International Symposium: Advances in Transfusion Safety – 2001. Langen, Germany, June 7 to 8, 2001

Mental Health Research Review 8, June 2001

The economic burden of depression: The burden of informal care for evidence from an international study in Alzheimer’s Disease: carer perceptions primary care (the LIDO study) from an empirical study in England, Italy Daniel Chisholm, Martin Knapp and the and Sweden LIDO Group David McDaid and Franco Sassi, on behalf of the TASIE group Predicting the use of low and medium secure beds Cognitive ...

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UNJ June 2001

What happens to patients with chronic illnesses who frequently fall “through the cracks” when seeking traditional medical interventions, yet who would clearly benefit from palliative care? Who carries out such conversations with these patients and their families? When do palliative care and quality of life issues surpass the curative medical model? The following discussion of advanced directive...

FORUM June 2001

With the implementation of veterans integrated service networks (VISNs) and the shift toward communitybased primary care, VA has made tremendous strides in improving access to veterans’ health care. We know, for example, that the number of veterans served by VA increased 30 percent from 1996 to 2000. In addition, more than 400 VA community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) currently provide care...

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