MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'attitudes'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:04:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139627&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F17%2Flocal-square-table-learning-and-evaluation-report%2F Title: Local square table learning and evaluation report Scan or click to download 'Local square table learning and evaluation report' The Skinny: Reports on the findings of open and honest discussion and increased understanding between those who provide children’s palliative care, those who experience it and those that play a wider part in supporting children, young people and families in a particular community. Finds that: Awareness and language is seen as a barrier to service access Parents say they struggle with the current assessment process Partnership working is seen as key to ensuring the best outcomes for lifelimited and life-threatened children and young people Workforce training and development is considered a priority by parents and professionals Parents f... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139627 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:43:14 +0100 5139627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130651&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Fthrough-the-looking-glass%2F Title: Through the looking glass Scan or click to download 'Through the looking glass' The Skinny: Report from the thinktank Demos suggesting that key priorities tackling child poverty and youth unemployment; supporting parents at key transition points in their children’s development; and encouraging positive relationships with peers short form the basis of government strategy to deal with youth issues, particularly those to do with girls. The report identifies that British teenage girls experience worse rates of binge drinking, worse levels of physical inactivity and more frequent incidences of teen pregnancy than their European counterparts andevidence that twice as many teenage girls as teenage boys suffer from ‘teen angst’. Publisher: Demos Published: April 2011 Size: 1... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130651 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:53:14 +0100 5130651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893578&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F02%2Fgroup-influence%2F From the instructional video series Psychology: The Human Experience: Influence explains individuality, group behavior, and deindividuation. Related Situationist posts: The Power of the Situation “Video on the Original Milgram Experiment,” Gender Conformity “Solomon Asch’s Classic Group-Influence Experiment,” “The Situational Effect of Groups,” Milgram-Inspired Movie “The Situation of Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiments,” “Milgram Replicated on French TV – ‘The Game of Death’,” “A Shocking Situation,” “Zimbardo on Milgram and Obedience – Part I,” “The Case for Obedience,” “Replicating Milgram’s Obedience Experiment – Yet Again,” “Jonestown (The Situation of Evil) Revisited,” “Milgram Remake,” “The Situation... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893578 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:44:16 +0100 4893578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852859&cid=t_156766_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fresults-of-shrinkrap-blogs-survey-on-attitudes-towards-psychiatry%2F2011.05.22 Aloha from the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting in Honolulu! The weather is gorgeous here and it’s been a great meeting. Yesterday, I heard Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak, and today, I listened to “Conversations” with Lorraine Bracco–also known as Dr. Melfi from The Sopranos. The beach is nice, too, and Clink has been scuba diving. Should I tell you she just learned to swim this past winter? She is amazing! In a few hours, we will be giving our workshop, The Accessible Psychiatry Project: The Public Face of Psychiatry in New Media. We are telling the audience that the survey we did was not validated, was not statistically analyzed, and is not real science. Mostly, it was about how cool it is that we can even do this at all (ask questions, inte... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852859 Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4852859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747723&cid=t_156766_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Fneil%2F2011%2F04%2F21%2Fmore-unrealistic-expectations-from-the-public-this-time-involving-cds%2F Yet again, someone needs to educate the general public about healthcare in general and health IT in particular. HealthLeaders last week asked the question, “Does Decision Support Make Docs Look Dumb?” The story, apparently based on a 2007 study (not 2008, as HealthLeaders reported) in the journal Medical Decision Making, says: “Most clinicians would agree that evidence-based decision support tools have the potential to improve clinical quality. But patients’ perception of the tools—and the physicians who use them—might be yet another barrier to their adoption. The problem is twofold: Some patients are skeptical of docs who need a computer to help them make a diagnosis. And some physicians don’t want to be seen as being too reliant on technology.” We’ve... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747723 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:05:53 +0100 4747723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125070&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F02%2Fthe-psychology-of-guns-and-race%2F I have just posted my forthcoming article, Quick on the Draw: Implicit Bias and the Second Amendment, on SSRN.  The abstract appears below: African Americans face a significant and menacing threat, but it is not the one that has preoccupied the press, pundits, and policy makers in the wake of several bigoted murders and a resurgent white supremacist movement. While hate crimes and hate groups demand continued vigilance, if we are truly to protect our minority citizens, we must shift our most urgent attention from neo-Nazis stockpiling weapons to the seemingly benign gun owners among us—our friends, family, and neighbors—who show no animus toward African Americans and who profess genuine commitments to equality. Our commonsense narratives about racism and guns—centered on a conceptio... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125070 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:01:19 +0100 4125070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031534&cid=t_156766_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FChs0CsyaitU%2F Conclusion Your mood and your life are in your hands. It is always up to you how you feel. Stephen Covey puts it well “There is a gap between stimuli and response where self awareness and the ability to chose reside.”