The fact that ethics has become important to nurses is a reflection of two types of developments: (1) rapid expansion and application of biomedical technology, and (2) the human rights movement. Therefore, nursing involves an increasing number of activities with both moral and technical implications. (SSH)

Provides English translation of a French study of legislation and programs providing preventive medical and social services to pregnant women and young children. Discussed are legislative objectives and organizational levels, strategies and modes of executive action, the contribution of social security to medical protection for mother and child,…

The rising cost of higher education is seen as a new public policy issue. Cost-containment strategies in the health care sector are cited as policy precedents and the likelihood of their adoption for higher education is assessed. (Author/MLW)

A working definition of optometry is given, and four areas for evaluation of clinical competency are outlined: the abilities to develop professional interpersonal relationships with patients and colleagues, determine the specific procedures, and interpret and use clinical data. Student evaluation methods are noted. (MSE)

An annual survey of financial and general operating data for university-owned members of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Council of Teaching Hospitals is discussed. Net patient revenue, hospitals with and without state appropriations, and sources of revenue by type of care are examined. (MLW)

The effectiveness of a cost containment curriculum integrated into a required 6-week community health-primary care clerkship at Brown University is described. A computerized patient management problem was administered to half the students in order to assess its discrete effect on the students. (MLW)

The American Cancer Society's guidelines, recommending that having Pap tests at three-year intervals is safe for many women, are questioned. Dangers to women with a high risk of cervical cancer, problems with faulty test results, and other gynecological problems that may be detected during pelvic examinations are discussed. (PP)

Discusses in general the importance of a research division, whether basic or clinical, in an academic setting and factors to consider in establishing one. Uses John Hopkins' newly created research division for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine to specifically address funding and intra- and interdepartmental clinical research programs. (DC)

Nursing's future includes efforts to elevate nursing to professional status and to colleagueship with other health professionals. Nurses, it is suggested, must enhance their political power in order to change repressive laws that prevent nurses from having direct access and accountability to health-care consumers. (MLW)

Discusses human reproductive alternatives such as artificial insemination by husband and by donor, surrogate pregnancy, and in vitro fertilization in relation to involuntarily childless couples. Concludes by raising a number of questions for practice, policy, and research in the area of family life. (Author)

Reviews the literature on the crisis and aftermath, particularly the psychological effects of rape. Discusses findings from a national survey of rape crisis centers. Data was gathered in order to identify the nature and extent of services provided, determine number of rape victims treated, and understand problems confronted by service providers.…

Presents an overview of topics and concepts appropriate for a secondary course on death and dying including stress, environments within which death occurs, those models explaining the emotional impact of death, treatment of dying patients, and concepts for students. (DC)

The valuable role that predoctoral dental and dental hygiene student involvement in specialized hospital programs can play in the educational process is described. The University of Maryland Dental School program emphasizes the involvement of students in major clinical research related to cancer patients. (Author/MLW)

The opportunities for clinical research in meeting the needs of the aging (provision of pharmaceutical services for the elderly, pharmacotherapeutics in the elderly, and pharmaceutical aspects of health and illness behaviors of the elderly) are appropriate and realistic activities for pharmacists that should contribute to achieving research…

The "practice" aspect of the dental profession is reviewed. It is suggested that there is no way to separate education, practice, research, financing, government, science, business, management, motivation, and the public from one another. Retail dentistry, health maintenance organizations, franchising, advertising, and denturism are…