Description
This volume will serve as an indispensable reference for the rural health practitioner facing uniquely rural concerns in health promotion, patient care and professional practice. Rural Medical Practice – Barbara P Yawn Present and Future Labor and Delivery Crises – Charles S Field and Barbara P Yawn Rural Solutions Stabilization and Transport of the Ill Newborn Infant – Theodore R Thompson Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia – John J McNamara and Nancy N Hoogenhous After the Infant Goes Home Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder – Carolyn McKay Recognition and Evaluation of Child Abuse – Daniel D Broughton Adolescent Pregnancies in Rural America – Barbara P Yawn and Roy A Yawn A Review of the Literature and Strategies for Prevention Common Mental Health Problems – Lawrence P Peterson Environmental Hazards – Barbara P Yawn Managing Trauma in the Rural Emergency Department – David M Larson Basic Organization Managing Trauma in the Rural Emergency Department – David M Larson Specific Problems Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction with Thrombolytic Drugs in the Rural Hospital – Roy A Yawn Women’s Health Issues – Cheri L Olson Caring for the AIDS Patient in a Rural Practice – Richard D Simon Jr Treatment of Patients with Terminal Cancer – Wayne H Thalhuber Caring for Dying Patients and Their Families – Norma Wylie Health Maintenance in Clinical Practice – Paul S Frame Strategies and Barriers Patient Education in the Rural Practice – Patricia A Gibson and Claudia J Kapp Making Your Practice Palatable for Your Patients – Barbara P Yawn and Angeline Bushy Cultural Competency Ethics Dilemmas in Rural Practice – Angeline Bushy and J Randall Rauh Quality Assessment in Rural Practice – Peter G Harper, Charles E McCoy and Angeline Bushy Living Through Malpractice Litigation – J Randall Rauh and Angeline Bushy
