The systematic process followed in establishing a comprehensive curriculum for the eight-week junior pediatric clinical clerkship at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is described. Included are selection of goals, identification of activities and references, and development of evaluative methods. (LBH)

A measure of sex guilt was administered to clients of a university problem pregnancy counseling service who were planning to have abortions and to a group of sexually active nonpregnant university coeds. Sex guilt was found to be significantly higher for the abortion patients than for the nonpregnant group. (Author)

Examines differences between male and female adolescents on various dimensions of symptomatology and factors related to hospitalization. Females had significantly poorer social and family histories than males, yet they had less severe symptoms at admission and discharge. (Author)

A technology transfer project for getting initial community adoption of childhood asthma management programs is described. The evolution of the project, including development of programs, packaging considerations, establishment of partnerships, implementation, and evaluation are discussed. (Author/CH)

Record maintenance with periodic record audits, conducted by student peer auditors, became part of the curriculum of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. A review to determine whether the quality of record keeping in the dental clinics had improved as a result of the audit program is reported. (MLW)

Evaluated efficacy of cognitive-behavioral intervention package and low-risk pharmacologic intervention (oral Valium) as compared with minimal treatment-attention control condition, in reducing children leukemia patients' distress during bone marrow aspirations. The cognitive-behavioral therapy reduced behavioral distress, pain ratings and pulse…

Presents a model of outpatient interdisciplinary geriatric care provided at a veteran's hospital. Compares characteristics of patients served in this program with those in community-based geriatrics outpatient clinics described in the literature. (Author/ABB)

Contends that generally accepted criteria for screening asymptomatic individuals are not appropriate for the elderly due to the prevalence of symptoms and chronic problems in the elderly and the importance of tertiary prevention. Proposes evaluation criteria that reflect the goals of screening elderly individuals. (Author/ABB)

Compared relative efficacy of comprehensive group coping skills training and supportive group therapy for enhancing cancer patients' adjustment to their disease. Subjects were 41 cancer patients exhibiting a marked degree of psychosocial distress. Results demonstrated a consistent superiority of coping skills intervention over supportive group…

Nurses in long-term care settings described behaviors of patients at risk for wandering and rated wanderers (N=59) and nonwanderers (N=41) on these behaviors. Revealed three independent factors of which two differentiated known wanderers from those who had not previously wandered: cognitive deficits and hyperactivity. Dimensions in turn were…

Reports two experiments in which eight patients with organic memory disorders exhibited a pattern of search behavior that resembled mnemonmic precedence--the ability to retrieve an object at an initial location, but not at a new location. (HOD)

Presents results of a 2-year study of Michigan's recipient rights protection system. Found weaknesses in the use of the system and its integration into agency operations, but overall effectiveness. Discusses implications of the system for other states. (Author/MCF)

Describes the goals of a training program to reduce staff sexual anxiety in adolescent treatment programs. Describes specific guidelines regarding effective staff interventions at an individual and group level. Emphasizes alertness to the broad implications of sexuality in staff and patients and emphasizes necessity for careful monitoring of ward…

Develops a perspective for studying institutional procedures for assigning incoming patients to available wards and for transferring patients between and among wards. Presents ethnographic data collected in one extended-care facility. Discusses staff-patient and patient-patient interactions surrounding ward assignments and transfers. (Author/ABB)

Tested the hypothesis that psychological adjustment to epilepsy would be a joint function of subjects' (N=50) perceived repertoire of self-control skills and the extent to which they were exposed to uncontrollable seizures. Results showed that high-resourceful epileptics exposed to lower frequencies of seizures coped better with their disability.…