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Foreword, Susan Danial, Billy Thomas

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Government's Role In Health Care Delivery, Linda Reneé Baker

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

As Secretary of Illinois' largest agency, the Department of Human Services, Secretary Baker provides a thorough overview of the role her agency plays in the ongoing health and welfare of the citizens of Illinois. Her contention that government should play a critical role in health care delivery is buttressed by the DHS' role as a funding agent, its contributions of staff and systems, and the direct role it plays in the pursuit of truly public health care. Secretary Baker effectively demonstrates the complexities and disparities that still exist in health care by discussing an inter-generational study of one poor family …

Taking A Closer Look At The Managed Care Class Actions: Impact Litigation As An Assist To The Market, Kathy L. Cerminara

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

Professor Cerminara examines the use of class action lawsuits to empower individuals to challenge health care decision-making. The article begins by noting the benefits of class actions which provide strength in numbers and a far-ranging impact by challenging policy decisions and encouraging corporate responsiveness. Professor Cerminara concludes that class actions are but one step in the process of empowering individuals and decreasing their resentment of the lack of process currently within the health care system.

Competition Law's Role In Health Care Quality, John V. Jacobi

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

Professor Jacobi's essay analyzes the various regulatory responses that are available to the government when crises in quality of care occur. These responses range from complete government involvement, i.e. "command and control" regulation, to a limited caretaker role in maximizing market forces. In responding to the recent IOM Report on human error in medical care, Professor Jacobi looks back to the 1986 IOM Report that revealed the crisis of care going on in nursing homes as well as the more recent controversy involving managed care. Following his analysis of the varied governmental approaches to these issues, Professor Jacobi concludes that …

Paradigms Revised: Intersex Children, Bioethics & The Law, Laura Hermer

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

Ms. Hermer explores the controversy surrounding the management of intersex infants and children in America. Her focus on the areas of medical malpractice and informed consent leads her to the conclusion that contrary to some recommendations, a moratorium on cosmetic genital and sex assignment surgeries for infants and children is not warranted. Rather, providers should focus on offering parents with complete information, referrals to support groups and forthright discussions on the dearth of information available.

Health Care Quality Information Liability & Privilege, Sharon King Donohue

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

As the General Counsel for the National Committee for Quality Assurance, which accredits health plans and measures outcome performance, Ms. Donohue is in a unique position to comment on the use of such data in litigation against health plans and providers. After reviewing the growing tide of class-action lawsuits in this area, she argues that such information should be protected under the common law privilege of self-critical analysis, extended to third parties, because such privilege would protect and encourage quality assessment. Ms. Donohue further argues that the sharing and reporting of this information on a system-wide level will allow plans …

The Business Associate Brain Teaser: A Look At Problems Involving The Business Associate Regulations Under The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996, Randi Heitzman

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

Ms. Heitzman addresses in her article the impact of the Administration Simplification statute of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 on the protection of health information by third parties to health care transactions. These regulations were enacted, in part, to increase consumers' trust in the health care system. However, their impact on business associates that come into contact with the health care entities has been a source of contention and confusion since they were drafted. This article concludes that the current regulations are too ambiguous and complex to achieve the goals of protection of privacy and Congress' …

Five Year Capital Improvement, 1996-2001, City Of Ferguson

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2001, City Of St. Peters

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Financial Report, 2001, City Of Country Club Hills

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Financial Report, 2001, City Of Kimmswick

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Ua77/1 Cherry's Eye In The Chapel, Carol Cummings

WKU Administration Documents

Article regarding Grace Overby's career at Western Kentucky Univeristy published in Alumni.

