An Analysis of the American Medical Association's Recommendations for Change in the Medical Care Sector of the United States

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Navarro
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
The United States

Early Recognition of Childhood Deafness

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-148
Author(s):  
Glenn Austin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hearing Research ◽  
Childhood Deafness ◽  
Hearing Children

Some parents of deaf and hard of hearing children are impatient with American medical care and not without justification. The enclosed "Hearing Checklist"1 was put together by a parent, working for the volunteer organization "Foundation for Hearing Research Inc." She gathered the material from several sources after hearing that deaf infants are routinely picked up in New Zealand by observation in their clinics at 6 months of age. It is evidently rare to pick them up this early in the United States.

The Special Perils of Being Old and Sick in Prison

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 276-284
Author(s):  
William J. Jefferson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Constitution ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Access To Medical Care

The United States Supreme Court declared in 1976 that deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain…proscribed by the Eighth Amendment. It matters not whether the indifference is manifested by prison doctors in their response to the prisoner’s needs or by prison guards intentionally denying or delaying access to medical care or intentionally interfering with treatment once prescribed—adequate prisoner medical care is required by the United States Constitution. My incarceration for four years at the Oakdale Satellite Prison Camp, a chronic health care level camp, gives me the perspective to challenge the generally promoted claim of the Bureau of Federal Prisons that it provides decent medical care by competent and caring medical practitioners to chronically unhealthy elderly prisoners. The same observation, to a slightly lesser extent, could be made with respect to deficiencies in the delivery of health care to prisoners of all ages, as it is all significantly deficient in access, competencies, courtesies and treatments extended by prison health care providers at every level of care, without regard to age. However, the frailer the prisoner, the more dangerous these health care deficiencies are to his health and, therefore, I believe, warrant separate attention. This paper uses first-hand experiences of elderly prisoners to dismantle the tale that prisoner healthcare meets constitutional standards.

Inappropriate prescriptions for the aging population of the United States: an analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1997

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boji Huang ◽  
Kenneth A. Bachmann ◽  
Xuming He ◽  
Randi Chen ◽  
Jennifer S. McAllister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Aging Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Survey ◽  
Ambulatory Medical Care ◽  
Inappropriate Prescriptions

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 839-845
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Infant And Child Health ◽  
And Child Health

The eloquent statement on the status of Negro medical care and education in the United States by the eminent anatomist, Dr. W. Montague Cobb (Brown America's Medical Diaspora: A Paradox of Democracy, in The Pediatrician and The Public, Pediatrics 3:854, 1949) requires the attention of all physicians interested in the distribution of medical care. Although pediatricians cannot begin to assume responsibility for this entire problem, it is possible to demonstrate leadership in the same manner in which the Academy study of infant and child health services provided leadership to the profession and the public. We refer specifically to an extension of training facilities in pediatrics for Negro physicians. Certainly 15 certified Negro pediatricians in a country with 14,000,000 Negro people represents a serious discrepancy in the distribution of training facilities. Admittedly most of the problem has its origin in the distribution of training facilities for undergraduate students and the basic problems responsible for this situation. However, we have observed—as has Dr. Cobb—that many Negro physicians desiring training in pediatrics (as well as other specialties) are discouraged from applying for training because of what seems to be a dearth of positions open to them. It has been our impression, however, that many centers would consider Negroes for training appointments if qualified applicants applied. Would it not be advisable, therefore, for the American Board of Pediatrics to circularize the approved training centers in pediatrics in order to establish a roster of those centers which would consider Negro applicants for training positions?

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