HIV/AIDS and the eye, a global perspective. Emmett T. Cunningham and Rubens Belfort R. San Francisco, 2002. American Academy of Ophthalmology. Soft cover, illustrated, 135 pages. Free to AAO Members; $80 for nonmembers.

Members of the Section on Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics met for 2½ days in conjunction with the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Boston, Massachusetts, October 6 to October 8, 1990. The meeting was presided over by Chairperson David T. Mininberg of Cornell University, New York. The papers presented at this meeting that are of interest to the practicing pediatrician are summarized here according to topic. The Pediatric Urology Medal, awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric urology, was presented to Dr Frank Hinman, Jr. of the University of California. San Francisco. Dr Hinman was recognized for his many years of work dedicated to improving the urologic care of children. A foremost clinician, teacher, and researcher, he has contributed particularly to the understanding of urinary tract infections and bladder dysfunction in children, particularly those children who have "Hinman Syndrome," the non-neurogenic neurogenic bladder. Dr Hinman has been a strong advocate for the specialized urologic care of children for many years. GENITOURINARY NEOPLASMS Wilms' tumor is one disease in which there has been impressive progress in recent years, particularly with the advent of effective chemotherapy that has enabled these children to have increased disease-free survival. Montgomery and co-workers from the Mayo Clinic reviewed the experience of patients with bilateral Wilms' tumor during the past 16 years. Ten-year survival was 69%. Seventy-five percent of the failures resulted from recurrent disease (which generally occurred early), and 25% resultes from treatment complications.

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REPORT OF THE A.A.P.-A.N.A. CONFERENCE ON UTILIZATION OF ALLIED HEALTH WORKERS IN MEETING THE MANPOWER CRISIS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.47.6.1080 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 47 (6) ◽

pp. 1080-1084

Author(s):

Abraham B. Bergman ◽

La Verne Fakkema ◽

John P. Connelly

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

San Francisco ◽

Nurse Practitioners ◽

Allied Health ◽

Health Workers ◽

Pediatric Nurse ◽

American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽

Nursing Organizations ◽

The University ◽

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

On October 22, 1970 a portion of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in San Francisco was devoted to a conference on the utilization of allied health workers in meeting the manpower crisis. It was jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Nurses' Association and was the third and most successful of similar meetings. The first one, held at the Academy's Chicago meeting in October, 1969, provided an introduction to the concept of pediatric nurse practitioners. The second, held at the Washington meeting of the Academy in April, 1970, resulted in a frank exchange of views of the official nursing organizations and academy representatives and pointed to the need for open discussion and collaboration on the subject. The San Francisco meeting got down to the business of a more objective analysis of issues, and though there was much heated discussion most of it was constructive. An attempt was made by the planning committee to include on the program different models of allied health workers in pediatrics. The program highlighted discussion about discharged medical corpsmen, laboratory technologists, pediatric assistants, as well as the more familiar pediatric nurse practitioner. Of the 418 persons in attendance, 294 were nurses, 43 physicians, and 81 were other interested persons. When one of the nurses criticized the fact that there were so few physicians in attendance, Donald Frank of Cincinnati, a member of the Academy's Manpower Committee, pointed out that there was a fivefold improvement in physician attendance since the first conference. The opening keynote address was given by Philip R. Lee, M.D., former HEW official, now Chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco, who refreshingly offered no simple solutions.

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Remarks on Behalf of the Founding Members Present at the 50th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Francisco CA, February 1998

Journal of Forensic Sciences ◽

10.1520/jfs14333j ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 14333J

Author(s):

Kurt M. Dubowski

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

Annual Meeting ◽

San Francisco ◽

Forensic Sciences

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Human fertility in global perspective

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s002193200002366x ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 3 (S3) ◽

pp. 41-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. M. Potts

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

San Francisco ◽

Technological Progress ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Development Programme ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Planned Parenthood ◽

Human Fertility ◽

The United Nations ◽

Nations Development

Sir David Owen, who should have given this lecture, died very suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of June.U Thant said in a tribute: ‘David Owen was literally the first member of the United Nations Secretariat. He joined the United Nations directly from the San Francisco Conference in 1945…. As the first and only Executive Chairman of the Technical Assistance Board he was key organizer of what has now become the United Nations Development Programme…. When he left the United Nations a year ago to assume his new post as Secretary General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation he was continuing the work to which he had devoted his life, the application of human ingenuity and technological progress to problems of peoples of the world. It is a tragedy, and a loss to all mankind, that his life and his new career have been so abruptly cut short.’

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