In 1987 a project was undertaken to assess the status of African Americans in the United States in the topical areas to be addressed by the National Research Council's Study Committee on the Status of Black Americans: education, employment, income and occupations, political participation and the administration of justice, social and cultural…

This book provides a guide to approximately 175 drugs used with children. An introduction precedes the three major sections of the guide. Section 1 provides an overview of pharmacology and therapeutics in chapters on the basics of pharmacology, the language of pharmacology and therapeutics, compliance, side effects, and medications in school.…

The purpose of the Toronto Inservice Education Group became to meet regularly in order to provide an opportunity to assist and guide those responsible for formulating and carrying out inservice education. Article outlines their objectives. (Author/RK)

Discusses the training of music therapists and effective teaching procedures for patients. (RK)

The OEO-funded Sangre de Cristo Comprehensive Health System in Costilla and Conejos Counties, Colorado, and northern Taos County, New Mexico, utilizes medical practitioners who are certified to practice a variety of medical techniques under the supervision of licensed physicians. (JM)

Teachers will benefit from the Social Security amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-603, including Medicare coverage, increased cash benefits, and liberalization of the amount a retiree may earn while collecting social security benefits. (DS)

AHECS is an acronym for area health education centers.'' (DS)

Analyzes and compares diagnoses made over a five-year period to determine whether differences between diagnoses of students and those of specialists justified further verification by specialized staff, and whether the proportion of such differences had changed with time because of more effective teaching. (WM)