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Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation -- Copyright -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Senior Special Experts -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transplantation Supply and Demand -- SUPPLY -- DEMAND -- IMPROVING SUPPLY -- 3 Background -- THE HISTORICAL NHBD -- NEUROLOGIC CRITERIA FOR DEATH -- 4 The Modern Non-Heart-Beating Donor -- THE CONTROLLED NHBD -- THE UNCONTROLLED NHBD -- CURRENT STATUS OF THE NHBD IN TRANSPLANTATION -- 5 Survey of Organ Procurement Organization and Transplant Program Policies -- INTEREST IN OPO NHBD PROTOCOLS -- PROTOCOL STATISTICS -- IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL DONORS -- APPROACH TO FAMILY FOR CONSENT -- OPO AND PROCUREMENT TEAM INTERVENTION BEFORE DEATH -- MEDICATION -- WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE SUPPORT AND DECLARATION OF DEATH -- UNCONTROLLED NHDS -- CONCLUSION -- 6 Analysis, Findings, and Recommendations -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- POLICIES AND OVERSIGHT -- MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS AND ETHICS -- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- DETERMINATION OF DEATH -- FAMILIES -- References -- Appendix A Letter to the Institute of Medicine from the Department of Health and Human Services -- Appendix B Agenda and Summary of Workshop on Medical and Ethical Issues in Maintaining the Viability of Organs for… -- AGENDA -- WORKSHOP SUMMARY -- Federal Government and Political Considerations -- UNOS: Procurement, Allocation, and Data Collection -- Organ Procurement Issues in the Context of the NHBD -- Scientific Issues and Medical Perspectives -- TRANSPLANT COORDINATION -- NHBD Supply, Results, Projections, and Other Information -- Consumer Concerns of Donors and Recipients -- Scientific Issues and Surgical Perspectives -- Ethical Concerns -- Determination of Death -- Interventions to Promote Organ Viability -- Conflicts of Interest -- Conclusion.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background, Definitions, Concepts -- 3 What We Have Learned from Current Approaches to Studying Environmental Risk Factors -- 4 Challenges of Studying Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer -- 5 Examining Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Over the Life Course: Implications for Risk -- 6 Opportunities for Action to Reduce Environmental Risks for Breast Cancer -- 7 Recommendations for Future Research -- Appendix A: Agendas for Public Meetings -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix C: Classification Systems Used in Evidence Reviews -- Appendix D: Summary Table on Estimates of Population Attributable Risk -- Appendix E: Glossary -- Appendix F: Ionizing Radiation Exposure to the U.S. Population, with a Focus on Radiation from Medical Imaging.

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 The Nature of Racial and Ethnic Differences -- 2 Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences -- 3 Genetic Influences -- 4 Socioeconomic Status -- 5 Behavior Risk Factors -- 6 Social and Personal Resources -- 7 Prejudice and Discrimination -- 8 Stress -- 9 Biopsychosocial Interactions -- 10 Health Care -- 11 The Life Course -- 12 Interventions -- References -- Appendix: Contents, "Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life -- Biographical Sketches -- Index.

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Summary -- Introduction -- Patterns of Childhood Death in America -- Pathways to a Child's Death -- Communication, Goal Setting, and Care Planning -- Care and Caring from Diagnosis Through Death and Bereavement -- Providing, Organizing, and Improving Care -- Financing of Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families -- Ethical and Legal Issues -- Educating Health Care Professionals -- Directions for Research -- References -- Appendix A Study Origins and Activities -- Appendix B Prognostication Scores -- Appendix C Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in End-of-Life Care for Children and Adolescents -- Appendix D Cultural Dimensions of Care at Life's End for Children and Their Families -- Appendix E Bereavement Experiences after the Death of a Child -- Appendix F End-of-Life Care in Emergency Medical Services for Children -- Appendix G Education in Pediatric Palliative Care -- Appendix H Progress in Pediatric Palliative Care in New York State-A Demonstration Project -- Appendix I Committee Biographical Statements -- Index.

Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Veterans with Disabilities in the 21st Century -- 3 Impairment, Disability, and Quality of Life -- 4 The Rating Schedule -- 5 The Medical Examination and Disability Rating Process -- 6 Medical Criteria for Ancillary Benefits -- 7 Individual Unemployability -- 8 Other Diagnostic Classification Systems and Rating Schedules -- 9 Service Connection on Aggravation and Secondary Bases -- 10 Conclusion: Into the 21st Century -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff -- Appendix B: Committee Charge -- Appendix C: The Relationship Between Impairments and Earnings Losses in Multicondition Studies -- Appendix D: The Role of Medical Personnel in Selected Disability Benefit Programs -- Appendix E: Diagram: Assessing Impairment and Functional Disability.

Die Grundlagen des Gilbrethschen Mauerns -- I. Bewegungsstudien -- Die Faktoren einer Arbeit -- II. Die Anlagen des Arbeiters -- 1. Körperbeschaffenheit des Arbeiters -- 2. Die Größe des Arbeiters -- 3. Die Muskelkraft des Arbeiters -- 4. Die Qualität des Arbeiters -- 5. Die Veranlagung des Arbeiters -- 6. Ausdauer und Ermüdung des Arbeiters -- 7. Die Geschicklichkeit des Arbeiters -- 8. Die Arbeitsgewohnheiten des Arbeiters -- 9. Die Ausbildung des Arbeiters -- 10. Die Arbeitsfreude -- 11. Die Gesundheit des Arbeiters -- 12. Die Lebenshaltung des Arbeiters -- 13. Die Ernährung des Arbeiters -- 14. Geistige Momente -- Zusammenfassung -- III. Die Arbeitsbedingungen -- 1. Die Arbeitsanordnung -- 2. Die Werkzeuge -- 3. Das Gewicht der zu bewegenden Einheit -- 4. Rauminhalt der zu bewegenden Einheit -- 5. Besondere arbeitserleichternde Ratschläge -- 6. Die Art des Materials -- 7. Heizung und Lüftung -- 8. Beleuchtung -- 9. Farbenwirkungen -- 10. Kleidung -- 11. Unterhaltung und Musik -- 12. Belohnung und Strafe -- 13. Die Gewerkschaften -- Zusammenfassung -- IV. Die Bedeutung der Bewegung -- 1. Das Bewegungsbild -- 2. Nutzeffekt der Bewegungen -- 3. Automatische Bewegungen -- 4. Antriebskraft und tote Punkte -- 5. Die Geschwindigkeit der Bewegung -- 6. Die Beschleunigung der Bewegung -- 7. Die Länge der Bewegung -- 8. Der Energieverbrauch der Bewegung -- 9. Die Kosten der Bewegung -- V. Praktische Ratschläge zur Einführung von Normalarbeitsverfahren -- VI. Ausblick in die Zukunft.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current and Future State of Performance Measurement and Reporting -- 3 Achieving a National System for Performance Measurement and Reporting -- 4 Moving Forward: What Should Be Measured? -- 5 Research Agenda -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Glossary -- Acronym List -- Appendix B National Organizations Involved in Performance Measurement -- Appendix C Case Studies -- Appendix D Ten Design Principles -- Appendix E Methodology and Analytic Frameworks -- Appendix F Commissioned Paper: Improving the Quality of Quality Measurement--John D. Birkmeyer, Eve A. Kerr, and Justin B. Dimick -- Appendix G Starter Set of Measures -- Appendix H Commissioned Paper: Efficiency/Value-Based Measures for Services, Defined Populations, Acute Episodes, and Chronic Conditions--Kyle L. Grazier -- Appendix I Commissioned Paper: Transitional Care Performance Measurement--Eric A. Coleman -- Appendix J Commissioned Paper: Palliative Care/End-of-Life Measures--Sydney Dy and Joanne Lynn -- Appendix K Biographical Sketches -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: About This Book -- List of Contributors -- CHAPTER 1 WRITING TO CHANGE THINGS: ESSAYS ON THE POLICY NARRATIVE -- Me and the System: The Personal Essay and Health Policy -- Using and Misusing Anecdote in Policy Making -- Out of the Closet and into the Legislature: Breast Cancer Stories -- CHAPTER 2 DOLLARS AND SENSE: HARD FINANCIAL REALITIES -- Gouging the Medically Uninsured: A Tale of Two Bills -- Tea, Biscuits, and Health Care Prioritizing -- Doctors Have Patients, Governors Have Citizens -- Hooked on Neonatology -- Here Comes Trouble -- Shopping for Long-Term Care -- On Being a Grantmaker -- CHAPTER 3 BEARING WITNESS: PATIENTS' STORIES -- ¡Despierta! -- Pizza Ship -- Where's David? -- Maria -- Voices from the Clinic: AIDS Then and Now -- The Yellow Baby -- Blind Faith and Choice -- CHAPTER 4 THE MADDENING SYSTEM: FRUSTRATIONS AND SOLUTIONS -- Of Wheelchairs and Managed Care -- Getting the Elderly Their Due -- My Mother and the Medical Care Ad-hoc-racy -- Tin-Cup Medicine -- Acquainted with the Night -- Learning Genetics -- CHAPTER 5 TROUBLE IN THE RANKS: PROFESSIONAL PROBLEMS -- Accountable but Powerless -- Leaving Nursing -- Dolores -- Attending Death with Dignity -- CHAPTER 6 DRUG RESISTANCE: BATTLING UNDUE INFLUENCE -- A Matter of Influence -- As Drug Marketing Pays Off, My Mother Pays Up -- No Free Lunch -- CHAPTER 7 DISPARITY DILEMMAS: STORIES ON RACE AND ETHNICITY -- Out of the Shadow -- Subcutaneous Scars -- No Come Nada -- Concordance -- La Promotora -- Immigration Pediatrics -- CHAPTER 8 VALUES AND CHOICE: STORIES OF PRACTICAL ETHICS -- Casey's Legacy -- No One Needs to Know -- At the End of a Day -- Life but No Limb: The Aftermath of Medical Error -- Incidental Illness -- The Rest Is Silence -- DNAbling Parents -- What Are We Going to Do with Dad? -- Kidneys and the Kindness of Strangers.

