The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that all medical information is sensitive and should be given the utmost protection. ASHP supports the adoption into federal law of a minimum standard for protection of individually identifiable patient health information and believes that states should retain the ability to adopt standards that are more stringent than federal la...

Beliefs play a significant role in defining personality and the sense of self. They dictate one’s behaviour feelings towards others. are our compass life. Belief is acceptance something as true without proof which Influences values morals, such God all-knowing creator heaven earth. about ourselves others at heart many economic social decisions, with large consequences for welfare. This becomes ...

Information modeling is a technique by which a database designer develops a conceptual model of a database depicting the entity classes that will be represented in the database. There are three competing ontological assumptions that guide the modeling process. The broadest characterization of these assumptions is realism vs. conceptualism, with social realism occupying a middle ground. The real...

Data from 100 cases of alleged rape victims demonstrate why the author believes the AP test to be a reliable tool, when employed by an expert for the identification of seminal fluid.

The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) believes that noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is an important treatment modality for the prehospital management of acute dyspnea. This document serves as a resource to the NAEMSP position on prehospital NIPPV.

With the number of patent claims including DNA sequence booming, is there a way forward to help resolve disagreements over the many issues involved? One ethical body believes that there is and has produced a new study.

We are developing and testing a computer model of conversation by constructing a program that engages its user in purposeful conversation to help him perform some task. Conversation is viewed as a sequence of actions performed by the participants, intentionally affecting each other's model of the world, primarily their beliefs and goals. These actions can only be performed if certain conditions...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that the widespread, indiscriminate use of dietary supplements presents substantial risks to public health and that pharmacists have an opportunity and a professional responsibility to reduce those risks. ASHP recognizes that patients may choose to use legally available dietary supplements, but believes that the decision to use s...