Your Eyes: A Book for Paramedical Personnel and the Lay Reader

Battered women frequently experience difficulties in seeking help from formal sources. They do not always know what services are available and they may be deterred by feelings of embarrassment, shame and even guilt. They may also fear reprisals. A further problem is that services are poorly co-ordinated. This paper examines the response of the three agencies most frequently approached by battered women seeking help. The police, social workers and medical and paramedical personnel reveal the same or similar attitudes towards marital violence and the problem is either ignored or redefined (usually in terms of child care). There is a marked reluctance on the part of all practitioners to become involved in cases of marital violence which they see as peripheral to their main concerns. The privacy of the family and of marriage is constantly stressed and women are viewed primarily as wives and mothers. When practitioners do become involved, therefore, the emphasis is on reconciliation rather than firm action. This response has the effect of trivializing the problems, and the legitimacy of male violence as a means of controlling women remains largely unchallenged. It is small wonder that battered women frequently express dissatisfaction with the services concerned.

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Cancer Diagnosis in Children, by L. D. Samuels, M.D. Cleveland: The Chemical Rubber Company, 1972, 131 pp., $25.00

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.50.5.834 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 50 (5) ◽

pp. 834-835

Author(s):

Norman Jaffe

Keyword(s):

Child Health ◽

Cancer Diagnosis ◽

General Physician ◽

Paramedical Personnel ◽

Diagnostic Work ◽

Work Up ◽

Diagnostic Work Up

Cancer Diagnosis in Children is a review of the diagnostic work-up which the author claims will be of interest to the general physician, paramedical personnel, students, and anyone concerned with child health. The text is presented in readable style, culminating in an extremely useful appendix (Chapter 7) . This provides a concise resume of the information presented in the previous six chapters. It adds to the quality of the book which could have been further enhanced by the inclusion of an index, which I found sadly lacking.

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The Consumers Union Report on Family Planning

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.31.1.122 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 122-122

Author(s):

KENNETH J. RYAN

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Present State ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Source Book ◽

Union Report ◽

The Subject ◽

Lay Reader

This short publication covers the subject of family planning with regard to both the use of contraceptive methods for preventing pregnancy and the infertility evaluation for those who cannot conceive. A short introductory chapter is devoted to a discussion of the physiology of ovulation and fertilization. The material is well organized and reasonably comprehensive for the lay reader. In addition, it is a fair and accurate summary of our present state of knowledge. The book has a pleasing format and is executed with taste. While this material is suitable for the educated layman, there is, as yet, no completely satisfactory source book for the physician.

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The Rising Cost of Hospital Care, by Martin S. Feldstein. Washington: Information Resources Press, 1971, 88 pp., $4.25

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.51.2.326 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 326-327

Author(s):

Leonard W. Cronkite

Keyword(s):

Hospital Cost ◽

Hospital Care ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Information Resources ◽

Complex Issue ◽

The Past ◽

Hospital Economics ◽

Underlying Causes ◽

Lay Reader

Dr. Feldstein has produced an essay of extraordinary clarity for the lay reader. He bravely tackles the incredibly complex issue of hospital economics. He analyzes the course of hospital cost inflation during the past 20 years and attempts to define the underlying causes. Unlike many economists he does not fall into the trap of comparing hospitals with other industries nor does he try to apply the simplistic laws of supply and demand as they apply to the manufacturer of goods.

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Experience of Health-Related Problems during House Parties in the Netherlands: Nine Years of Experience and Three Million Visitors

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00006695 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 133-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jan Krul ◽

Armand R. J. Girbes

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Prospective Observational Study ◽

First Aid ◽

Years Of Experience ◽

Medical Support ◽

Short Term ◽

Unique Data ◽

Paramedical Personnel ◽

Health Related ◽

The Mean

AbstractObjective:The objective of this study was to report on a nine years of experience of providing medical support during house parties (raves) in the Netherlands, where they can be organized legally.Design:This was a prospective, observational study of self-referred patients from 1997 to 2005. During raves, first aid stations are staffed with specifically trained medical and paramedical personnel. Self-referred patients were diagnosed, treated, and recorded using standardized methods.Results:During a nine-year period with 219 raves occurred, involving approximately three million participants, 23,581 patients visited the first aid stations. The medical usage rate (MUR) varied from 59–170 patients per 10,000 rave participants. The mean age increased from 1997 to 2005 from 18.7 ±2.7 to 23.3 ±5.7 years. The mean stay at the first aid station was 18 ±46 minutes. Most health problems were mild. Fifteen cases of severe incidents were observed with one death.Conclusions:Unique data from the Netherlands demonstrate a low number of serious, health-related, short-term problems during raves.

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T. S. Eliot and the Lay Reader

English Journal of the English Association ◽

10.1093/english/5.28.132 ◽

1945 ◽

Vol 5 (28) ◽

pp. 132-132

Author(s):

G. Tillotson

Keyword(s):

Lay Reader

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Building Enthusiasm and Overcoming ‘Fear’: Engaging with Christian Leaders in an Age of Science

10.31235/osf.io/58f3c ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lydia Reid

Keyword(s):

Science And Religion ◽

Church Leaders ◽

Christian Leadership ◽

The Public ◽

Ministerial Training ◽

Lay Reader ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Christian Leaders

In popular culture the relationship between science and religion has often been portrayed as one of conflict. The impact of the conflict thesis can be observed in church leaders’ hesitancy in talking about science and religion in the public domain. It was this finding that led Revd Professor David Wilkinson (cosmologist and theologian) and Professor Tom McLeish (physicist and Anglican lay reader) to form the project ‘Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science’ funded by The Templeton World Charity Foundation. The data presented in this article (collected during 2015-2018) is derived from two discreet pieces of research. The first consisting of a survey of over 1,000 church leaders and interviews with 20 senior church leaders and, the second, with a strategic focus on ministerial training comprised of 12 interviews with church educationalists. This paper reflects on the findings from both pieces of research – covering topics such as church leaders’ enthusiasm towards science, how church leaders view the relationship between science and religion and the role of compartmentalisation in ministerial training. The article is unique in providing sociological analysis on the relevant data and including a personal reflection by David Wilkinson – the project’s director – on the implications of the research for ministerial training and science.

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