A new method is described to determine and to rank the significance of the environmental aspects of a local authority, as a basis for the implementation of an environmental management system (EMS). The method is especially important as for the requirements of the EU "Environmental Management and Audit Scheme" (EMAS), a standard open to all sectors including public authorities. The method has be...

Speaking at the 2009 Society for Medical Anthropology Conference, cultural anthropologist Margaret Lock pointed out that the advent of the genomic revolution brings with it important societal, political, and social issues that have the potential to radically change both human life and interaction.

In his plenary session entitled Five Questions on the Future, Harvard anthropologist Arthur Kleinman capitalized on the 2009 Society for Medical Anthropology Conference's theme of Medical Anthropology at the Intersections to speculate on the future of the discipline.

clinical emphasis that busy practicing physicians, house physicians, or medical students usually want. If the book is to have a second edition, it could have its clinical focus improved by joint authorship with a geriatrician with experience and interest in nutrition. Despite this limitation, there is much to be gained by a careful reading, and it is recommended to all who care for elderly pers...

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Multitasking has always been a necessary part in emergency services. However, only recently have advances in cognitive psychology and functional MRI studies allowed us to peer into the multitasking mind and the parts of the brain that control it. This program discusses how we can filter out multitasking “noise”, train to multitask better and identify when we need to avoid multitasking altogethe...

If your facility experienced a security incident—a breach, a leak, a stolen laptop or PDA—would you be prepared to handle the situation? Tom Martin, chief information officer at the University of Washington Academic Medical Center, was forced to confront the above scenario after a hacker accessed a database of patients’ medical information. His experience can help others in the healthcare indus...