of guided imagery to conventional medical treatment for any cancer that can benefit from mental relaxation and a boost in the immune system. Just ask your doctor if you have a question, but here are just a few who have used guided imagery successfully: breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, brain tumors, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, bone cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, bladder cancer ... and more.Research has shown that guided imagery can:Reduce fear and powerlessness that can occur with cancer diagnosis.Reduce depression to instill confidence and optimism at a time when one feels lost.Reduce tension and stress at a time when the body needs help most.Enhance the immune response to assist in the body's natural ability to heal.Help manage pain and reduce unwanted suffering.Deepen intuitive skills and enable better choices.Deepen one's "will to live" ... an important factor in any prognosis.Help to evaluate and change unhealthy beliefs and attain overall a higher quality of life.

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Beyond Flexner: Medical Education in the Twentieth Century (Contributions in Medical Studies) Review

Beyond Flexner: Medical Education in the Twentieth Century (Contributions in Medical Studies)
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This is an absolutely excellent specimen of academic-technical writing! Dense with objective facts, it easily remains a fascinating read. Simply as non-fiction literature, despite its specialized focus, this is one of the very best books written. At the same time, it is satisfying at a specialist level with 33 pages of notes & judiciously selected bibliography. I warmly recommend the book to any serous-minded person who mightbe interested in the history of the systems and the physicians we rely on for our helathcare. I consider it fundamental reading for anyone who hopes to understand the historical or current healthcare problems we face.
The topic of healthcare (and the sub-topic on the training of doctors) is highly politicized and divisive - it "made" a US President. But by some miracles of recruitment and editing, Barzansky and Gevitz have assembled a collection of "chapters" by strong scholars that manages to address all the difficult problems and competing interests without descending into contentious pleading for one "side" or the other. Not a single dud item!
As a political "conservative" working in Canada's hospital industry, I had several corrections made to my misperceptions and yet never felt that "my" views were dealt with unfairly. I suspect that a "liberal" reader will have both experiences similarly.
Introduction
Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) was a "high school" principal, who became interested in medical training and competence as an outsider. He was supported by the Carnegie Foundation to conduct a survey of Medical Schools in Canada and the USA; this "Flexner Report" was very frank and caught the attention of the schools: "Medical Education in the United States and Canada", appearing in 1910. In the years following, huge changes transformed medical education in both countries.

