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PubMed2002

Collaboration and consultation: a survey of board certified music therapists.

The purpose of this study was to examine the consultation and collaboration practices of board certified music therapists (MT-BC) in order to establish a baseline of service provision for this profession. Board certified music therapists who are members of the American Music Therapy Association (n = 2039) were asked to complete a survey regarding collaboration and consultation in their professional practice. Specific areas of investigation included (a) population(s) with whom the MT-BC works and site of service delivery, (b) selfidentification as a collaborator and/or a consultant (c) populations with whom the MT-BC collaborates, and (d) frequency, methods, purpose, locations, and personnel for whom they provide consultative services. Responses (n = 873, 42.8%) from each of the 8 regions designated by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) indicated a significantly higher report of collaboration versus consultation among music therapists. Implications for music therapy education and need for further research are discussed.

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PubMed2003

Brain banking in the United States.

Many of us who conduct research based on disorders that uniquely affect the human nervous system are involved directly or indirectly with brain banks. Brain banking is by its very nature a multi-disciplinary endeavor that requires close collaboration with our colleagues in clinical departments and also with the families and patients who are donors of brain tissue. These brain tissues will ultimately be used for many types of basic science investigations. Thus, many brain banks are as unique as the basic research programs that they serve. However, there are some commonalities in the field of brain banking. This paper represents a broad overview of brain banking and the issues that are common to all brain banks. Legal and ethical concerns regarding confidentiality of donor records and donor recruitment procedures, as well as safety precautions for technical staff, tissue banking methods and disbursement will be discussed. Finally, issues surrounding financial support for brain banks will be considered.

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Society of pediatric psychology presidential address: opportunities for health promotion in primary care.

OBJECTIVE: To set an agenda for health promotion in primary care settings. METHODS: This is a review of the scientific bases of child development as applied to pediatric psychology and health promotion. RESULTS: Primary care is an ideal setting for health promotion because there is a "hidden morbidity" of children with unrecognized and untreated behavioral and developmental problems that, if unresolved, may lead to psychiatric and physical disorders and increased use of the health care system. Although pediatric psychologists endorse the importance of health promotion, there are few examples in the literature involving pediatric psychologists. Recommendations are provided for a proactive agenda for health promotion programs involving pediatric psychologists in primary care. CONCLUSIONS: With conceptual homes in clinical and developmental psychology, expertise in theories of clinical and child development, scientific methods, and collaborative relationships with pediatricians, pediatric psychologists are in a unique position to develop and evaluate health promotion programs for use in primary care.

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PubMed1980

Ethical issues in physical therapy practice. A survey of physical therapists in New England.

This survey was an attempt to identify which ethical decisions are most frequently encountered and are most difficult to make for practicing physical therapists. A questionnaire that described 30 situations with an ethical dimension was sent to 450 American Physical Therapy Association members practicing in New England. A total of 187 (41.5%) usable questionnaires was returned. Issues raised by items were designated as primary, secondary, or nonpriority. Seven primary and 11 secondary ethical issues were identified. In brief, these issues involve the decision about which patients should be treated, what obligations are entailed by that decision, who should pay for treatment, and what duties derive from the physical therapist's relationship; with other health professionals, including physicians. Some of these decisions are more frequent in certain types of employment facilities than in others. Sources of ethical conflict and the role of the professional organization in defining moral values for the profession are discussed in this paper, and implications for education are presented.

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PubMed2004

Development and preliminary examination of the predictive validity of the Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) for use in primary care.

BACKGROUND: There is no validated assessment of an older person's risk of falling that is easily applied in primary care. We aimed to develop a two-part tool for use in primary care or the community. Part 1 includes a rapid assessment of the individual's risk of falling for administration by clinical or non-clinical staff. Part 2 (for clinical staff) includes guidance on further assessment, referral and interventions. We assessed the predictive validity of part 1. METHODS: The tool was developed by an expert panel following the updating of an existing systematic review of community-based prospective studies identifying risk factors for falling and modified in accordance with the feedback from extensive piloting. We assessed predictive validity by a questionnaire survey sent at baseline and 6 months to a random sample of 1000 people aged over 65 in one Primary Care Group area. RESULTS: Five items were included in part 1: history of any fall in the previous year, four or more prescribed medications, diagnosis of stroke or Parkinson's disease, reported problems with balance, inability to rise from a chair without using arms. The presence of three or more risk factors had a positive predictive value for a fall in the next 6 months of 0.57 (95 per cent confidence interval 0.43-0.69). Less than three risk factors had a negative predictive value of 0.86 (0.82-0.89), and a specificity of 0.92 (0.88-0.94). CONCLUSION: The tool may be useful for identifying people who would benefit from further assessment of their risk of falling and appropriate intervention.

Accident Prevention↗
PubMed2004

Continuity within primary palliative care: an audit of general practice out-of-hours co-operatives.

BACKGROUND: The transfer of information between general practitioners (GPs) and their out-of-hours providers on vulnerable patient groups is essential to ensure continuity of care. This will be critical when, in 2006, NHS Direct will triage and route all out-of-hours calls. This study investigates the current use of information handover systems for palliative care patients within four out-of-hours co-operatives. METHODS: Paper records of all 13,460 contacts during August 2002 were scrutinized. Using a standardized data extraction form we recorded details on all palliative or terminal contacts, and the existence of information handover. RESULTS: Across the four co-operatives, 2.1 per cent of all calls were from palliative care patients; co-operatives held handover information for between one (1.2 per cent) and 13 (32.5 per cent) of these patients. CONCLUSION: The systems in place to alert these co-operatives to the needs of palliative care patients are currently under-utilized. As services move towards an integrated approach, scrutiny of information transfer systems and encouragement of GPs and district nurses to update information, may help to ensure better continuity of care

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PubMed2003

From misery to mission: forensic social workers on multidisciplinary mitigation teams.

Social workers are well-equipped by experience and education to play a pivotal role in death penalty mitigation teams. They offer expertise in researching complete social histories, providing for people under threat of execution, and helping those individuals cope with that threat. The social worker's primary role is to develop the client's story through an extensive empirical inquiry into the person's life. An equally important role for social workers is to work with the multidisciplinary defense team to ensure that the client's life story becomes a part of the defense. This article, through a case example of a condemned prisoner, examines the mitigation team concept, focusing on the social work role.

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PubMed2003

Managing managed care through accreditation standards.

Accreditation is emerging as a dominant strategy for ensuring accountability and basic quality of services in managed care organizations. Knowledge of accreditation standards can help social workers interact effectively with managed care companies when requesting services for clients and appealing denials. Familiarity with patient's rights protections, the appeals process, and provider credentialing guidelines can help protect social workers as well as clients from unfair decisions by managed care organizations. This article provides an overview of managed care accreditation standards and strategies for integrating this knowledge into advocacy efforts.

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PubMed2003

Excavating our frames of mind: the key to dialogue and collaboration.

Conversations between colleagues who hold divergent views of a case or practice situation often take the form of a win-lose debate in which contenders, arguing from within their respective frameworks, find they are unable to reach mutual understanding. The resulting impasse makes mutual understanding and collaboration difficult. Our typical way of resolving the impasse is to invoke the evidence for our own position, hoping that the facts somehow speak for themselves. Strangely, this may only exacerbate the impasse and worsen our view of our colleagues, whom we presume to be ignoring the facts. This article attempts to show that reflecting on the frame--not debating the facts--might be a more helpful way to approach such impasses and to reach mutual understanding.

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