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March 29, 2007
APRIL 2007 DATABASE CLASSES
SEARCHING AND ACCESSING HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION RESOURCES
Target Audience: Physicians, Researchers, Faculty, Staff and Students
Location: Computer Education Classrooms – Lyman Maynard Stowe Library
These classes will provide hands-on training and demonstrations by UCHC Reference Librarians. Each class will outline quick and efficient means of searching and managing citation information for the four databases listed below. There is no charge for these classes but enrollment is limited to UCHC personnel only. To register in advance for any of these quick courses, please call UCHC Library Information & Education Services Department at 679-4051 or send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu
WEB OF SCIENCE / JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
Wednesday, April 11 - 10:00 to 11:30
SCOPUS
Thursday, April 12 - 1:00 to 2:30
PUBMED – BEYOND THE BASICS
Wednesday, April 25 - 1:00 to 2:30
ENDNOTE
Monday, April 30 - 9:00 to 10:30
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March 21, 2007
Selected New Books in the Library
NEONATAL BIOETHICS : The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation. John D. Lantos and William L. Meadow, authors.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. WS 21 L296n 2006
"This study examines the interconnected development of four key aspects of neonatal intensive care: medical advances, ethical analysis, legal scrutiny, and econometric evaluation. The authors assert that a dramatic shift in societal attitudes toward newborns and their medical care was a stimulus for, and then a result of, developments in the medical care of newborns. The divide their analysis into three eras from the 1960s to the present, and present neonatal bioethics as a paradigm of complex conversation among physicians, philosophers, policy makers, judges, and legislators which has led to societal oversight of a controversial medical innovation." -- from book jacket.
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EVIDENCE-BASED TO VALUE-BASED MEDICINE. Melissa M. Brown, Gary C. Brown, Sanjay Sharma, authors.
Chicago : AMA Press, c2005. W 84 AA1 B878 2005
"Medical research and practice is currently evolving from evidence-based medicine to an even higher quality of patient care: value-based medicine. Value-based medicine, which measures the patient-perceived value and integrates relevant costs provided by healthcare interventions, allows a more accurate measure of the overall worth of interventions to a patient and other stakeholders. This book explains this evolution and explains the uses and practice of value-based medicine in today's healthcare environment. -- from book jacket
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HEALING WORDS: The Power of Apology in Medicine. Michael S. Woods, Hilda J. Bruckner, authors.
Oak Park, Ill. : Doctors in Touch, c2004. W 44 W896h 2004
The author is a board-certified surgeon and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In the introduction to the book, he writes, "I propose that when complications occur, physicians should apologize, offer ongoing care and support, and fully disclose all details to the patient...I believe, and statistics support this, that, when dealt with honestly, respectfully, and compassionately, patients will accept an apology and choose not to litigate. Instead, they will accept a fair financial remedy that covers the costs of additional care made necessary by the complication. ". Though he offers advice and techniques on how to apologize, he does caution that physicians inform themselves of the details of their own malpractice policies before following his advice.
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LONG GOODBYE: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan. William H. Colby, author.
Carlsbad, Calif. : Hay House, c2002.
W 32.5 AM8 C686 2002
In 1983 after a car accident left her with no vital signs, Nancy Cruzan was resuscitated by paramedics, went into a coma for months, and woke up in a persistent vegetative state, kept alive only by a feeding tube. After 4 years, when her family asked to have the tube removed, the hospital refused to do so without a court order, which led to a legal battle in the Supreme Court. This book is the story of that legal struggle, the removal of the tube, and its aftermath, as told by the lawyer who represented the Cruzan family.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DRUG COMPANIES: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About it. Marcia Angell, author.
New York : Random House, c2004. QV 736 A583t 2004
"During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the growing corruption of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control. She saw them gain nearly limitless influence over medical research, education, and how doctors do their jobs, and watched as the American public, particularly the elderly, struggled with spiraling prescription drug prices. In this book she argues for change" --book jacket.
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USING HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING TO IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY. John W. Gosbee, editor.
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. : JCAHO, c2005. WX 153 U85n 2005
Written for physicians, nurses, risk managers, and other health care professionals new to HFE (human factors engineering), this book describes how to reduce preventable errors and minimize patient harm. It shows how to identify hidden deficiencies in devices, software programs, paper forms, care processes, and the workplace in general, and recommends actions to prevent adverse events.
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