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A life of Ernest Starling
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ISBN: 9780195177800 0195177800 1461475260 9786611049942 1281049948 0080535496 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York : Published for the American Physiological Society by Oxford University Press,

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Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his "Law of the Heart,” but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He coined the word 'hormone' one hundred years ago. His analysis of capillary function demonstrated that equal and opposite forces move across the capillary wall--an outward (hydrostatic) force and an inward (osmotic) force derived from plasma proteins.


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Attack on the Pentagon : the medical response to 9/11
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Year: 2011 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Borden Institute

Biosafety in the laboratory : prudent practices for the handling and disposal of infectious materials
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ISBN: 0309039754 9786610214754 1280214759 0309559200 058502877X 9780585028774 0309090245 9780309090247 9780309039758 Year: 1989 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press,


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Advanced Initiatives in Interprofessional Education in Japan : Japan Interprofessional Working and Education Network (JIPWEN)
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ISBN: 443198075X 9786612828027 4431980768 1282828029 4431547118 Year: 2010 Publisher: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,

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Interprofessional education (IPE) is becoming a recognized discipline among health care professionals and medical training institutions worldwide. Its significance is especially felt in Japan, where little has been written on the subject although the need is great. Recent initiatives among several institutions have helped to create the Japan Interprofessional Working and Education Network (JIPWEN), comprising ten universities. Through consultation and cooperation with the World Health Organization, other international networks, and local health policy planners, JIPWEN focuses on critical issues and applicable models to assist institutions interested in setting up IPE programs. With contributions from the ten JIPWEN member universities, this book explains in detail the diverse contents of existing IPE programs and provides viable models for the increasing number of institutions aiming to develop their own IPE programs. The chapters that make up the book depict the member institutions' backgrounds, goals, methods, modules, student compositions, facilitation systems, and curricula, providing an invaluable description of IPE initiatives currently under way in Japan.


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Life After Residency : A Career Planning Guide
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ISBN: 038787691X 9786612126871 1282126873 0387876928 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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Life After Residency: A Career Planning Guide is an insightful, step-by-step guide to achieving a successful and fulfilling career in medicine. As professors at Stanford University Medical Center, Drs. Melissa Berhow, William Feaster, and John Brock-Utne began running seminars to advise their residents not only on creating a curriculum vitae and landing a great job, but also on how to manage student loan payments and avoid pitfalls in the life of a physician. The immense success and ensuing demand for more seminars eventually gave rise to Life After Residency—a book which continues the seminar discussions in greater depth and magnitude, while maintaining a conversational writing style. Other key topics covered include: Preparing for a job interview Evaluating job offers and negotiating contracts Obtaining and maintaining the proper State license How to apply for membership onto Medical Staffs Obtaining malpractice insurance Buying a house and investing for eventual retirement Advice for non-medical career options Loaded with sage advice and practical wisdom, Life After Residency is an invaluable asset to every resident during the transition from residency to life thereafter.

Green gene technology : research in an area of social conflict
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ISSN: 07246145 ISBN: 9783540713210 3540713212 3540713239 9786610863594 1280863595 Year: 2007 Volume: 107 Publisher: Berlin, Germany ; New York, New York : Springer-Verlag,

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Plants, Genetically Modified --- Public Opinion --- Plant biotechnology --- Plant genetic engineering --- Plantes --- Génie génétique végétal --- Biotechnologie --- Transgenic plants. --- Plant genetic engineering. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Switzerland --- Social Control, Informal --- Plants --- Europe --- Organisms, Genetically Modified --- Organism Forms --- Geographic Locations --- Eukaryota --- Sociology --- Organisms --- Geographicals --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Bioengineering --- Plant Sciences --- Agriculture --- Mechanical Engineering --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Plant biotechnology. --- Crop biotechnology --- Crops --- Genetic engineering --- Biotechnology --- Life sciences. --- Biotechnology. --- Agriculture. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Plant genetics. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Genetics --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Microorganisms --- Microbiology --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Botany --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Chemical engineering --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Transgenic plants --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Biochemistry. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Composition --- Plant genetic engineering - Moral and ethical aspects.


