Screening tests indicated that 141 out of 106,565 infants examined in New York City during 1979-80, had various forms of sickle cell anemia. Follow-up of 131 patients confirmed the original diagnoses, suggesting that the New York City Follow-up Program for Sickle Cell Screening of newborns was successful. (Author/MJL)

Describes the five-year educational program at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health that teaches utilization of a computerized Medical Information System for documenting the nursing process. (CT)

Discusses the legal ramifications of informed consent for medical treatment of schoolchildren, including the problems posed by parents unwilling to give adequate medical protection to their children because of religious or other reasons. Covers the types of medical care that minors can receive without parental consent. (WD)

A nationwide project (Physicians Serving Handicapped Children) to provide continuing medical education to primary care physicians who provide office based health care to handicapped children is described. (Author)

A survey to obtain information concerning the frequency, extent, and nature of teaching programs in cost containment and health economics in U.S. medical schools is reported. Most medical students confine their interests largely to the clinical aspects of medicine and are only marginally interested in the economics of health care. (Author/MLW)

Describes Indochinese (particularly Vietnamese) concepts of health and disease, views of medicine and medical practitioners, experiences with medical care in their homeland, and how these factors affect their dealings with the American medical system. (GC)

Life studies of incarcerated children are presented, along with a discussion of possibilities for reform. The children discuss medical treatment, the lack of educational facilities, the changing nature of their relationships with their parents, the shame and fright of imprisonment, and the physical and psychological effects of being in jail.…

The potential influence of sex-role stereotypes on women medical patients is examined. Evidence suggests physicians tend to attribute symptoms presented by women to psychogenic rather than organic causes, but that women nonetheless receive more medical treatment than men in the form of unnecessary surgery and psychotropic drugs. (Author)

Results of a 25-item survey developed to collect data for a paper delineating educators' concerns for accreditation demonstrated different perceptions of relative importance among the various institutional categories. The majority of respondents expressed more concern over the processes of accreditation than the principles. (Author/CT)

Discusses ethical and practical questions that arise in physician/patient interactions as a result of the rising prevalence of chronic illness, the growth of medical technology, and the increased differentiation of medical specialization. Issues considered include patients' rights, medical malpractice, informed consent, and the patient self-help…

Presents a scenario to illustrate the extremes of predictive medicine and susceptibility screening and lists factors that oppose the cautions and rational use of medical facts. (GS)

Describes recent developments in instrumentation for clinical chemistry in the areas of general chemistry, immunoassays, urinalysis, electrophoresis, chromatography, and trace metal analyses. (CS)

The case of a 3-year-old spina bifida child whose requirement for catheterization were judged to be a medical service outside the requirements of federal law is described. The federal court's upholding of the Texas State Board of Education's denial of services is seen to be a violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (CL)

Examines changes in incidences of poverty among the aged using measures that include in-kind public and private transfers, tax liabilities, and a share of net worth. Alternative poverty threshold indicators are suggested for use with the improved economic-status measure. These changes make possible alternative estimates of progress against poverty…

Describes the outcome of a short-term, family-centered, behavioral approach to chronic pain at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. Family members were taught operant conditioning techniques which rewarded nonpain-oriented behavior in patients. By treating the total family, 75 percent of the patients and families were able to lead satisfactory…