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Series
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal lectures volume 2001
Publisher
The National Academies Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 PDF file (vii, 44 pages)) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies encompass a broad spectrum of practices and beliefs. The NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines CAM as "healthcare practices outside the realm of conventional medicine, which are yet to be validated using scientific methods." Integrative medicine refers to ongoing efforts to combine the best of conventional and evidence-based complementary therapies while...
Publisher
National Academies Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 359 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language
English
Description
The report examines the response to SARS by public health systems within individual countries; the biology of the SARS coronavirus and related coronaviruses in animals; the economic and political fallout of the SARS epidemic; quarantine law and other public health measures that apply to combating infectious diseases; and the role of international organizations and scientific cooperation in halting the spread of SARS. The report provides an illuminating...
Publisher
National Academies Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 PDF file (20 pages))
Language
English
Description
As a society, we have made amazing gains in being able to detect and treat cancer. Even so, about half the people who are told by their doctors that they have cancer will die within a few years. This means that every year about one million people find out that they have cancer and are treated, and about one-half million people die of cancer nationwide. So far, most cancer research and treatment has focused on trying to cure cancer. There hasn't been...
Series
Publisher
National Academies Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages).
Language
English
Description
The lack of health insurance for tens of millions of Americans has serious negative consequences and economic costs not only for the uninsured themselves but also for their families, the communities they live in, and the whole country. The Committe urges Congress and the Administration to act immediately to eliminate this longstanding problem.
Series
Publisher
National Academy Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"This report, the second in a series of six planned by the Institute (IOM) Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, examines the relationship between being insured or uninsured and the health of American adults."--Executive Summary, p.3
Series
Publisher
National Academies Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 528 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Building on the Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, this book puts forward a road map for the development and adoption of key health care standards to support both information exchange and the reporting and analysis of patient safety data.