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Asthma, Health and Society : A Public Health Perspective
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ISBN: 1489984143 0387782842 9786612834196 0387782850 1282834193 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer,

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Asthma, Health, and Society A Public Health Perspective Edited by Andrew Harver, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte Harry Kotses, Ohio University, Athens Asthma, Health, and Society is a comprehensive, current resource on this complex disease—its scope, human costs, and management—from a combined social ecology/public health perspective. This important and unique book proposes a concerted, multifaceted response and sets out the foundation for shaping this response, comprising individual and large-scale assessment, education, advocacy, and multiple forms of intervention. In clear, authoritative detail enhanced by figures, graphs, and references, contributors explain where universal standards need to be set, alliances need to be built (such as among agencies and institutions in a community), and what is currently known about: Pathophysiology, epidemiology, and social impact of asthma. Genetic and environmental factors; protective factors and risk markers. Effects in women, minorities, children, teens, and elders. Medical management, self-management, and home monitoring. Evidence-based interventions at the family, school, and community levels. Screening guidelines, compliance issues, and more. In the absence of a cure or clear-cut causes, Asthma, Health, and Society offers the most robust compilation of practical knowledge on its subject to benefit the range of public health and asthma professionals, researchers, teachers, and students.

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Asthma. --- Asthma -- Social aspects. --- Asthma -- United States. --- Asthma --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Public Health --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Social Environment --- United States --- Bronchial Diseases --- Population Characteristics --- Respiratory Hypersensitivity --- Environment and Public Health --- Investigative Techniques --- Lung Diseases, Obstructive --- Medicine --- Health --- North America --- Sociology --- Social Sciences --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Americas --- Hypersensitivity, Immediate --- Respiratory Tract Diseases --- Health Occupations --- Health Care --- Lung Diseases --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Diseases --- Hypersensitivity --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Geographic Locations --- Geographicals --- Immune System Diseases --- Clinical Immunology --- Public Health - General --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Bronchial asthma --- Medicine. --- Allergy. --- Public health. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Public Health. --- Allergology. --- Bronchi --- Lungs --- Respiratory allergy --- Diseases, Obstructive --- Allergic diseases --- Allergies --- Immediate allergy --- Immediate hypersensitivity --- Immunologic diseases --- Immunoglobulin E --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation


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Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families
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ISBN: 1617378968 1603274367 9786611981570 1281981575 1603274375 Year: 2009 Publisher: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana,

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Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. When Asian immigrants arrive in the United States, they regularly encounter a vast number of difficulties integrating themselves into their new culture. In Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families, distinguished researchers and clinicians discuss the process of acculturation for individuals and their families, addressing the mental health needs of Asian Americans and thoroughly examining the acculturative process, its common stressors, and characteristics associated with resiliency. This first-of-its-kind, multi-dimensional title synthesizes current acculturation research, while presenting those concepts within a clinical framework. In addition to providing an in-depth look at both past and present research and offering directions for future topics to explore, the book also offers a range of practical tools such as research scales to measure levels of acculturation, interview techniques, and clinical approaches for special populations including children, the elderly, and their families. Thought-provoking and informative, Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families will enhance the understanding of the clinical and sociocultural problems Asian Americans face, providing clinicians with all the necessary insights to better care for their patients.

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Acculturation --United States. --- Asian Americans --Mental health services. --- Asian Americans --Mental health. --- Asian Americans --- Acculturation --- Asian Continental Ancestry Group --- Culture --- North America --- Ethnic Groups --- Behavioral Sciences --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Sociology --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Continental Population Groups --- Americas --- Population Groups --- Social Sciences --- Geographic Locations --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Anthropology --- Persons --- Named Groups --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Geographicals --- United States --- Psychology --- Psychiatry --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Psychiatry - General --- Mental health --- Mental health services --- Mental health. --- Mental health services. --- Medicine. --- General practice (Medicine). --- Internal medicine. --- Psychiatry. --- Social work. --- Psychology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- General Practice / Family Medicine. --- Internal Medicine. --- Psychology, general. --- Social Work. --- Family medicine. --- Philosophy (General). --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Medicine, Internal --- Medicine --- Family practice (Medicine) --- General practice (Medicine) --- Physicians (General practice) --- Medicine and psychology --- Psychology, Pathological --- Behavioral sciences --- Mental philosophy --- Mind --- Science, Mental --- Human biology --- Philosophy --- Soul --- Family medicine