Cascade Yearbook 2002, Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Seattle Pacific University Catalog 2002-2003, Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Unbuckling The Chemical Straitjacket: The Legal Significance Of Recent Advances In The Pharmacological Treatment Of Psychosis, Douglas Mossman Md

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

Antipsychotic medications figure prominently in the rapidly-growing field of mental disability law. Although the properties of antipsychotic medications are medical matters, legal scholars, judges, and practicing attorneys often need to understand what these drugs do. Yet the legal database - the principal or sole information source cited and consulted by legal thinkers - is often a source of confusion or misinformation about the actions of antipsychotic drugs and the scientific basis for prescribing them. The potential for misunderstanding antipsychotic treatment has increased since the arrival of "novel" or "aytpical" antipsychotic drugs, which cause fewer side effects than drugs that were …

No. 10: Criminal Tendencies: Immigrants And Illegality In South Africa, Jonathan Crush, Vincent Williams

Southern African Migration Programme

South Africans believe that immigrants are largely responsible for the post-1994 crime wave in the country. In a national survey of South African citizens conducted recently by the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP), for example, respondents were asked what, if anything, they had to fear about people from neighbouring countries (McDonald 2000: 209). Almost half the population (48%) felt that migrants were a “criminal threat” (compared to 37% who thought they were a threat to jobs and the economy, and 29% who thought they were a health threat). The simplistic, and largely unsubstantiated, association of foreignness with criminality, job-stealing and …

Financial Report, 2001, Village Of Marlborough

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The Effects Of Teaching Self-Defense Skills To Student With Emotional And Behavioral Disabilities, Beth Ackerman

Faculty Dissertations

Research has documented that students with emotional and behavioral disabilities perform more poorly than their peers on nearly every transitional outcome. Literature and research has suggested that self-determination can improve transitional outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of teaching self-determination skills to adolescents with emotional disabilities in a private day school An eight-wee~ self-determination curriculum was implemented for 21 students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. Pre- and post-self-determination assessments were given to the students. The 37 items on the pre and post assessments were then examined for all 21 students. Data was also collected on …

Simon Says (Winter 2002), John W. Hoft, Roberta Ford, Reagan Grimsley, Eileen Kramer, Cynthia Fears

Library Newsletters

Inside this issue:

• Beverage Strategy
• Music by the River
• Science Research
• New Closed Reserve
• Library Schedules
• Georgia Top 25 Books
• Faculty Research Forum

The Effect Of Supportive Interventions On First -Year Teacher Efficacy, Li-Yen Koo Johnson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of the study . The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of supportive interventions on first-year teacher efficacy. Two Rand Studies (1976 & 1977) and a study by Kilgore and Kozisek (1989) provided the theoretical framework for this investigation. Procedures . One hundred and forty-four first-year teachers in the Indianapolis Public Schools received a questionnaire to participate in this study. Ninety-five teachers responded to the questionnaire. The response rate for the teacher questionnaires was 66%. The questionnaire was divided into five parts. The first part measured teacher efficacy. This was determined by answers given to questions …

Gender Differences In Gross And Fine Motor Abilities In Preschool Aged Children In West Virginia, Kelly R. Pennington

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to investigate gender differences in gross and fine motor abilities in preschool aged children in West Virginia. Subjects consisted of 21 males and 16 females. Data was collected via the West Virginia Educare Initiative using the Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs. Results of this study indicate that there are no significant gender differences in either gross motor or fine motor abilities in preschool aged children.

Alan Lupack, Arthurian Literature By Women, Alison Langdon

English Faculty Publications

This is a timely volume, given the surge in scholarly and popular interest in women's voices in the Arthurian tradition. The explicit purpose of this anthology is to explore the "rich and forgotten tradition" of women writers' contributions to the corpus of Arthurian literature, sketching a female lineage of literary descent that traces "certain traditions common to women writing on Arthurian themes" (xi, 4). While the foreword provides an overview of more familiar women authors such as Rosemary Sutcliffe, Mary Stewart, and Persia Wooley, in their selections of works to anthologize Lupack and Lupack choose to focus on lesser-known texts …

