The M.D.-J.D. revisited. A sociological analysis of cross-educated professionals in the decade of the 1980s.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Curriculum↗
Biomedical subjects
T S Weiner
Publications and source records attributed to T S Weiner.
The black physician's assistant: problems and prospects.
This is a report on a study of the social origins, attitudes, and anticipated practice settings of black and white recruits to the physician's assistant occupation. Recruits are generally representative of the larger black and white communities in their values; however, black recruits are more likely than their white counterparts to value the status, income, and stability perceived to be associated with the occupation. At the same time, blacks are more likely to favor national health insurance and to look forward to servicing the poor. These liberal social attitudes and the finding that blacks are more likely than whites to desire to practice in ghetto areas provide some support for affirmative action policies in dealing with the health manpower needs of medically underserviced areas.
Adult↗
Specificity of treatment effects for learning disabilities in a boy prenatally exposed to dilantin.
The present case study provides evidence that a specific deficit can be improved by a treatment specific intervention in a boy who was prenatally exposed to Dilantin and presented with a learning disability. After implementation of a focused intervention for reading, standardized test scores revealed that the child demonstrated a dramatic improvement in reading performance, but remained consistent in other academic areas. This indicated that his reading improvement was the direct effect of specific training in reading, but did not generalize to other content areas. This finding is significant because it provides support for treatment specificity in contrast to treatment generalizability.
Anticonvulsants↗