Information Services for HIV/AIDS: Recommendations to the NIH

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DIANE Publishing, 1995 - 76 pages
Report of a conference co-sponsored by the NLM and the NIH Office of AIDS Research, June 28-30, 1993. Reviews the various HIV/AIDS information resources and services that the the NIH has instituted since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic. Provides information on the findings and recommendations of five panels: clinical researchers; medical, dental, and nursing providers; allied health care providers; media and the general public; patients and the affected community.

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Page 34 - Agency, as stated by law, is to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health care services...
Page 69 - Institute is to conduct and support research on the reproductive, developmental and behavioral processes that determine the health of children, adults, families and populations.
Page 42 - National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Md. 20014.
Page 69 - conducts and supports research to study the causes of allergic, immunologic, and infectious diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing, and treating illness"; the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) 'investigates the effects of chemical, physical, and biological agents on human health'.
Page 67 - Epidemiology. A branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in the animal population.
Page 53 - Office of Medical Applications of Research National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland John H.
Page 71 - Key functions include: — providing nationwide leadership in adapting and transferring science and technology; — anticipating and responding educationally to critical national issues affecting the food and agricultural system; — mobilizing resources to respond to natural disasters and catastrophes...
Page 55 - Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Building 31, Room 7A03 31 Center Drive, MSC 2520 Bethesda, MD 20892-2520 (301)496-2263 (O) (301)496-4409(F) afl0r@nih.gov (E) II 2001 Fenno, Dr.
Page 36 - Employment The majority of positions are in the Federal civil service. For positions in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, employment inquiries may be addressed to the Division of Personnel, Room 14A46.
Page ii - Information services for HIV/AIDS : recommendations to the NIH : report of a conference co-sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the NIH Office of AIDS Research. June 28-30, 1993. — [Bethesda, Md.] : US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, [1994] "January 1994.

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