This volume examines how the construction of addiction in the early twentieth century was strongly influenced by the professional concerns of psychiatrists seeking to increase their medical authority; by the disciplinary ambitions of pharmacologists to build a drug development infrastructure; and by the American Medical Association's campaign to reduce prescriptions of opiates and to absolve physicians in private practice from the necessity of treating difficult addicts as patients. The portrayal of the tough urban addict helped bolster the federal government's policy of drug prohibition and created a social context that made the life of the American heroin addict more precarious in the wake of Progressive Era reforms.

Priority Areas for National Action -- Copyright -- REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- STUDY PURPOSE AND SCOPE -- GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- Systems Approach -- Scope and Framework -- Evidence-Based Approach -- CRITERIA -- FINAL LIST OF PRIORITY AREAS -- PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING PRIORITY AREAS -- Determine Framework -- Identify Candidates -- Establish Criteria -- Categorize Candidates Within the Framework -- Apply Criteria to Candidates -- Identify Priority Areas -- NEXT STEPS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter One Introduction -- STUDY APPROACH -- HOW MIGHT THE LIST OF PRIORITY AREAS BE USED? -- Level A: The Experience of Patients -- Level B: Micro-systems -- Level C: Organizations -- Level D: Environment -- WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THOSE IN THE FIELD? -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter Two Criteria for Selection -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DETERMINING CRITERIA -- Determining Evidence and Measurability -- Balancing Breadth and Focus -- Defining the Boundaries of the Health System -- CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE PRIORITY AREAS -- Impact: How Big Is the Problem? -- Why Look at Impact? -- Measuring Impact with Reference to Population Health -- How "Broken" is the Health System? -- Improvability: Can the Problem Be Fixed? -- Evidence for Improvability -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Priority Setting -- Inclusiveness: Breadth, Reach, and Equity -- TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Priority Areas for Quality Improvement -- BREADTH OF OPPORTUNITIES REPRESENTED BY PRIORITY AREAS -- The Full Spectrum of Health Care -- The Entire Life Span -- Diverse Health Care Settings and Professions -- THREE TYPES OF PRIORITY AREAS -- Cross-Cutting Areas -- Specific Priority Conditions -- Chronic Care -- Acute Care -- Preventive Care -- Palliative Care -- Emerging Areas.

FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 A Family Matter -- 2 Insurance Coverage of Families -- 3 Insurance Transitions over the Family Life Cycle -- 4 Financial Characteristics and Behavior of Uninsured Families -- 5 Family Well-Being and Health Insurance Coverage -- 6 Health-Related Outcomes for Children, Pregnant Women, and Newborns -- 7 Conclusions -- Appendixes -- A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Consequences of Uninsurance for Families -- B Overview of Public Health Insurance Programs -- C Research Review: Health Care Access, Utilization, and Outcomes for Children, Pregnant Women, and Infants -- D Data Tables -- E Glossary -- F Biographical Sketches -- References.

Ideal Marriage deals with the physical problems of marriage. The first edition of this book was published in 1928. It is the first part of a trilogy. It focuses on the sexual basis of married life and aims at increasing the forces of mutual attraction in marriage, through the evolution and improvement of physiological relationships. This book is organized into 17 chapters. The chapters focus on the physiology of conjugal life, because knowledge here is the indispensable basis, both theoretical and practical, for success in marriage. They attempt to fill the gap which still exists in scientifi.

Access to Health Care in America -- Copyright -- Contents -- Summary -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ON THE STATE OF ACCESS -- DEFINING ACCESS -- THE COMMITTEE'S INDICATORS AND PROGRESS TOWARD ACCESS OBJECTIVES -- Objective 1: Promoting Successful Birth Outcomes -- Objective 2: Reducing the Incidence of Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases -- Objective 3: Early Detection and Diagnosis of Treatable Diseases -- Objective 4: Reducing the Effects of Chronic Disease and Prolonging Life -- Objective 5: Reducing Morbidity and Pain through Timely and Appropriate Treatment -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- DEVELOPING A SET OF INDICATORS -- RELATIONSHIP OF ACCESS MONITORING TO OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES -- MAJOR DATA SOURCES: THEIR USES AND LIMITATIONS -- Strengths and Weaknesses -- Vital Statistics -- Surveys -- Hospital Discharge Data -- Tumor Registries -- Reportable Diseases -- Claims Data -- CROSSCUTTING ISSUES -- Race/Ethnicity -- Timeliness -- REFERENCES -- 2 A Model for Monitoring Access -- DEFINING ACCESS -- MEASURING ACCESS -- Indicators -- Utilization Indicators -- Outcome Indicators -- Utilization and Its Relationship to Health Care -- Mediating Factors -- Barriers to Access -- Structural Barriers -- Financial Barriers -- Personal and Cultural Barriers -- The Relationship of Access Barriers to Indicators -- REFERENCES -- 3 Using Indicators to Monitor National Objectives for Health Care -- OBJECTIVE 1: PROMOTING SUCCESSFUL BIRTH OUTCOMES -- Utilization Indicator: Adequacy of Prenatal Care -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Infant Mortality -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Low Birthweight -- Measuring the Indicator -- Trends in the Data -- Recommendations -- Outcome Indicator: Congenital Syphilis -- Measuring the Indicator.

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- Introduction -- Part I: Documenting the U.S. Health Disadvantage -- 1 Shorter Lives -- 2 Poorer Health Throughout Life -- Part II: Explaining the U.S. Health Disadvantage -- 3 Framing the Question -- 4 Public Health and Medical Care Systems -- 5 Individual Behaviors -- 6 Social Factors -- 7 Physical and Social Environmental Factors -- 8 Policies and Social Values -- Part III: Future Directions for Understanding the U.S. Health Disadvantage -- 9 Research Agenda -- 10 Next Steps -- References and Bibliography -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Recommendations of the National Prevention Council and Evidence Cited in Its Report -- Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Index.