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Prevalence, nature, and comorbidity of depressive disorders in primary care
(Elsevier, 1994-07)
This article examines the prevalence, nature, and comorbidity of depressive disorders using DSM-III-R criteria among patients recruited from the waiting rooms of family physicians. A total of 1928 family practice patients ...
Health care providers' perceptions of the vulnerability of persons with disabilities: Sociological frameworks and empirical analyses
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-09)
In this study, we explored health care providers' perceptions about their professional responsibility for persons with disabilities. We examined the providers' perceptions of the vulnerability of persons with disabilities ...
Recommendations for standardized human pedigree nomenclature
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-12)
The construction of an accurate family pedigree is a fundamental component of a clinical genetic evaluation and of human genetic research. Previous surveys of genetic counselors and human genetic publications have demonstrated ...
Cerebral glucose hypermetabolism in Friedreich's ataxia detected with positron emission tomography
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990-12)
Local cerebral metabolic rate for glucose was studied with 18 F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose and positron emission tomography (PET) in 22 patients with Friedreich's ataxia and 23 age-matched normal control subjects. The ...
Factors Affecting Students' Use of MEDLINE
(Elsevier, 1993-12)
MEDLINE search transcripts by a class of third-year medical students were analyzed. The 184 students were divided into three groups according to their search experience in terms of the number of sessions logged at the time ...
The use of trained patient educators with rheumatoid arthritis to teach medical students
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1996-08)
Objective. To assess whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) trained as educators can enhance the integration of clinical and basic science education among second-year medical students during their rheumatology ...
Preparing surgery house officers for their teaching role
(Elsevier, 1991-04)
The medical education literature was reviewed in four categories: (1) general studies of house officer teaching, (2) perceptions of the house officer's teaching role, (3) assessing and improving resident teaching skills, ...
Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Pretest the Publication Take Charge of Your Diabetes: A Guide for Care
(Sage Publications, 1996)
Quantitative and qualitative methods used to pretest the guidebook Take Charge of Your Diabetes: A Guide for Care are presented in this paper. Questionnaires were used as the quantitative method (completed by 59 diabetes ...
Contrasting Patient and Practitioner Perspectives in Type 2 Diabetes Management
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1998)
Studies of self-care behaviors in the management of type 2 diabetes of ten focus on patient knowledge and montivation, without considering the role of practitioner orientations. Using an exploratory descriptive design, we ...
Testing A Model of Diabetes Self-Care Management
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1990)
The daily management of diabetes involves a complex interaction of metabolic variables, self-care behaviors, andpsychological and social adjustments to having the disease. Diabetes patient-education programs usually focus ...