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United States
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007.
8 Dec 2008 
OBJECTIVE: This report presents selected estimates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among U.S. adults and children, using data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and ... Read more...
Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.
29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...
From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration.
29 Nov 2009 The withdrawal, withholding, or implementation of life-sustaining treatments such as artificial nutrition and hydration challenge nurses on a daily basis. To meet these challenges, nurses need the composite skills of moral and ethical discernment, ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'United States'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. 8 Dec 2008
- Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
- From means to ends: artificial nutrition and hydration. 29 Nov 2009
- Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
- Care and meaning in war zone nursing. 29 Nov 2009
- Thoughtful nursing practice: reflections on nurse delegation decision-making. 29 Nov 2009
- Association of HPV16 E6 variants with diagnostic severity in cervical cytology samples of 354 women in a US population. 29 Nov 2009
- The treatment of pediatric Philadelphia positive (Ph+) leukemias in the imatinib era. 29 Nov 2009
- Health-care reform: behind the ads.
30 Oct 2009 - Laser surgery: go in with your eyes open. 30 Oct 2009
- Participation of unit nurses: front-line implementation on TCAB pilot units. 30 Oct 2009
- Ring! Ring!: safeguarding patient information with password protection for phone calls. 30 Oct 2009
- TCAB: the 'how' and the 'what'. 30 Oct 2009
- The development of TCAB: an initiative to improve patient care and nursing retention. 30 Oct 2009
- Nurses transforming care. 30 Oct 2009
- Translation of clinical studies to clinical practice: survey on the treatment of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. 30 Oct 2009
- Obama's research-funding stimulus. 30 Oct 2009
- Rare complications and national databases. 30 Oct 2009
- When to conduct a renal impairment study during drug development: US Food and Drug Administration perspective. 30 Oct 2009
- How will GINA influence participation in pharmacogenomics research and clinical testing? 30 Oct 2009
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Technical information about 'United States'
Descriptor UI: D014481
Alternative terms: United States;
Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;
Tree Number: Z01.107.567.875;
Online Note: pre-explosion = UNITED STATES (PX)
Technical Notes: do not abbreviate; each state is available as a heading as are several cities; "American" in titles refers probably to UNITED STATES, not AMERICAS; with Amer organizations: Manual 36.16