. Whenever something happens it is your decision if you are going to let it get you down or if you are going to turn it into something positive. If you liked this article and want to read more like it, Daniel Wood runs the blog Looking To Business.com about Sales Technique, Motivation and Success. Don’t Forget To Follow PickTheBrain on Twitter! : A Smarter Approach To Time Management The Only Time Management Tip Your Really Need (Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement) PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031534 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:10:00 +0100 4031534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3999044&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F24%2Fmental-health-stigma-still-prevalent%2F Two stories published in the past week by our news team gives me reason to be a little pessimistic about the gains we’ve made in terms of educating folks about mental health concerns. The first article entitled, Depression Stigma Higher in Medical Students, examined mental health attitudes amongst medical students — you know, those folks who should be the most open-minded about these disorders that have significant roots in the brain. Of course, from the title of the article, you already know the study’s findings. In a survey of 505 medical students, researchers found that not only do the future doctors have higher rates of depression than in the general population (not surprising, given the stress of medical school), but they have something a little less expected —... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3999044 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:05:19 +0100 3999044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3746993&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fattitudes-2%2F Attitude A common phrase in Alcoholics Anonymous is ‘AA means altering attitudes’. Recovery for all people in 12 Step Fellowships entails the alteration of attitudes. “I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life’s endeavours. Your attitude – your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people – determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself.” – Carolyn Warner - The greatest change that I experienced in recovery is my attitudes to many of life’s situations. One of the best books I read and reread in early sobriety was Sobriety and Beyond. I get it out about once a year and... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3746993 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:16:01 +0100 3746993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617894&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2Fhow-to-see-yourself-through-others-eyes%2F You and I can talk, we can reach out and touch each other on the arm and we can see each other, but we can never know exactly what’s going on in the other’s head. It’s why psychological science is so hard and it’s why understanding others can sometimes be so hard. It’s also why understanding how we are viewed by others is so hard. Even the least narcissistic of us spend some time trying to work out how others view us: Do they find us attractive, intelligent, trustworthy, funny? The news may not always be good, but it still would be fascinating to know. Research shows that we normally try to work out how we are viewed by others by thinking about how we view ourselves, then extrapolating from that. The problem with this approach is that to varying degrees we a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617894 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:44:02 +0100 3617894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607826&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Falateen-acceptance%2F Whenever we Alateen members met with Al-Anon, I felt doubtful. I didn’t think adults could help me in any way, because they were sure to have the same sick attitudes as my alcoholic parents. I would think to myself, "Oh great, here we go again." But I was the one with the sick attitude. I had closed my mind, not only to my parents, but to all adults. I brought this attitude to meetings, so I didn’t learn a thing. I had to deal with my old resentments before I could recognize the wonderful gift Al-Anon was offering. Here were people who could help me heal the wounds my parents’ drinking had left, and help me to know that it is safe to be a part of my world. It took discipline and courage to stop pushing every adult away, but because I made the effort, I began to see that adu... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607826 Thu, 27 May 2010 15:38:00 +0100 3607826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533781&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F04%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2010-vol-303-no-13%2F This article aims to determine whether performance on common outpatient quality measures differs by patient weight status. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online Filed under: Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Attitudes, Equality, Obesity, Quality (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533781 Tue, 04 May 2010 20:33:43 +0100 3533781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420763&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fdaily-affirmations-for-adult-children-of-alcoholics%2F The messages that we give to ourselves are the most important messages we hear. The internal briefings and conversations we hold determine our attitudes, our behavior and the course of our lives. If, as children, we were criticized and shamed, our internal dialogue will be self-deprecating. If we are used to large doses of self-imposed sarcasm and negative reviews of our daily performance, we gradually mutilate our self-esteem, our creativity and our spirit. As adult children of alcoholics, we can continue to remain in the past and believe the negatives that we were taught; or we can change our beliefs with affirmative thoughts that can set us free into better and more expansive experiences. What we choose to believe will ultimately rule our world. Affirmations are a way to wake us up&#8... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420763 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:41:00 +0100 3420763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378739&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fi-am-responsible-for%2F I am responsible for steering my own ship There is always a lot of talk about personal rights but every ‘right’ has a corresponding ‘responsibility. This list may help educate people in 12 Step fellowships to determine appropriate attitudes to responsibilities. I am responsible for myself. I am responsible for leading or not living my life. I am responsible for tending to my spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial well-being. I am responsible for identifying and meeting my needs. I am responsible for solving my problems or learning to live with those I cannot solve. I am responsible for my choices. I am responsible for what I give and receive. I am responsible for setting and achieving my goals. I am responsible for how much I enjoy life. I am responsible for how much pleasure... