Case Studies in Emergency Medicine and Health of the Public

by Bernstein, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780763700294
• ISBN10: 0763700290
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-05-01
• Publisher: JONES & BARTLETT PUBLISHERS

Summary

Boston University, MA. Textbook on social concerns encountered in emergency medicine, for the physician and staff. Presents case examples on topics including homelessness, battered women, special populations, and more. 58 contributors, 57 U.S. Softcover. DNLM: Emergencies - case studies.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(2)
Introduction	ix	(4)
List of Contributors	xiii
UNIT I EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH	1	(18)
1 Introduction Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Position Paper: "A Public Health Approach to Emergency Medicine"	3	(16)
Thomas Kirsch
UNIT II CRITICAL PROBLEMS, UNMET NEEDS	19	(226)
Infectious Disease	21	(30)
2 Tuberculosis and Homelessness	21	(14)
Stephen P. Waxman
3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Disease Surveillance	35	(18)
Thomas D. Kirsch
Donna Sue
4 Communicating an AIDS Diagnosis in an ED Setting	45	(6)
Erica Bernstein
Judith Bernstein
Alcohol, Tabacco, and Other Drugs of Abuse	51	(24)
5 Alcohol-Related Health Problems	51	(12)
Gail D'Onofrio
Eric S. Freedland
Niels K. Rathlev
6 Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Psychiatric Illness	63	(6)
Edward Bernstein
7 Tobacco Use in the U. S.: The Role of the Emergency Physician	69	(6)
Richard Goldberg
The Cycle of Violence	75	(64)
8 Childhood Injury and Abuse	75	(8)
John F. Marcinak
Anita L. Hurtig
Kyran P. Quinlan
9 African American Youth and Violence	83	(10)
Don Wesley Mounds
Peter H. Moyer
10 Battered Women
Barbara Herbert
Judith Bernstein
11 Rape and Sexual Violence: The Adult and Adolescent Female Victim	100	(13)
David L. Levine
Laura E. Kaufman
12 Elder Abuse and Neglect	113	(14)
Jeffrey S. Jones
13 Emergency Department Staff as Victims	127	(12)
Eric S. Freedland
Michael Tarmey
Mark Davis
Kenneth Savage
Kathleen Higgins
Special Populations	139	(69)
14 Ethnicity, Culture, and the Delivery of Health-Care Services	139	(13)
Carol Jack Scott
15 Asthma and the Unmet Needs of Minorities	152	(6)
Renate Austin
16 Hispanic Immigrants: Health Care Access and Outcome	158	(9)
Carlos R. Flores
17 Gay and Lesbian Health Issues	167	(12)
Norman D. Kalbfleisch
Jocelyn C. White
18 Unmet Health Care Needs of Women	179	(11)
Judith A. Linden
Judith Bernstein
Gail D'Onofrio
19 Caring for the Older Patient	190	(10)
Elaine W. Rousseau
Arthur B. Sanders
20 Prisoners'Health	200	(8)
Jay M. Baruch
Lewis R. Goldfrank
Injury and Environmental Emergencies	208	(37)
21 Food-and Water-Borne Illnesses	208	(11)
Jeffrey Brubacher
Lewis R. Goldfrank
22 Airborne Environmental Exposures	219	(8)
E. Martin Caravati
23 Occupational Health	227	(13)
L. Kristian Arnold
24 Injuries in the Emergency Department: An Opportunity for Treatment and Prevention	240	(5)
Stephen W. Hargarten
UNIT III THE EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN'S ROLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY	245	(42)
25 Firearm-Related Injuries	247	(11)
Arthur L. Kellermann
Elizabeth Holliger
26 Safety Restraint Legislation	258	(6)
Mark D. Pearlmutter
27 Adolescent Social Action Program (ASAP)	264	(6)
Robert M. Gougelet
Lily Dow
Nina B. Wallerstein
28 Project ASSERT: An ED Model of Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Detection, Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
Edward Bernstein
Geraldine Burton
Judith Bernstein
Diane Barry
Judith Dyson-Mounds
Susan Payne
Kim Seawright
Todd Stanley
Brent Stevenson
29 One Emergency Department's Approach to Injury Prevention	280	(7)
Alison Lane-Reticker
UNIT IV THE MEDICAL INTERVIEW IN THE ED	287	(18)
30 The Physician-Patient Encounter: An Opportunity for Healing	289	(6)
Steven Rosenzweig
31 Motivaing Patients for Change: A Brief Strategy for Negotiation	295	(10)
Gail D'Onofrio
Edward Bernstein
Stephen Rollnick
UNIT V PREPARATIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY	305	(24)
32 Managed Care: New Challenges and Opportunities for Emergency Medicine	307	(9)
Richard M. McDowell
33 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Emergency Department	316	(13)
Richard M. Goldberg
Edward Bernstein
Deidre Anglin
Miriam Cotler
Rick Hayne
Roosevelt Travnitz
INDEX	329