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J C South

Publications and source records attributed to J C South.

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PubMed2001

Online resources for news about toxicology and other environmental topics.

Technology has revolutionized researchers' ability to find and retrieve news stories and press releases. Thanks to electronic library systems and telecommunications--notably the Internet--computer users in seconds can sift through millions of articles to locate mainstream articles about toxicology and other environmental topics. But that does not mean it is easy to find what one is looking for. There is a confusing array of databases and services that archive news articles and press releases: (1) some are free; others cost thousands of dollars a year to access, (2) some include hundreds of newspaper and magazine titles; others cover only one publication, (3) some contain archives going back decades; others have just the latest news, (4) some offer only journalistically balanced reports from mainstream news sources; others mix news with opinions and advocacy and include reports from obscure or biased sources. This article explores ways to find news online - particularly news about toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and the environment in general. The article covers web sites devoted to environmental news; sites and search engines for general-interest news; newspaper archives; commercial information services; press release distribution services and archives; and other resources and strategies for finding articles in the popular press about toxicology and the environment.

Environmental Health↗
PubMed1975

Quality of care evaluation applied to assessment of clinical pharmacy services.

Drug information supplied in a clinical setting was evaluated to determine the quality of care provided by a group of clinical pharmacists. Both process and outcome were assessed to determine the pharmacists' effectiveness in supplying clinical pharmacy services as well as to determine the relationship between these services and patient outcomes. Evaluation was conducted by a group of five physicians and the coordinator of the clinical pharmacy program. The method of evaluation seemed to contain a very high degree of interviewer reliability. Results indicate a moderate correlation, significant beyond the 0.01 level, between intermediate outcomes and the clinical pharmacy care process. The review group judged approximately three-fourths of the drug information communications as having at least a "significant" potential for benefiting the patient. Outcome measurement indicated, however, that only 14.5% of these communications were judged as actually benefiting the patient while 25% were judged as probably benefiting the patient.

Communication↗