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378739 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:05:11 +0100 3378739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350350&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F10%2Fmahzarin-banaji-at-harvard-law-school%2F On Thursday, March 11th, the HLS Student Association for Law and Mind Sciences (SALMS) is hosting a talk by Harvard psychology professor Mahzarin Banaji entitled “Mind Bugs and the Science of Ordinary Bias.”  Here’s the description. * * * How deep are the bounds on human thinking and feeling and how do they shape social judgment?  Our focus has been on the mechanics of unconscious mental processes, with attention to those that operate without conscious awareness, intention, or control.  Most recently, we have worked with a task that reveals unconscious preferences in a rather blunt manner, showing that they can sit, at one level, in contradiction with consciously endorsed preferences.  We use the tool largely for theory testing, focusing on questions about the natur... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350350 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:01:51 +0100 3350350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3259270&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FtqDYcR5gzNA%2F Attitude A common phrase in Alcoholics Anonymous is ‘AA means altering attitudes’. Recovery for all people in 12 Step Fellowships entails the alteration of attitudes. “I am convinced that attitude is the key to success or failure in almost any of life’s endeavours. Your attitude – your perspective, your outlook, how you feel about yourself, how you feel about other people – determines your priorities, your actions, your values. Your attitude determines how you interact with other people and how you interact with yourself.” – Carolyn Warner - The greatest change that I experienced in recovery is my attitudes to many of life’s situations. One of the best books I read and reread in early sobriety was Sobriety and Beyond. I get it out about once a year and... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3259270 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:57:55 +0100 3259270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182377&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FcR2NBrU3sL4%2F The Dry Drunk can be a problem to themselves and others. Alcoholics Anonymous informally refers to the alcoholic who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates similar alcoholic attitudes and behaviors, as a “dry drunk.” They say that such an individual has abstinence but not sobriety. This concept has been adopted by most twelve-step Fellowships such as Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous and Marijuana Anonymous . It appears on almost all of the Web sites devoted to the different addictions, although characteristics of the dry drunk syndrome differ widely from site to site. Most often mentioned are: (1) depression; (2) anxiety; (3) irritability, anger; (4) grandiosity, pomposity, an inflated ego; (5) an inability to delay gratification, impatience and impulsivity; (6... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182377 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:13:47 +0100 3182377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159803&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Fglobal-climate-change-and-the-situation-of-denial%2F Situationist Contributor John T. Jost together with Irina Feygina and Rachel E. Goldsmith have recently completed a fascinating article examining the motivations behind some people’s unwillingness to take climate change seriously.  The article, titled “System Justification, the Denial of Global Warming, and the Possibility of ‘System-Sanctioned Change’” will be published later this year in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Here’s the abstract. * * * Despite extensive evidence of climate change and environmental destruction, polls continue to reveal widespread denial and resistance to helping the environment. It is posited here that these responses are linked to the motivational tendency to defend and justify the societal status quo in the face of ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159803 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:01:16 +0100 3159803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164060&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FBE8K64E9zis%2F More than 317,000 men and women from 41 countries took part in a survey on sexual attitudes and behaviour. The survey included heterosexual, gays, lesbian and bisexual people. Based on the number of respondents from 41 countries, the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey is the largest sexual health research project of its kind in the world. The most [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164060 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:19:48 +0100 3164060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3035939&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F28%2Fmeasuring-implicit-attitudes%2F From University of Washington News * * * Study supports validity of test that indicates widespread unconscious bias In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious, or implicit, preference for white people compared to blacks. This contrasts with figures generally under 20 percent for self report, or survey, measures of race bias. A new study (pdf here) validates those findings, showing that the Implicit Association Test, a psychological tool, has validity in predicting behavior and, in particular, that it has significantly greater validity than self-reports in the socially sensitive topics of race,... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3035939 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:01:17 +0100 3035939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862759&cid=t_156766_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Fself-care-or-medical-care-for-low-back-pain-what-patients-want%2F This study is an old one, dating from 1999, but there’s no reason to believe the findings differ too much from what we’d find today. It was conducted by Saunders, VonKorff, Pruitt and Moore, based mainly in Seattle, and looks at the extent to which specific patient attitudes and beliefs about medical care and self-care for back pain predict future healthcare use. The study design involved a five year follow-up of patients who had attended Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound.  