Reports on research investigating links between the psyche and somatic diseases. (CP)

Examines the issues involved in Williams and Wilkins Co. v. United States in which a Court of Claims reversed the trial commissioner's decision that a library's distributing photocopied reprints of medical journal articles was copyright infringement. Argues that publishers of medical journals must be granted copyright protection against library…

Described are the program and the beginning activities of the department of preventive ophthalmology within the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School of Jerusalem. (GW)

Reports on the physical origins of spherical aberrations in axially symmetric electrostatic lenses to convey the essentials of electon optics to those who must think critically about the resolution of the electron microscope. (GS)

It is the responsibility of the athletic trainer to diagnose the nature and extent of an injury to an athlete, administer prompt first aid treatment, prevent any exacerbation of the injury, and hospitalize the patient quickly if it is necessary. The importance of these responsibilities is emphasized when an athlete suffers an injury to the abdomen…

The data contained in this report represents all of the 297,696 students, K-12, in the state of Nebraska. High levels of immunity are documented among children grades K-6. Some immunization levels of children grades 7-12 are yet below the 95 percent established as a minimum for the prevention of vaccine preventable diseases. Specifically, there…

The academic health center must move swiftly to develop institutionwide quality of care assurance programs that meet the review requirements of Title XI of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (PL 92-603). (Editor/PG)

Control mechanisms designed for the entire hospital industry cause severe problems for teaching hospitals. The author presents some of the deficiencies of past and present controls and suggests some approaches which would provide a more equitable treatment of teaching hospitals. (Editor)

Discusses problems caused by the migration of physicians and, to some degree, dentists and nurses from developing countries to more developed nations having market economics. Issues of quality are raised as are problems caused by the trend of practicing physicians toward greater and greater specialization at the expense of general practice and the…

The study reported suggests that an incorrect assumption has been made in the interpretation of Eron's findings leading to the conclusion that medical students become less socially concerned as they approach graduation. The present data indicate that the opposite is the case. (Editor)

In an attempt to systematize the teaching of interviewing, all verbal responses in interactions between medical students and patients were subsumed under 5 basic categories: evaluative, hostile, reassuring, probing, and understanding. It was demonstrated that students not only could recognize understanding responses but also could use them in…

This study, which is the first attempt to compare systematically the ability of different types of health professionals to effectively utilize the telephone in pediatrics, demonstrated shortcomings in the participants' education and indicated that curriculum changes were needed in the training of both medical and child health associate students to…

Describes the development of a Medical House Staff Group Practice at the University of Rochester Medical Center in lieu of the "traditional" outpatient program for house officers of the Department of Medicine. (Author)