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African Americans and HIV/AIDS : Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic
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ISBN: 1489996729 0387783202 9786612982842 0387783210 1282982842 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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African Americans and HIV/AIDS Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic Donna Hubbard McCree, Kenneth T. Jones, and Ann O’Leary, editors According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of the more than one million Americans living with HIV/AIDS are African Americans, despite the fact that they comprise only thirteen percent of the US population. Incidence among African Americans is estimated to be approximately 8 times that of European Americans. HIV/AIDS disparities have existed across this diverse group, and continue to take a devastating toll. To intervene effectively, public health professionals must understand the context in which high-risk behavior occurs, and have access to relevant and current prevention strategies. African Americans and HIV/AIDS succeeds on both counts by providing an analysis of the historical, psychosocial, economic, and political issues related to HIV transmission in the black community, and offering a wealth of evidence-based and emerging interventions (including behavioral interventions, and counseling and testing strategies) tailored to specific subpopulations. This dual perspective gives readers the widest understanding of these and other key areas including: • The relationship between poverty, discrimination, and other social disparities to HIV. • The evolving response of the black church to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. • HIV/AIDS in the context of other sexually transmitted infections. • HIV/AIDS prevention strategies specifically targeting heterosexually active men, and women, men who have sex with men, injection drug users, and adolescents. • Prison-based intervention programs. • Structural interventions emphasizing social conditions. Practitioners, researchers, and graduate students in public health, disease prevention, health disparities, and minority health will find African Americans and HIV/AIDS a ready source of valuable background and practical knowledge.

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African American HIV-positive persons. --- AIDS (Disease) -- United States -- Prevention. --- AIDS (Disease) -- United States. --- AIDS (Disease) --- HIV-positive persons --- North America --- African Continental Ancestry Group --- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral --- Ethnic Groups --- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes --- Slow Virus Diseases --- Lentivirus Infections --- Immune System Diseases --- Retroviridae Infections --- Virus Diseases --- Sexually Transmitted Diseases --- Population Groups --- Americas --- Continental Population Groups --- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome --- HIV Infections --- United States --- African Americans --- Persons --- Geographic Locations --- Diseases --- RNA Virus Infections --- Geographicals --- Named Groups --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Public Health - General --- Communicable Diseases --- Prevention --- Prevention. --- African American HIV-positive persons --- Medicine. --- Public health. --- Health promotion. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. --- Public Health. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Health promotion programs --- Health promotion services --- Promotion of health --- Wellness programs --- Preventive health services --- Health education


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Counteraction to chemical and biological terrorism in east European countries

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The terrorist act with sarin gas in the Tokyo underground and the case with the spread of anthrax spores through the U.S. postal system stimulated the development of orga- zation of fight against terrorism on a national and global level. The goal of this wo- shop was assessment of scientific concepts and practical means for management of chemical and biological agents casualties in the area of terrorist attacks with emphasis on improving the problems and situation in Eastern European Countries. In this book are included the results of both theoretical and practical research of chemical and biological terrorism presented during the workshop. Different trends of research to fight against terrorism on both local and governmental level including some Eastern European countries are discussed. The scientific articles are grouped into those areas: – New approaches in counteraction to chemical and biological terrorism – Medical treatment and decontamination of casualties from chemical and biological agents – Diagnosis of exposure to chemical and biological agents – Development of protection against injuries from chemical and biological agents In these articles the following are emphasized: – Some aspects of national and global defense against chemical and biological terrorism – National action plans and global agreements on combating terrorism – The characteristics of the major specific injuries connected with chemical and biological terrorism – Threats of terroristic attacks – Epidemiological and clinical peculiarities, ways of diagnosing, medical tre- ment and preventive health care measures These problems are analyzed from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Bioterrorism -- Europe, Eastern -- Prevention -- Congresses. --- Bioterrorism -- Health aspects. --- Chemical terrorism -- Europe, Eastern -- Prevention -- Congresses. --- Chemical terrorism -- Health aspects. --- Chemical terrorism --- Bioterrorism --- Chemical Terrorism --- Europe, Eastern --- Congresses --- Biological Warfare --- Terrorism --- Chemical Warfare --- Publication Formats --- Europe --- Publication Characteristics --- War --- Geographic Locations --- Violence --- Crime --- Social Problems --- Geographicals --- Sociology --- Criminology --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Emergency Medical Services --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency --- Emergency Medicine --- Public Health --- Medicine --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Prevention --- Prevention. --- Health aspects. --- Bio-terrorism --- Biological terrorism --- Law and legislation --- Medicine. --- Medical microbiology. --- Pharmacology. --- Chemistry. --- Emergency medicine. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Chemistry/Food Science, general. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Physical sciences --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemicals --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Physiological effect --- Toxicology. --- Microbiology. --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Toxicology --- Health Workforce

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