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C Hancock

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PubMed1998

Medical resources on the Internet: searching and appraising.

Finding useful medical information on the Internet depends on searching effectively and critically appraising the resources when they are found. This article offers practical advice for those interested in using the internet for education and training.

Computer Communication Networks↗
PubMed1997

Changes or cuts?

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Health Care Reform↗
PubMed1997

Prenatal stress alters the size of the rostral anterior commissure in rats.

In rodents and other mammals, prenatal stress disrupts both sexual differentiation and sexual behavior. The present study examined the area of the anterior division of the anterior commissure (the Aca) in coronal, thionin-stained sections of prenatally stressed (P-S), and control male and female rats. Pregnant rats were exposed to thrice-daily heat, light, and restraint stress or left undisturbed during days 15-22 of pregnancy. Adult P-S and control males and females were killed, perfused, and their brains removed. Serial coronal sections (total of approximately 200 microm) through the rostral portion of the Aca (the rAca) were taken and stained with thionin. The sections were examined and traced under x25 using computerized microscopy to obtain the area in mm2. The data revealed that control females had a larger rAca compared to control males, and that P-S males had a larger rAca compared to control males; further, control males and P-S females were not significantly different, nor were control females and P-S males. These results suggest that, in rats, the Ac may be sexually dimorphic (in a direction similar to that described in humans) and that prenatal stress an event that modifies sex-typical behavior, physiology, and neuroanatomy reverses that sex difference.

Aging↗
PubMed1997

Health sector reform and trends in the United Kingdom hospital workforce.

OBJECTIVES: The authors examine changing trends in the profile and patterns of employment of the workforce in hospitals in the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. The effect of the implementation of the NHS reforms is considered, with particular reference to the changing composition of the nursing workforce. The authors note that there are problems with establishing trend data because of altered information requirements as a result of the NHS reforms. METHODS: Analysis and review of data from secondary sources and research publications. RESULTS: Although hospital activity rates have grown, patient length of hospital stays decreased, and patient activity levels increased, there has not been a linked growth in the size of the nursing workforce. The main changes in the profile of the nursing workforce highlighted are a marked reduction in the numbers of nursing students and alterations in the skill mix between first- and second-level qualified nurses. The authors also note a large increase in the number of managerial and administrative staff employed and growth in medical staff numbers. Changes in working patterns and increases in contracting for support services and in the use of temporary staff also are discussed. CONCLUSIONS: There have been pronounced changes in the profile of the hospital workforce but little evaluation of the impact of these changes on outcomes of care.

Forecasting↗