Examines issues concerning triage and referrals for medical child-sexual-abuse examinations from the sociolegal system. Research recommendations are offered in the areas of structure of care, process of care, and outcomes for evaluation. (DB)

Reviews the technical conduct of the child-sexual-abuse medical examination and offers a research agenda. Introduction of the colposcope in the early 1980s is noted, as are other technological advances, such as the videocolposcopy and linkage with computer technology. Achievement highlights in the last 20 years of research are identified, along…

Today there are more job openings in the field of histotechnology than there are educated people to fill them, and the U.S. Department of Labor expects employment opportunities for histotechnicians and histotechnologists to grow by 10 to 20 percent over the next eight years. According to the Wage and Vacancy Survey published by the American…

The article reports that a wayward research project shattered the trust last year between Arizona State University and a small American Indian tribe in the bottom of the Grand Canyon. This scandal exposed once again the need for tribal governments and Native American communities to get involved in regulating research on human subjects. In response…

A team of researchers who just finished analyzing 20 years of data from locales around Los Angeles said that particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter poses the greatest risk of causing early death as it can penetrate deep into the lungs and sometimes even enter the bloodstream. Such particles are often found in smoke, vehicle…

Secretin is used in the United States for diagnosis of pancreatic gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction and disease. Repeated therapeutic use has not been approved. Widespread interest in secretin as a treatment for autism followed media reports of behavioral improvements in an autistic child who received the hormone during a GI diagnostic procedure.…

The pharmaceutical industry has contributed to many life-saving innovations in medicine and has become one of the most successful industries in the world. As a result, pharmaceutical industry financial and marketing influences extend to federal regulatory agencies, professional organizations, medical journals, continuing medical education,…

In the No Child Left Behind Act and the What Works Clearinghouse, the federal government has attempted to establish guidelines for the type of education research that U.S. schools should consider in selecting instructional programs and resources. The government's clear preference for the medical model--a powerful research design in such fields as…

This audit examined a case of potential conflict of interest in the School of Pharmacy at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. In 1992 a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, which conducts grant-funded drug research, created Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, Incorporated (PhOR), a private, for-profit corporation that…

According to Rall, director of NIEHS, the agency is supporting environmental research in the areas of occupational health, epidemiological, carcinogenic and biochemical toxicology, air pollution, food additives and nutrition. Rall's concern is that environmentalists have become sidetracked by the problems of esthetics and wildlife toxicity and…

A survey is presented of recently published periodical literature in the field of vaccine-preventable diseases. Information is provided on writings about: (1) measles; (2) rubella; (3) influenza; (4) diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus; and (5) other vaccine-preventable diseases. For each disease general information is covered, as well as clinical and…

An exploratory study using interviews of 150 postpartum patients was conducted to determine their perceptions of the touching they received during labor. Answers to the interview questions were analyzed in terms of overall perceptions, positive experiences, and negative experiences, and selected demographic variables were examined for differences…

Speech delivered to Plenary Session on "Specific Needs for Medical Manpower at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (79th, Houston, Texas, Nov. 2, 1968).

Study supported in part by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Contract No. DA-49-193-MD-2741.

Presented before the General Session, as part of the Research Symposium, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 3, 1968.