Frequency Of Use Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Women With Breast Cancer, Cecile A. Lengacher, Mary Bennett, Kevin E. Kip, Rosemary Keller, Melisa S. Lavance, Lynette S. Smith, Charles E. Cox

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Associations Between Water-Treatment Methods And Diarrhoea In Hiv-Positive Individuals, J. N. S. Eisenberg, T. J. Wade, A. Hubbard, D. I. Abrams, R. J. Leiser, S. Charles, M. Vu, S. Saha, C. C. Wright, Deborah A. Levy, P. Jensen, J. M. Colford

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

This manuscript extends our previously published work (based on data from one clinic) on the association between three drinking water-treatment modalities (boiling, filtering, and bottling) and diarrhoeal disease in HIV-positive persons by incorporating data from two additional clinics collected in the following year. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of drinking water patterns, medication usage, and episodes of diarrhoea among HIV-positive persons attending clinics associated with the San Francisco Community Consortium. We present combined results from our previously published work in one clinic (n = 226) with data from these two additional clinics (n = 458). In this combined analysis we …

Risk Factors In Hiv-Associated Diarrhoeal Disease: The Role Of Drinking Water, Medication And Immune Status, J. N. S. Eisenberg, T. J. Wade, S. Charles, M. Vu, A. Hubbard, C. C. Wright, Deborah A. Levy, P. Jensen, J. M. Colford

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

In a cross-sectional survey of 226 HIV-infected men, we examined the occurrence of diarrhoea and its relationship to drinking water consumption patterns, risk behaviours, immune status and medication use. Diarrhoea was reported by 47% of the respondents. Neither drinking boiled nor filtered water was significantly associated with diarrhoea (OR = 0.5 [0.2, 1.6], 1.2 [0.6, 2.5] respectively), whereas those that drank bottled water were at risk for diarrhoea (OR = 3.0 [1.1, 7.8]). Overall, 47% always or often used at least one water treatment. Of the 37% who were very concerned about drinking water, 62% had diarrhoea, 70% always or …

Does The Internet Improve Business? An Empirical Inquiry Into The Perceived Strategic Value And Contribution Of The Internet, Chang E. Koh, Hyonsong Chong

Journal of International Information Management

The Internet has become an indispensable tool for business. While it is generally presumed that the Internet can provide a competitive edge over competition, no substantive empirical evidence linking the Internet to organizational performance has been presented. This study empirically tests the connection between the use of the Internet and the perceived strategic importance of the Internet and its contribution to business using LISREL confirmatory factor analysis. The findings of this study suggest that management's strategic emphasis on the Internet affect the diffusion of Internet technology in an organization and these two factors collectively improve business performance.

Vulcan Historical Review 6 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Kerr Memorial Methodist Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 133), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and selected full scan documents (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 133. Historical materials about Kerr Memorial Methodist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, including list of donors for original building (1891); printed histories; correspondence and commemorative programs from church anniversary celebrations; account book of the church's Young Adult Fellowship (1947-48); and deeds.

Alumni Newsletter, Winter 2002, California State University, Monterey Bay

Alumni Association Newsletters

Littlewings Farm -- It was a Great Day for Kelp Kraze and OCAD! -- New Alumni Association Leaders -- New Benefits Offered by the Alumni Association -- Upcoming Events -- WASC Approves M.S. -- New CSUMB Evening Program -- Otter Tidbits: New Student Services Building Opens -- Great Travel Opportunity! -- Join the 'Hi!5 Celebration' -- Mark the Date

The Impact Of Divorce And Healthy Adjustment Of Children, Stephanie A. Harken

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact divorce has on children as: well as how parents can help their children adjust to divorce. The negative impacts that .divorce may have on children include emotional and behavioral problems. However, positive effects such as allowing the child to escape a hostile environment were also found. A review of the literature indicated that children's response to divorce differed according to type, stage, and age of the child at the time of divorce. The types of strategies that are being used to aid parents in helping their children cope include mediation, …