Biomedical subjects

J Fleetwood

Publications and source records attributed to J Fleetwood.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1996

Taking cultural diversity seriously.

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Cultural Diversity↗

PubMed1996

Preserving the best of the art of teaching.

Teachers often develop unique methods to help students learn, but these techniques may be lost when they retire from the profession. In the 15 years that they have conducted the Effective Teaching Workshop: Improving Your Skills, the authors of this paper have observed presentations of many innovative teaching methods. The article describes five methods recently presented at the annual workshop: the use of a flipchart with slides; the use of Polarmotion overhead transparencies; an asthma simulation; a breast-mass simulation; and teamwork and game-playing. The authors present these techniques in the hope of reaching a broader audience, and to stimulate other teachers to submit descriptions of innovative teaching methods for possible publication in the Ideas for Medical Education column.

Audiovisual Aids↗

PubMed1994

Institutional ethics committees and the shield of immunity.

Institutional ethics committees have been hailed as a good resource for physicians confronting complex ethical issues in patient care. Physicians may seek ethics committee consultations to receive impartial assistance in decision making, to resolve conflicts, and to avoid cumbersome court procedures and unwieldy litigation. The endorsement of ethics committees by the President's Commission, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and the Department of Health and Human Services, along with recent state legislation governing committees in Maryland, New Jersey, and Hawaii, raises questions about the proper scope and authority of ethics committees. We examined the accountability of institutional ethics committees and argue against immunity-conferring statutes that shield physicians who follow a committee's advice from civil and criminal liability.

Decision Making, Organizational↗

PubMed1991

Determinants of health-promoting behaviors in adults.

Risk reduction for coronary artery disease (CAD) is a goal of health providers. The purposes of this study were to determine: 1) adults' knowledge about CAD; 2) if adults who have risk for CAD also practice health-promoting behaviors; and, 3) if there is a correlation among adults' practice of health-promoting behaviors, health locus of control, value of health, and knowledge of CAD risk factors. Findings indicate that subjects were knowledgeable about personal CAD risk, and those with higher CAD risk knowledge also practiced more health-promoting behaviors. Subjects had less knowledge about elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and use of oral contraceptives. Additional findings suggest that individuals' beliefs about control over their health, health value, and knowledge about CAD risk factors are related to their participation in health-promoting behaviors.

Coronary Disease↗

PubMed1991