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Update - September 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Euthanasia in the Netherlands - Excepts from an interview with Rob Willem Treep

[ Kevorkian and Assisted Suicide ]
-- Thoughts Provoked by Dr. Kevorkian's Suicide Machine
-- Because Laws Against Euthanasia Send a Broader Signal, Experiments Must be Careful
-- Act of Murder or Active Compassion?

Book Review, Darold T. Barnum

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the following: HELENA CHMURA KRAEMER, EVALUATING MEDICAL TESTS: OBJECTIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GUIDELINES. (Sage Publications 1992). [295 pp.] Foreword A. John Rush, M.D. Acknowledgments, index, list of statistical notations, preface, references, and about the author. ISBN 0- 8039-4611-2 (cloth); 0-8039-4612-0 (paper). [Cloth $45.00, paper $22.50. 2455 Teller Road, Newbury Park CA 91320.1

Update - May 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

[ Faith, Medicine, and Religious Liberty - Part 2, Christian Science ]
-- Spiritual Healing for Children
-- Religious Liberty, Spiritual Healing, and the Health Care of Children
-- Spiritual Healing, Laws, and Constitutional Free Exercise of Religious Rights
-- Baby Theresa: Parental Choice Must Reign in the Case of Brain-Absent Newborns
-- Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors: Do We Follow Rules or Emotions?

The Mmpi-2 Clinical Scales And Clinical Diagnosis: Differentiating Between Schizophrenic And Bipolar-Manic Disorders, Laura M. Volkmann

Student Dissertations & Theses

The validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) clinical scales in differentiating schizophrenia and bipolar-manic disorders was evaluated in terms of MMPI-2 congruence with psychiatric hospital treatment team diagnoses. From a pool of 286 MMPI-2 profiles, valid profiles were obtained on 5 schizophrenia (paranoid type) inpatients and 5 bipolar-manic disordered psychiatric inpatients and were assessed by using each of four MMPI profile classification methods. Overall, the rate of agreement between treatment team diagnosis and the MMPI profile classification methods for both the schizophrenia (paranoid type) and bipolar-manic disordered groups was inconclusive. The results suggest that the MMPI-2 is of …

Legal Issues Surrounding Preemployment Physical Examinations In The Coal Industry, Daniel L. Stickler, Albert F. Sebok

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Update - February 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

[ Faith, Medicine, and Religious Liberty - Part 1, Jehovah's Witnesses ]
-- Blood Transfusions: A Patient's Right to Refuse
-- Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood Transfusion
-- Blood Transfusions: A Patient's Right to Refuse
-- A Patient's Right to Refuse Blood Transfusions: The Legal Rights of Privacy, Autonomy, and Free Exercise of Religion

-- [ Second National Conference on Health Care for the Elderly Co-sponsored by the Center for Christian Bioethics and Multidisciplinary Geriatric Council - March 1 & 2 ]

Improved Recovery Of A Radlolabeled Peptide With An Albumin-Treated Reversed-Phase Hplc Column, David S. Hage, Robert L. Taylor, Pai C. Kao

David Hage Publications

Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) is an important tool in the purification of radiolabeled peptides and proteins for immunoassay. However, for some proteins and peptides it is difficult to achieve reproducible behavior in RP-HPLC because of the low recovery of these compounds. Factors that can be varied to improve recovery include the strength or pH of the mobile phase, the chain length and spacing of groups on the reversed-phase support, and the flow rate or steepness of the elution gradient (1-5). ... In summary, we obtained better recovery and more reproducible chromatographic behavior for labeled 1-34 PTHrP with an albumin-pretreated …

Intact Parathyroid Hormone: Performance And Clinical Utility Of An Automated Assay Based On High-Performance Immunoaffinity Chromatography And Chemiluminescence Detection, David S. Hage, Bob Taylor, Pai C. Kao

David Hage Publications

The performance and clinical utility of an automated assay of intact parathyroid hormone (parathyrin, PTH) are evaluated. The method is based on the extraction of PTH from plasma by an HPLC column containing immobilized anti-(44-68 PTH) antibodies. The PTH retained is detected with a postcolumn reactor and use of anti-(1--34 PTH) chemiluminescent-labeled antibodies. The total cycle time of the assay is 6.5 mm per injection after a 1-h incubation.The lower limit of detection for PTH in a 66-pL plasma sample was 0.5 pmol/L based on peak heights and 0.2 pmol/L based on peak areas. Mean analytical recovery for PTH added …