Flexner is credited or blamed with the trends in medical education since his 1910 "Report"; but the trends were already underway when he wrote and his Report was a catalyst that speeded them up. The collection discusses many dimensions of the change since and in relation to the Report.
1. Abraham Flexner in Historical Perspective (Hudson)
Flexner, sponsored by the Carnegie Fnd, with the support of the AMA & AAMC, articulated ideas in his "Report" from Europe/Germany and in NA medical circles accepted. Med deregulated 1830-1870-1890 many bad schools. Importance of knowledge & science became apparent - universities became centres. Flexner recc: 1.fewer 2.better med schools, 3.college pre-req, 4.scientific approach, 5.research MDs, 6.university hosp, 7.state licensure. Flexner did not say all MDs must research or that clinical skill not vital; nor did he say Johns Hopkins model shd be copied.
2. The Growth and Divergence of the Basic Sciences (Barzansky)
Pre-1900 curriculum was repetitional, not graded. Flexner's "basic" sciences: anatomy [hist & embryo], physi'y [physio-bio-chem], pharmac'y, path'y, bactri'y, from biology, chemistry, physics. MD shd develop a scientific "spirit" w experiential learning in labs. Over the 20thC med-ed lab work grew in time but became mere exercise unrelated to MD work. MD salaries and growth of special sciences led to non-MD (i.e. PhD) as med-ed teachers. Need to integrate basic sci learning with goal of clinical competence. Reaction to rote labs and PhDs brought organ-system and problem-solving curricula, w basic depts serving med-ed goals. Stat of hours devoted to basic science varied over 20thC.
3. Clinical Education since Flexner or Whatever Became of William Osler? (Atwater)
The role of the practioner in medical education has declined since 1910. Factors: 1_university control of hospitals and full-time teachers, 2_technology and specialism, 3_financial control by bureaus, 4_economic prosperity and public support. Changes in a_Hospital enormous and high-tech, b_Curriculum overload and selection c_Patients of all classes d_Clinical teachers specialist or non-practitioners and declining physician authority e_Students less responsibility and focus on post-grad specialties.
4. Women in Medicine Since Flexner (Walsh)
The "heyday" until 70s for women in medicine was mid-19thC. However, [as w all med schools] quality was poor. Flexner recommended fewer but high-quality schools. School numbers fell dramatically and women were invited to apply to the remaining ones; however open and covert attempts to exclude women from med sch kept the number of women MDs low [until in 2005 women>men].
In 1971 a medical text was published including girlie pictures and locker-room humour (Becker et al. Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice) withdrawn from publication after objections from a Dr Ramey objection [feminist or obscenity issue?]
5. Abraham Flexner and the Black Medical Schools (Savitt)
At least 15 "black" medical schools were founded by black MDs in the late 19thC; two have survived but the others closed after median 8 yrs (mean 12 yrs); unable to sustain the finances related to quality expectations [false that difficulties were black-specific; see Hudson and Gevitz next]
6. The Fate of Sectarian Medical Education (Gevitz)
Ordinary mainstream M.D. medicine is "allopathic" (allo- a different health state follows treatment [term invented mid19thC abusively by Hahnemann infra]). "Sectarian" is any non-allopathic: homeopathy (Samuel Hahnemann 1755-1843), eclectic (Wooster Beach 1794-1868), [chiropractic, naturopathic, Chinese CTM, etc.] and DO osteopathy (Andrew Taylor Still 1828-1917) of which the theory stresses a holistic approach esp musculo-skeletal manipulation. The trends after Flexner to upgrade medical training were sidestepped by DOs because they did not then use drugs or invasion. The other sects did use drugs but could not keep up to the increasing standards and schools disappeared. But DOs continued with low standards improving only so much and fast as survival allowed. Then during WW II, they de facto filled in for the MDs who went to the forces (which did not want DOs). And as DOs' techniques expanded after 1945, they accepted the challenges to improve training so that they are similarly trained and functioning; both MD&DO are now accepted in the USA but not in most other places. [DO is a not merely a fancy chiropractor; USA-level medical training is very similar to the MD (as some DOs lament)]
7. American Health Services Since the "Flexner Report" (Anderson)
The history of the organization of health services in the US falls into three periods. 1875-1930 Infrastructure development and patient-pays free markets, physician quality doubtful rapidly improved; 1930-1965 3rd party insurer or employer left some people without affordable care and the CCMC (Ctt Costs Med Care), physician and hosp accreditation, and professional hosp administration, system controls; costs now growing too rapidly; "group practice/HMOs; 1965-future Medicare/Medicaid legislation begins a rapid growth of government oversight and controls; cost-plus funding for services proves "irresponsible"; new structures put quality at risk; seeking a way to incentivize low-cost high-quality; DRGs tried; reaction against specialization in favour of generalists; physicians will lose control over payment and system.
8. Trends in the Financing of Undergraduate Medical Education (Perloff)
USA - Federal govt interest in Med Ed (want more quality and quantity of MDs) was expressed from the 1940s on by attempts to provide funding to Med Schools for Med Ed, but faculty resisted/refused, because they wanted to prevent erosion of their academic freedom to control the curriculum and to keep numbers of MDs low (higher incomes), and until then Med Sch funding was private and from tuitions; starting in the 1950s the Govt tried a compromise by funding biomedical research which provided indirect revenues to the Med Schs, but it filled Med Schs w research-oriented profs who did not give the best clinical training, and when research funds began to decline in the 70s, the MedSchs needed another source; in the 80s, clinical reimbursements (ultimately Fed) were still generous, so this led to "Practice Plans" (at LHSC = GFTs) in which MDs joined a pool so that their billings went to support the MedSch and research before they got paid, but this led to a focus on revenues and constant clinical activity away from education and also away from a social responsibility ethic that had been part of medicine, so grads were shaped wrong.
9. Trends in the Use of Outpatient Settings for Medical Education (Barzansky & Perloff)
The normal work of physicians was once in the place of their patients, in ambulatory settings. Before 1920, this was reflected in the educational methods of the schools. But as hospitals became internally more specialized w the dominance of departmentalized science, the ambulatory patient was less interesting to the learned faculty who favoured more acute cases of the diseases under study, and clinics too miscellaneous, busy, and superficial for teaching; teaching became focussed on the inpatient units with student in rounds; after 1920 this led to the narrowing concept of the outpatient and the care there provided became less of a focus and unsystematic so that it was of little use in educating MDs; MDs who did not have outpatient training were incompetent to practice everyday med, and by 1950 this led to a search for solutions: preceptorships (apprenticeships), comprehensive care programs, (HMO settings), opportunities or programs stressing rural or general exposure to med care.

