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G D Otis

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PubMed1999

Young male violent death trends in the general population during the Vietnam era.

Suicide and homicide rates significantly increased throughout the Vietnam War among young American civilian males who constituted the principal manpower pool for the war. Ironically, men who reached military age after the war were at greatest risk. Years of high combat intensity were not associated with higher suicide or homicide rates than years of low combat intensity. Suicide and homicide rates were correlated at .95, suggesting a common source of pathogenesis. No similar trend was found for motor vehicle death. Broad social forces, not the Vietnam War itself, were responsible for the changes in violent mortality trends that we observed among the birth cohorts of men in our study.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed1999

Young female violent death trends in the general population during the Vietnam era.

Five birth cohorts of young women who became age 20 before, during, and after the Vietnam War were selected for this study of motor vehicle accident, suicide, and homicide between ages 13 and 30. Suicide and homicide increased strongly in succeeding years (1953-1986). Motor vehicle accident rates were affected primarily by age. But age, birth cohort membership, and age x cohort interaction significantly affected suicide and homicide rates, with the 19-24-year-old age range most greatly affected. The correlation between suicide and homicide risk (r = .92) was similar to that for young males (r = .95) and suggested a common source of pathogenesis for both genders.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed1977

Faculty role expectation: perception discrepancies and departmental affiliation.

A questionnaire was developed to assess medical students and faculty with respect to several dimensions of their role expectations and perceived role enactments with each other. For faculty respondents the nine dimensions which emerged from cluster analysis of expectation-perception discrepancy scores were: Psychosocial Emphases, Ideal Student Role Enactment, Low Versus High Excellence, Faculty Considerateness to Patients, Division of Influence, Participation, Faculty Socioemotional Role Enactment, Student Appreciation, and Student Initiative. A comparison of mean scores on each of these dimensions for faculty members from five departments in one medical school revealed significant differences on six dimensions. Some implications of the findings are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Typological analysis of U.S. medical schools.

Using multivariate statistical techniques, a large number of variables describing medical school characteristics was reduced to five general dimensions of variation. Patterns of factor scores on these five dimensions served as the basis of a typology of 107 U.S. medical schools. The types of schools so identified were found to be related to the proportions of graduates entering different areas of medicine.

Certification↗