All patients were primary care patients, so unlike many studies, these people were not necessarily seen in a tertiary hospital setting. There were three groups of patients: the first group of around 1200 were recruited in 1989 and 1990, and were adult primary care patients with back pain, interviewed ... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862759 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:29:27 +0100 2862759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842590&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F28%2F1-step-to-raise-your-childs-iq-today%2F Want to raise your child’s IQ by 5 points right now? Don’t spank them anymore. So says the results of yet another study looking at the negative effects of spanking on children. This one tracked IQ changes in 1,400 children ages 2 to 9 over 4 years. The results? Children who had been spanked — even infrequently — suffered from an average 5-point deficit on the IQ test. In a 2002 meta-analysis of 88 spanking studies, 90 percent of them found that spanking had negative effects on the child. These effects ranged from later mental health problems (such as ADHD and depression) to anti-social behavior and increased aggression. Yes, you read that right — rather than help curb aggressive or inappropriate behavior, spanking actually seems to increase these unwanted beha... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842590 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:38:28 +0100 2842590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793230&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Fthe-interior-situation-of-trial-judges-abstract%2F Jeffrey Rachlinski , Sheri Lynn Johnson, Andrew Wistrich, and Chris Guthrie, recently posted their fascinating article, “Does Unconscious Racial Bias Affect Trial Judges?” (84 Notre Dame Law Review (2009)) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * Race matters in the criminal justice system. Black defendants appear to fare worse than similarly situated white defendants. Why? Implicit bias is one possibility. Researchers, using a well-known measure called the implicit association test, have found that most white Americans harbor implicit bias toward Black Americans. Do judges, who are professionally committed to egalitarian norms, hold these same implicit biases? And if so, do these biases account for racially disparate outcomes in the criminal justice system? We explored thes... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793230 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:01:42 +0100 2793230 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751839&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Finternational-journal-of-palliative-care-nursing-2009-vol-15-no-8%2F Fade Fave: Core attitudes of professionals in palliative care: A qualitative study Fade Skinny: ‘Core attitude’ describes the way in which a person perceives himself and the world, and forms the basis for his actions and thoughts. The aim of this article is to explore what core attitude means for palliative care professionals and whether there is a specific core attitude in palliative care. Contact the library for a copy of this article. Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Attitudes, Core Attitude, End of Life Care, Palliative Care, Professionals, Qualitative (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751839 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:29:40 +0100 2751839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414795&cid=t_156766_93_f&fid=36697&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjeffreyleow.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F16%2Fscut%2F “SCUT… Forgive me for this; I HATE this word. Ward work is patient care. It’s the work of Angels and Saints. It is a privilege to do. It’s fun. It is necessary to the care of patients. If you call this patient care scut, you (and your proteges) won’t do it. If you call an admission a ‘hit’, you won’t take care of them. Your language defines your feelings. Your feelings determine what you have energy for. I get energy from getting a patient a cup of coffee, drawing their blood well, and closing their skin in a nice manner……… as much energy as I gett from transplanting their hearts and lungs, and bypassing their vessels. I can’t do what I don’t have energy for.” Curt Tribble, M.D.Professor and ChiefDivision o... monash medical student blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414795 Fri, 15 May 2009 16:15:22 +0100 2414795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2404983&cid=t_156766_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FejnVnnFRGZI%2F The AP and iVillage conducted a survey that concluded that more than half of the women they asked didn’t like their weight. And almost half aren’t thinking happy thoughts when they look in the mirror. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care) Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2404983 Wed, 13 May 2009 16:06:32 +0100 2404983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125227&cid=t_156766_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2Fnew-haleigh-poutre-in-texas.html SHS's good friend, attorney Jerri Ward, is gearing up to fight a case in Texas that is eerily reminiscent of the Haleigh Poutre case. An attorney ad litem for a terribly abused baby named David Coronado Jr., wanted to stop all treatment because the baby is expected to remain profoundly cognitively disabled. From the story:The fate of a brain-damaged 6-month-old Dallas boy is uncertain after his court-appointed attorney on Tuesday withdrew a motion to let doctors take the baby off life support...The baby's attorney ad litem, Holly Schreier, told a juvenile district court judge that doctors at Children's Medical Center Dallas had assessed a change in the baby's condition. She did not say what the change was, and she did not return a call for comment.A doctor reported in December that he expe... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125227 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:41:00 +0100 2125227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1852700&cid=t_156766_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F411421268%2Faddiction-stigma-lives-on.html Would you live next door to a drug addict?A telephone survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shows that public attitudes toward addiction and recovery are still laced with negativity.Undertaken as part of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, the survey was released in late September. For all the positive spin SAMHSA puts on the findings—emphasizing that only a fifth of survey respondents said they would think less of a friend or relative who was in recovery from addiction--the telephone survey also showed that negative attitudes and stigmas associated with drug and alcohol addiction are slowly waning—but still demonstrably present. People continue to view alcohol addi... