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P22: The Home Program: Ten Years Of Medical Home Experience In Patients With Developmental Disabilities, Will Lehmann, D Weedon, J Dorius, R Bucciere

Will Lehmann, MD

Helping Prostate Cancer Patients Understand The Causes Of Anxiety And Depression: Comparing Cancer-Caused Vs Patient Response Events, Christopher Sharpley, Vicki Bitsika, David Christie

Vicki Bitsika

Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) patients have elevated anxiety and depression, often showing impairments in decision-making and weakened relationships with their partner and family. Although treatment for these psychological side-effects of PCa is strongly recommended, relatively little is known of the causal processes underlying them. This study compared cancer-based lifestyle changes vs patient behavioural responses to cancer as predictors of anxiety and depression among PCa patients. Methods: PCa patients (381) were surveyed for their responses to standardised anxiety and depression questionnaires, plus a questionnaire designed to assess the kinds of lifestyle changes that had occurred to them and their responses to …

Thirty-Year Trends (1975-2005) In The Magnitude And Hospital Death Rates Associated With Complete Heart Block In Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Population-Based Perspective, Hoa Nguyen, Darleen Lessard, Frederick Spencer, Jorge Yarzebski, Juan Zevallos, Joel Gore, Robert Goldberg

Jorge L. Yarzebski

BACKGROUND: The contemporary magnitude and prognostic implications of complete heart block (CHB) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are unknown. As part of a community-based study of patients hospitalized with AMI in the Worcester, MA, metropolitan area, changes over time in the incidence rates of CHB complicating AMI and the prognostic impact of CHB on short-term survival were examined.

METHODS: The study population consisted of 13,663 residents of the Worcester metropolitan area who were hospitalized with AMI at all greater Worcester medical centers during 15 annual periods between 1975 and 2005.

RESULTS: The average age of the hospitalized study …

The Quo Vadis Forum 2010: An Examination Of Philosophy At The Macquarie University Department Of Chiropractic., Dennis M. Richards

Dennis M Richards

This Report details the presentations made at the 2010 Quo Vadis Forum at the Macquarie University Department of Chiropractic.

The ‘Isms’Wars: Reflections On Philosophical Models In Health Care And Chiropractic., Dennis M. Richards

Dennis M Richards

This paper is based on a presentation made at the Macquarie University’s Department of Chiropractic Advisory Board’s Quo Vadis? Forum on the Teaching and Learning of Chiropractic Principles and Philosophy at Macquarie, held on May 8, 2010 on the Macquarie campus.

Injuries And Illnesses On Wa Beaches 2006-2010, David Reid

David N Reid

This study analysed the trends in reported incidents occurring on patrolled Western Australian beaches, and review what proportion of those injured were transported to hospital by ambulance; and studied underlying factors present at the time of the reported incidents. The study was presented at an oral presentation as well as a poster presentation.

Review Of Understanding Healthcare Information By Lyn Robinson, Sharon Leslie

Sharon Leslie

This is a review of Understanding Healthcare Information by Lyn Robinson

Review Of Writing And Publishing: The Librarian’S Handbook. Edited By Carol Smallwood., Sharon Leslie

Sharon Leslie

This is a book review of Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, edited by Carol Smallwood

Review Of Creating The Customer-Driven Academic Library By Jeannette Woodward, Sharon Leslie

Sharon Leslie

Review of Creating the Customer-Driven Academic Library by Jeannette Woodward