Programme latin de don d'organes (PLDO): une initiative efficace pour augmenter les dons d'organes en Suisse [Latin organ donation programme (LODP): an effective initiative to increase organ donation in Switzerland].

The 1st federal transplant law was enforced in July 2007 with the obligation to promote quality and efficiency in the procedures for organ and tissue donation for transplantation. The Latin organ donation programme (LODP) created in 2008 aims to develop organ donation in 17 public hospitals in 7 Latin cantons, covering 2.2 million people; 29% of the Swiss population. The implementation of various effective measures by the LODP enabled the increase in the number of donors by 70% between 2008 and 2010, with four organs procured per donor; greatly exceeding the European average of three. The results show that LODP has successfully professionalised the system and we can only hope that similar organisations will be put into place throughout Switzerland.

As ouvidorias de saúde pública no Estado do Pará: uma relação dialógica entre governo, medicina e sociedade?

Esta Dissertação tematiza sobre as ouvidorias de saúde pública como um espaço de participação cidadã na gestão administrativa, indagando se acontece uma relação dialógica entre governo, medicina e sociedade, na perspectiva de aproximação da gestão e serviços prestados pela saúde pública, de acordo com a Política de Humanização do SUS. A hipótese norteadora do estudo é a de que com a participação popular, através das ouvidorias, são produzidas transformações nas práticas desempenhadas pelos diferentes atores na configuração das práticas no cuidado em saúde, em aproximação com os princípios e estratégias de Humanização do Sistema Único de Saúde, com capacidade de tensionar os papéis constituídos no contexto biomédico que se constituiu como predominante, a partir dos fins do século XVII. Objetiva identificar as contribuições efetivas da atuação das ouvidorias de saúde pública, na construção e execução de novas práticas da saúde, de acordo com a PNH. Foi desenvolvida em quatro capítulos, que tratam da participação social e da história das ouvidorias de saúde pública, no Brasil, do SUS e da Política de Humanização na Saúde,da pesquisa propriamente dita e as considerações finais. A investigação, com desenho qualitativo e exploratório, visa a conhecer, descrever e compreender a realidade da política de humanização nas instituições de saúde pública no estado do Pará, por intermédio das demandas das ouvidorias em um processo de ampliação de mecanismos democráticos de controle social das políticas públicas de saúde. Entre os resultados alcançados nesta pesquisa, cita-se que as Ouvidorias de Saúde Pública têm o claro compromisso de se tornarem instituições de excelência e cumprirem o seu papel na promoção do diálogo entre o estado, a medicina e a sociedade. Quanto a esse processo colaborar na construção de novas práticas em saúde, não se identificam grandes efetividades, porém, serve como valor simbólico de representatividade de acessibilidade de comunicação e diálogo sem burocracia entre sociedade e gestão pública é significativa. Observa-se a necessidade da gestão da saúde pública, no sentido de se organizar em suas várias instâncias.

State of Emergency Medicine in Switzerland: a national profile of emergency departments in 2006

BACKGROUND Emergency departments (EDs) are an essential component of any developed health care system. There is, however, no national description of EDs in Switzerland. Our objective was to establish the number and location of EDs, patient visits and flow, medical staff and organization, and capabilities in 2006, as a benchmark before emergency medicine became a subspecialty in Switzerland. METHODS In 2007, we started to create an inventory of all hospital-based EDs with a preliminary list from the Swiss Society of Emergency and Rescue Medicine that was improved with input from ED physicians nationwide. EDs were eligible if they offered acute care 24 h per day, 7 days per week. Our goal was to have 2006 data from at least 80% of all EDs. The survey was initiated in 2007 and the 80% threshold reached in 2012. RESULTS In 2006, Switzerland had a total of 138 hospital-based EDs. The number of ED visits was 1.475 million visits or 20 visits per 100 inhabitants. The median number of visits was 8,806 per year; 25% of EDs admitted 5,000 patients or less, 31% 5,001-10,000 patients, 26% 10,001-20,000 patients, and 17% >20,000 patients per year. Crowding was reported by 84% of EDs with >20,000 visits/year. Residents with limited experience provided care for 77% of visits. Imaging was not immediately available for all patients: standard X-ray within 15 min (70%), non-contrast head CT scan within 15 min (38%), and focused sonography for trauma (70%); 67% of EDs had an intensive care unit within the hospital, and 87% had an operating room always available. CONCLUSIONS Swiss EDs were significant providers of health care in 2006. Crowding, physicians with limited experience, and the heterogeneity of emergency care capabilities were likely threats to the ubiquitous and consistent delivery of quality emergency care, particularly for time-sensitive conditions. Our survey establishes a benchmark to better understand future improvements in Swiss emergency care.

An account of the native Africans in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone : to which is added, an account of the present state of medicine among them /

Diccionarios de las lenguas timmanee, bullom y soosoo: p. 337-362, del primer tomo.

Food hygiene and public health; laboratory Training manual, prepared for use in Course no.742, Food hygiene and public health, conducted by the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University ...

At head of title: For administrative use.

Foreign Animal Disease Symposium : April 5-6, 1977 at the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York ... /

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History of veterinary medicine at Iowa State College. 1879 - Semi-centennial - 1929.

Mode of access: Internet.

An account of the native Africans in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone; to which is added, an account of the present state of medicine among them

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Flora cestrica : an attempt to enumerate and describe the flowering and filicoid plants of Chester County, in the state of Pennsylvania : with brief notices of their properties, and uses, in medicine, domestic and rural economy, and the arts /

Bookplate of Herbert McLean Evans.

Texas State journal of medicine.

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