THIS IS THE SEVENTH LISTING OF SPECIAL CLINICAL FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN COMPILED BY THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE. THE CLINICS WHICH ARE LISTED CAN BE DEFINED AS OUTPATIENT MEDICAL FACILITIES PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION, TREATMENT, OR FOLLOWUP SERVICES PRIMARILY TO CHILDREN…

ITEMS ON BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN THE MANTOR LIBRARY AT FARMINGTON STATE COLLEGE INCLUDE 468 REFERENCES TO BOOKS, RESEARCH REPORTS, CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS, CONVENTION REPORTS, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES. SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDED ARE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, DELINQUENCY, SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT, PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND TRAINING.…

DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN ESSENTIAL CORE OF INFORMATION, THIS BOOK TREATS NORMAL AND ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION OF THE LIPS AND PALATE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE SPEECH. PROBLEMS OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, HEARING, AND SPEECH IN CLEFT LIP OR CLEFT PALATE INDIVIDUALS ARE DISCUSSED. NASAL RESONANCE…

The health care organization, as a specialized organizational setting, has some characteristics that make it of special concern to the conflict theorist. In a health care setting, conflict may arise as a result of (1) the complexity of medicine and the bureaucracy of health care delivery, (2) the problems of acquiring relevant information from…

The second of eight delegate workbooks prepared for the May, 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals contains ballots for the workshop on health concerns related to treatment, research and technology. The ballots are intended to enable delegates to assign priorities to various issues and proposals in a way that reflects conclusions…

This manual is designed to train those helping professionals working with youth overseas, military personnel, and community service organizations in the area of drug abuse prevention and treatment. The resource modules focus on the following areas of concern: (1) introduction to prevention and treatment; (2) perspectives on substance use and…

MODERN ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE HAVE PRECIPITATED THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE UP-TO-DATE HOSPITAL FACILITIES REASONABLY CLOSE TO ALL PEOPLE. RURAL COMMUNITIES HAVE UTILIZED FEDERAL AID, STATE AID, ASSISTANCE FROM FOUNDATIONS, CIVIC BONDS, AND VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS AND DRIVES TO ERECT AND EQUIP HOSPITALS. HOSPITAL CARE FOR RURAL PEOPLE USUALLY…

BECAUSE OF THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WHICH TEENAGE PREGNANCIES PRESENT TO THE UNWED GIRL, HER CHILD, AND THE COMMUNITY, A COMPREHENSIVE, INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE SYRACUSE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, UPSTATE MEDICAL…

Applications of the new media to the study and practice of medicine is the concern of all three articles in this journal. Two of the articles discuss the idea and application of Tele-Diagnosis, a system whose function is to determine if effective physician-supervised emergency care can be delivered to an individual some distance from the physician…

This study sought to determine over-all growth patterns of employment in health related establishments, to project needs for 48 selected occupations through 1973, and to identify current job opportunities, training needs, and employment problems. With medical and health services growing so fast, federal agencies predict an average need of 10,000…

Intended for personnel of ambulatory health care facilities, the manual provides guidelines for the detection, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect cases. Provided in the introduction is a statement of purpose, a brief history of child abuse, a definition (from the federal law), and incidence estimates. Identification is discussed…

This report examines the relationship between maternal medication during labor and mother-infant interaction on the third day of life. Subjects were 45 black low-income mothers and their healthy full-term infants. The mothers' perinatal drug history was obtained, and a coded observational schedule was used to record maternal and infant behaviors…

This literature review has been prepared as one aid in the process of outlining indicators of minimally acceptable performance of practicing licensed physicians in the service of the Department of Health in Puerto Rico as part of the University of Puerto Rico's Special Curso de Perfeccionamiento, a course that was developed for unlicensed…

This book is addressed to police administrators, hospital administrators, prosecutors, and citizens involved in community action who are prepared to re-examine their agencies' response to cases of rape. It provides information and analysis to spark such a review and outlines suggestions for coping with problems that commonly hinder change. The…

This book includes topics on the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results reporting of human cancer. An anatomy section describes various systems of the human body, emphasizing those sites with high incidence of cancer. A general reference section describes weights and measures, pathology and histology, diagnostic techniques, and medical…