Presents information on the universal emergency medical identification symbol devised by the American Medical Association. Description of the symbol; Significance of the symbol to emergency personnel; Information on th...
And then, while the term has recently acquired quite negative, denigrating connotations, it may also have much more positive meaning.doi:10.1136/bmj.292.6524.911Von Humboldt, ABritish Medical Journal
Harris breaks down the conventional boundaries between intellectual and social history by linking the often esoteric formulations of the professionals to the defendants' own mental anguish and emotional despair. Both aspects were involved in...
Is obesity a medical problem or a moral one? This question underpins Gilman's history of, specifically, male obesity. His cultural and medical arguments against lumping together male and female metabolisms are thoughtful and convincing. B...
research, qualitativeselfPositive social support has been associated with medication adherence and slowed disease progression among people living with HIV. The nature of support within the medical context itself has not b...
Miles uses these writings to illuminate the meaning of the Oath in its day and in so doing shows how and why it remains a valuable guide to the ethical practice of medicine. This is a book for...
Medical Savings AccountsMedicare BillsPresents and adaptation of the weekly radio address of U.S. President George W. Bush about the meaning of marriage and considered constitutional amendment to prevent it from being redefined. Approva...
First, make meaningArgues for a need to foster an ethos of mutual responsibility and ethical sensitivity to implement health care reform. Oregon Health Decisions movement; Ethics of encounter; Book of Ruth illustration; Managed competi...
AllegoryFocuses on the narrative of allegory illness in literature. Citation of diseases used metaphorically; Mythology of leprosy; Allegorical meaning of mental illness.Gray, J.A. MuirBritish Medical Journal
The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2010-11." It defines terms used within the report including the meaning of instructional faculty which is defined as all members of an instructional-research staff who are employed on a...