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1852700 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:51:00 +0100 1852700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779198&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F09%2Fthe-sexual-habits-of-australians%2F Have you ever wondered about the sexual habits of middle-aged adults from Down Under? No? Well, some researchers have (lucky you!). In fact, some researchers are so curious about the sexual habits of people, they’re conducting a global study of sexual attitudes and behaviors of 27,500 people. But one of the first articles they’ve published from that study concerns our middle-aged and older friends in Australia. The researchers conducted a telephone survey in 2001 and 2002. 1,500 participants completed the survey (evenly divided between men and women), ages 40 to 80. The questionnaire survey covered demographic information, overall health, and sexual behaviors, sexual attitudes and sexual beliefs. The good news is that Australians are having sex. A lot of it. Overall, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779198 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:27:25 +0100 1779198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1775535&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F08%2Fwho-stigmatizes-mental-illness-most%2F We’ve long known there are societal perception barriers — stigma and mistrust — associated with mental disorders and getting treatment for them. But are these barriers stronger for some people more than others? It turns out, the answer is, “Yes.” The people with the biggest mistrust of the mental health care system and the least likely to seek help from it? White males. In addition, researchers found that non-Latino white males were also the most likely to stigmatize mental illness and mental health concerns. The study was conducted by two National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellows in mental health care policy at Harvard Medical School and examined data from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health in the U.S. The researchers investigat... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1775535 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:20:10 +0100 1775535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513561&cid=t_156766_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2Fg0SLA9fHk58%2Fdoctors-attitudes.html At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, we welcome patients questions. Whether you're wondering about tubal reversal pregnancy rates, PTLS, or how to talk to your doctor about having your tubes untied, we address all of your concerns about issues related to tubal ligation reversal. (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513561 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:18:11 +0100 2513561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1439458&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F13%2Fpublic-perceptions-of-privacy-and-dignity-in-hospitals%2F is research, conducted by Ipsos MORI, involved 2,000 interviews with members of the public across the country. It was designed to explore perceptions towards privacy and dignity in hospitals, with particular emphasis on the importance of single-sex accommodation. Key findings are that cleanliness and staff attitudes are the most important factors for patients to feel they are treated with privacy and dignity in hospital. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1439458 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:35:54 +0100 1439458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1402213&cid=t_156766_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F27%2Fgender-images-and-implicit-attitudes%2F A new study from three social psychologists at the University of Granada in Spain examines how our minds categorize implicit attitudes about the two genders. Soledad de Lemus Martín, Miguel Moya Morales, and Juan Lupiáñez Castillo studied how an image of man connects to implicit attitudes relating to competence, while an image of a woman tends to relate to those relating to social skills. A news story on the study further summarizes the study’s findings. Below we excerpt a portion of the story. * * * [W]hen we see someone in a concrete social context, the qualities associated with competence (efficacy, motivation, intelligence and their antonyms) are more activated when we judge men or women in their traditional roles (the man in an office as a leader and the woman as a housewife... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1402213 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:01:00 +0100 1402213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1317746&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F21%2Fwhocdc-global-youth-tobacco-survey-gyts%2F is a school-based survey designed to enhance the capacity of countries to monitor tobacco use among youth and to guide the implementation and evaluation of tobacco prevention and control programmes. Essential Indicators Knowledge and attitudes of young people towards cigarette smoking Prevalence of cigarette smoking and other tobacco use among young people Role of the media and advertising in young people’s use of cigarettes Access to cigarettes Tobacco-related school curriculum Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) Cessation of cigarette smoking You may also be interested in our post on Fresh and alive: Mpower WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1317746 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:37:46 +0100 1317746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1032872&cid=t_156766_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F16%2Fresearch-into-parental-attitudes-towards-the-routine-measurement-of-children%25e2%2580%2599s-height-and-weight%2F was commissioned by the Dpeartment of Health investigate parental attitudes to the National Child Measurement Programme. The main aims of the research were to: explore the perspectives of parents and children towards weighing and measuring in relation to the 2005-06 National Child Measurement Programme; and consider the impact of providing feedback to parents on height and weight data regarding their children, as well as considering body-mass index (BMI) and other generic information. The main conclusions include: parents generally valued feedback of the height and weight data as well as information on whether the child is a healthy weight or not. The report found that attitudes towards the exercise were generally positive. However, advance information, the choice to opt-out and the pr... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1032872 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:14:34 +0100 1032872