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2010
Choong, Karen, Cupido, Cynthia, Arnold, Donald M., Cook, Deborah, Nelson, Erin, Meade, Maureen, Burns, Karen
Background: End-of-life decisions regarding the administration, withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining therapy in the critical care setting can be challenging. Disagreements between health care providers and family members occur, especially when families believe strongly in preserving life,...
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2007
Ziegler, Fred, Koufogiannakis, Denise, Campbell, Sandy
The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL), working with two book vendors, created large-scale undergraduate book approval plans to deliver new publications. Detailed selections profiles were created for many subject areas, designed to deliver books that would have been obvious choices by subject...
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2012
Introduction: The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta is large and diverse. Liaison librarians at the Health Sciences Library decided in late 2009 to undertake a system-wide evaluation of the information literacy (IL) instruction being delivered to the Faculty. The...
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2011
I attempt to relativize allopathic medicine, or Modern Establishment Medicine (MEM), specifically in the context of the ayurvedic medical system of India, and to promote Daniel Moerman’s concept of the medical “meaning response” as a preferable conceptualization of the phenomena usually subsumed...
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Mobile devices in medicine: a survey of how medical students, residents, and faculty use smartphones and other mobile devices to find information
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The research investigated the extent to which students, residents, and faculty members in Canadian medical faculties use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iPhone, Android, Blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., iPad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. The...
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2012
Yonge, O., Foley, V., Luhanga, F., Myrick, F., Billay, D.
The term evidence-based practice refers to the utilization of knowledge derived from research. Nursing practice, however, is not limited to clinical practice but also encompasses nursing education. It is, therefore, equally important that teaching preparation is derived from evidence also. The...
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Screening for post-traumatic stress disorder after injury in the pediatric emergency department - a systematic review protocol
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Newton, Amanda, Odenbach, Jeffrey, Curtis, Sarah J., Gokiert, Rebecca, Campbell, Sandy, Falconer, Cathy, Courchesne, Craig
Abstract Background: Pediatric injury is highly prevalent and has significant impact both physically and emotionally. The majority of pediatric injuries are treated in emergency departments (EDs), where treatment of physical injuries is the main focus. In addition to physical trauma, children...
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2012-06-04
Dorgan, Marlene, Seale, Linda, Chambers, Thane, Chojecki, Dagmara, Campbell, Sandy, Tjosvold, Lisa, Chatterley, Trish, Dennett, Liz, Slater, Linda, Chan, Liza, Storie, Dale
Eleven practicing academic health librarians at the University of Alberta taught LIS 520: Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship as a large team. This study evaluated the students’ responses to being taught by a large team and the librarians’ responses to teaching in a large team. Overall,...
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Treatment of Gastric Cancer With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis by Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC: A Systematic Review of Survival, Mortality, and Morbidity
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Gill, Richdeep S., Haase, Erika, Nagendran, Jeevan, Campbell, Sandy, Shi, Xinzhe, Schiller, Daniel, Al-Adra, David P.
Gastric cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis has an extremely poor prognosis, which may be improved with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). We systematically reviewed the literature regarding the efficacy of CRS þ HIPEC in these patients....