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WILDS, PRESTON L.; ZACHERT, VIRGINIA – 1968
THIS PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF NUMERICAL SCORING SYSTEMS FOR CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING TESTS COULD BE DEVELOPED WHICH WOULD MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS IN TEACHING CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS. THE PROJECT WAS TO VALIDATE AND CROSS-VALIDATE THE SCORING SYSTEMS BY TESTS OF POPULATION SAMPLES OF KNOWN…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Medical Case Histories, Medical Research
Nowlis, David P.; Borzone, Ximena C. – 1980
Differences were compared in the short-term and long-term responses of subjects with headache, insomnia, or hypertension to biofeedback training, relaxation, or a combination of both. Headache sufferers, insomniacs, and hypertensives were randomly assigned in equal numbers to biofeedback, relaxation training or a record-keeping control. Over 2…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness, Followup Studies
Center for Disease Control (DHEW/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1978
The purpose of this statement by the Center for Disease Control is to reflect new data available from clinical, epidemiological and experimental studies by making revised recommendations regarding the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and followup of children with undue lead absorption and lead poisoning. The ultimate preventive goal is…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Guides, Health Conditions
Technical Education Research Center, Cambridge, MA. – 1975
The purpose of this curriculum guide is to assist administrators and instructors in establishing nuclear medicine technician programs that will meet the accreditation standards of the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Medical Education. The guide has been developed to prepare nuclear medicine technicians (NMT's) in two-year…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Higher Education, Medical Services
Hackett, Gail – 1978
The phenomenon of pain is still very puzzling. It is not a purely physical phenomenon. Overwhelming research evidence suggests various psychological variables affecting the pain experience. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of some promising cognitive-behavioral approaches to the control of pain. Anxiety clearly plays a role in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
National Inst. of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1974
Presented is an overview of hearing, speech and language research being sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS). Described is research in such areas as infant audiological screening, auditory prostheses, larynx surgery, and developmental dysphasia. (LS)
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Identification
Sheehan, George A. – 1975
This book is both a personal and technical account of the experience of running by a heart specialist who began a running program at the age of 45. In its seventeen chapters, there is information presented on the spiritual, psychological, and physiological results of running; treatment of athletic injuries resulting from running; effects of diet…
Descriptors: Athletics, Blood Circulation, Cardiovascular System, Exercise (Physiology)
Foote, Dennis; And Others – 1976
A demonstration project explored the potential of satellite video consulation to improve the quality of rural health care in Alaska. Satellite ground stations permitting both transmission and reception of black and white television were installed at clinics in Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, and Tanana. Receive-only television capability was…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Demonstration Programs, Health Services, Medical Services
White, Donald K., Ed. – 1975
International comparative studies are justified because they can increase the options among which health care decision makers may select approaches suitable to their own circumstances. The collection of papers on management education and training in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom presents a summary of the salient features of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1972
The guide has been prepared for use as a textbook in rescue training courses at DCPA (Defense Civil Preparedness Agency) approved training schools and is to be used in rescue training programs of State and local governments. The document explains the various types of rescue missions, command structure, the personnel of the operating unit,…
Descriptors: Accidents, Civil Defense, Emergency Programs, Emergency Squad Personnel
National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information. – 1974
This report, prepared by the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information, discusses the Free Clinic Movement--its philosophy, characteristics, background, and problems. The Free Clinic Movement developed because the existing health care system was not providing services to a large number of racial, philosphical, and cultural minorities due…
Descriptors: Clinics, Community Resources, Health Programs, Health Services
Fourcher, Louis A. – 1974
The author discusses the problematic term "community psychology" in relation to the many experiences he has had, personally, in the profession. When community psychologists concern themselves with social issues, they quite often adopt the "oversocialized conception of man," which allows for no change and rests firmly on the status quo. Another…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Individual Needs, Medical Services, Mental Health Programs
Madsen, William – 1961
Shedding light on problems of mental health and illness that have baffled public health workers attempting to improve the health and welfare of Mexican Americans living in the lower Rio Grande Valley, this document reports the folk customs, social organization, medical practices, and beliefs of the Mexican American of this area. Chapters describe…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Folk Culture, Health
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1970
Few actions of the next decade will be more pertinent to the welfare of America's children than what we do about two of the most basic determinants of the quality of life of our children and their families--distribution of income among families in and by our society and size of the family and of our society. In regard to these fundamental issues,…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Family Income, Family Life Education, Family Planning
Gourdeau, R., Ed. – 1970
The document contains the papers presented at the 5th Congress of the World Federation of Hemophilia in Montreal in 1968. Seven papers concern specific therapy of hemophilia, five papers treat nonspecific forms of therapy, seven papers deal with prophylaxis and complications in hemophilia, seven others deal with orthopedic and other surgical…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Cardiovascular System, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Research
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