In many parts of the world cancer is the second leading cause of death, with substantial amounts of health care resources allocated for cancer research, patient care, rehabilitation, and education. Because of the rapid growth of Oncology, many new specialties have developed, including 'Surgical Oncology,' which includes not only surgeons but other health professionals whose interests cover area...

Author details Department of Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No.123, Dapi Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. School of Public Health, Taipei Medical Univer...

A striking conclusion from the Institute of Medicine’s recent report on geographic variation in Medicare spending is that post-acute care is the largest driver of overall variation.1 Medicare pays for post-acute care — short-term skilled nursing and therapy services for patients recovering from acute illness (typically after a hospitalization), provided by home health agencies, skilled nursing ...

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine whether the position of ‘after hours clinical support enrolled nurse’ is embracing clinical skill extension in the acute surgical area. Design: Experienced enrolled nurses employed in a supernumerary capacity documented all activities with which they were engaged over a six-month period. Setting: Six surgical wards within a tertiary referral...

Jonathan Myers, PhD, FAHA, Chair; Ross Arena, PhD, FAHA; Barry Franklin, PhD, FAHA; Ileana Pina, MD, FAHA; William E. Kraus, MD, FAHA; Kyle McInnis, PhD; Gary J. Balady, MD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Committee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism, and the Cou...

ATheoretrical framework for psychiatric rehabilitation is presented. It is based on four existing modets in the field and describes the process o f relapse, intervening variables, interventions and outcomes. Some interactions between the elements of Hhe framewórk are given and the research support and implications for nursing are eaddressed briefly.

1Division of Physiology, School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences, Showa University, Yokohama 226-8555, Japan 2Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin 20-090, Poland 3Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 100-101, Republic of Korea 4Department of Respiratory Diseases, Research Institute, National...

Subacute rehabilitation, a recent innovation, is a less intense form of traditional inpatient rehabilitation. This study is a retrospective comparison of stroke treatment in a comprehensive inpatient service (acute rehabilitation) and subacute rehabilitation in a skilled nursing facility. Consecutive records during 1990 and 1991 resulted in 331 patients at the acute level and 97 at the subacute...

The Medical Research Council Burns and Industrial Injuries Unit at the Birmingham Accident Hospital pioneered civilian burn care and research in the United Kingdom during the post-war years. A photographic archive has been discovered that documents this period from 1945 to 1975. The aim of this project was to sort, digitize and archive the images in a secure format for future reference. The pho...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and infection in a rehabilitation hospital (Rancho Los Amigos Hospital [RLAH]) were studied from October 1977 to May 1980. Eighty-four episodes of MRSA colonization or infection were observed in 81 patients (attack rate, 0.44 per 100 admissions). The MRSA was considered to have been acquired at RLAH in 65% of the episodes and from ...