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| UNIT I EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH |
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1 Introduction Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Position Paper: "A Public Health Approach to Emergency Medicine" |
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| UNIT II CRITICAL PROBLEMS, UNMET NEEDS |
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| Infectious Disease |
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2 Tuberculosis and Homelessness |
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3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Disease Surveillance |
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4 Communicating an AIDS Diagnosis in an ED Setting |
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| Alcohol, Tabacco, and Other Drugs of Abuse |
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5 Alcohol-Related Health Problems |
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6 Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Psychiatric Illness |
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7 Tobacco Use in the U. S.: The Role of the Emergency Physician |
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| The Cycle of Violence |
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8 Childhood Injury and Abuse |
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9 African American Youth and Violence |
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11 Rape and Sexual Violence: The Adult and Adolescent Female Victim |
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12 Elder Abuse and Neglect |
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13 Emergency Department Staff as Victims |
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| Special Populations |
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14 Ethnicity, Culture, and the Delivery of Health-Care Services |
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15 Asthma and the Unmet Needs of Minorities |
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16 Hispanic Immigrants: Health Care Access and Outcome |
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17 Gay and Lesbian Health Issues |
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18 Unmet Health Care Needs of Women |
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19 Caring for the Older Patient |
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| Injury and Environmental Emergencies |
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21 Food-and Water-Borne Illnesses |
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22 Airborne Environmental Exposures |
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24 Injuries in the Emergency Department: An Opportunity for Treatment and Prevention |
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| UNIT III THE EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN'S ROLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY |
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25 Firearm-Related Injuries |
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26 Safety Restraint Legislation |
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27 Adolescent Social Action Program (ASAP) |
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28 Project ASSERT: An ED Model of Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Detection, Intervention, and Referral to Treatment |
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29 One Emergency Department's Approach to Injury Prevention |
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| UNIT IV THE MEDICAL INTERVIEW IN THE ED |
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30 The Physician-Patient Encounter: An Opportunity for Healing |
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31 Motivaing Patients for Change: A Brief Strategy for Negotiation |
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| UNIT V PREPARATIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY |
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32 Managed Care: New Challenges and Opportunities for Emergency Medicine |
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33 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Emergency Department |
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| INDEX |
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