hat have been the significant changes in China’s economic and political institutions? I will answer this question by discussing eight topics chosen from Milton and Rose Friedman’s book Free to Choose. The topics are economic freedom, the relation between economic and political freedom, the role of government, social welfare, education, consumer protection, macroeconomic policy, and trends in th...

Course Description “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” is a home study continuing education course for rehabilitation professionals. This course presents updated information about Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) including sections on statistical usage, alternative medical systems, mind body medicine, biologically based practices, energy therapies, manipulative and body based p...

A discussion of the design, development, and administration issues related to the implementation of an automated, multi-user tool for assessing the accuracy of consumer occupancy and demographic information in information products based upon a comparison to shared database of collected survey responses. Covers user education and acceptance issues as well as system design and quality assurance p...

How can rural hospitals continue to attract physicians to their facilities? For most rural hospitals, the number of dollars they spend in medical education equates to the number of physicians they are able to retain on staff. What will be the cost to the consumer versus the physicians if the shortage is not addressed and corrected?

Public reporting of healthcare-associated infections is pervasive, with 33 states and the District of Columbia mandating public disclosure. We surveyed hospital epidemiologists on the perceived value of state public reports. Respondents believed consumers are unaware and do not consider the information important, but they indicated that epidemiologists have a role in consumer education.

I. On individual welfare, 574. II. An overview critique, 576. III. The generalized production possibilities set, 579. IV. Functional imperatives and individual development, 580. -V. Structural operation: Associative, cybernetic, and institutional patterning, 584. VI. Recapitulation, 587. VII. Work, 590. VIII. Technology, 591. IX. Education, 592. X. Consumer sovereignty, 594. XI. Conclusion, 595.