Bøger af Institute of Medicine

Preventing HIV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries:

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2005

Summarizes the status of health effects in veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf irrespective of exposure information. This book reviews, evaluates, and summarizes both peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature addressing the health status of Gulf War veterans.

Evaluating the HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury Program (2006)

Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary (2006)

Aimed at improving health care quality, this book offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Explores the ethical issues posed when conducting research designed to identify, understand, or ameliorate housing-related health hazards among children. Such research involves children as subjects and is conducted in the home and in communities.

Based on a committee report which concluded that the food packages provided by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children should be changed. This book provides details on the proposed food packages, summarizes how these packages differ from existing packages, and discusses the rationale for the proposed packages.

Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us. This title examines knowledge and approaches to learning about the bacterial inhabitants of the human gut, the known host-microbe system, and findings from studies of microbial communities associated with other mammals, fish, plants, soil, and insects.

Examines the senior S&T appointments to federal government positions and accompanies the list of the urgent S&T presidential appointments. This report covers not only presidential appointments to top S&T leadership positions but also the appointment of scientists, engineers, and health professionals to serve on federal advisory committees.

Examines the standard of care for HIV patients and assesses the extent the system used for financing and delivering care allows individuals with HIV to receive it. This book recommends an expanded program for the treatment of individuals. This program would provide access and benefits with a focus on care and access to antiretroviral therapy.

The vaccine used to protect humans against the anthrax disease, called Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), was licensed in 1970. Congress directed the Department of Defense to support an independent examination of AVA. This work reports the study's conclusion that the vaccine is acceptably safe and effective in protecting humans against anthrax.

Provides an analytic framework and quantitative model for evaluating disease conditions that can be applied by those setting priorities for vaccine development. This book examines: lessons to be learned from the polio experience; scientific advances that set the stage for vaccines; and factors that affect how vaccines are used in the population.

Presents a framework for evaluating patient care applications of telemedicine. This book identifies managerial, technical, policy, legal, and human factors that must be taken into account in evaluating a telemedicine program. It is suitable for those interested in the clinical application of telemedicine.

Disasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. This book examines indicators and triggers that guide the implementation of crisis standards of care.