10. The Medical Curriculum: Developments and Directions (Baldwin)
There are many motives to change curriculums: MDs want to improve their profession, changes in the kind or number needed as health delivery systems...Read more›

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Pharmacological Control of Calcium and Potassium Homeostasis: Biological, Therapeutical and Clinical Aspects (Medical Science Symposia Series) Review

Pharmacological Control of Calcium and Potassium Homeostasis: Biological, Therapeutical and Clinical Aspects (Medical Science Symposia Series)
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Godfraind and the other editors assembled gathered the latest research information [for 1994] on the mechanics of Ca and K channels in cells. The emphasis is slightly different from other studies that looked at the functioning of these channels under varying cellular conditions. For example, in the book's papers, there is no explicit modelling of ion concentrations inside and outside the cell, that attempts to predict flow behaviour in this manner.
Instead, attention is a somewhat higher level. Looking at the pharmacology of how the channels respond to the application of various and numerous channel openers. Also, the cells are often studied in the context of where they are in an organism. One example being a paper on channel regulation for cardiac function.

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3/26/2012

Manual of Psychosocial Nursing Interventions: Promoting Mental Health in Medical-Surgical Settings Review

Manual of Psychosocial Nursing Interventions: Promoting Mental Health in Medical-Surgical Settings
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As a nurse working in a surgical environment who is concerned about providing holistic patient care I truly appreciated the scope of this text. This text serves two major functions in my opinion. First, it provides nurses without advanced psychiatric/mental health training many useful interventions for mentally ill patients in med/surg settings. These interventions also provide the practicing nurse with a review of the major problems associated with the disease and alert the nurse to relevant concerns patients may have. Secondly, this text provides a framework for medical/surgical nurses to incorporate mental status into daily nursing assessments which usually give scant attention to emotional health. As hospital stays continue to shorten (although with less rapidity than forecasters predicted) and previously hospital-based procedures are converted to outpatient visits, the push is on for shorter overall in-patient stays. A large body of scientific evidence supports the role of emotional health in promoting physical health and overall recovery from invasive procedures. It has become necessary for med/surg nurses to examine the emotional status of patients and intervene to promote faster recovery and successful outcomes. This book is a valuable tool to assist the professional nurse in this endeavor. Unfortunately, the book fails to address many psychosocial implications of medical disorders and surgical procedures. An expansion of this subject might include discussions about the psychosocial effects of specific procedures (angiograms, CABG procedures, hip and other joint replacements). Overall this is a useful reference manual that I recommend for med/surg nurses at all levels.

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Medical embryology: Human development--normal and abnormal
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This reference is dated but is still useful and widely available here and there throughout the world. This reference provides an introduction to human embryology, with emphasis on medically-related topics.

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