Environmental Medicine:

Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education

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Publication Year:1995

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Andrew M. Pope and David P. Rall, Editors; Committee on Curriculum Development in Environmental Medicine, Institute of Medicine
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People are increasingly concerned about potential environmental health hazards and often ask their physicians questions such as: "Is the tap water safe to drink?" "Is it safe to live near power lines?" Unfortunately, physicians often lack the information and training ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
1 Introduction	5-13	(skim)
2 Curriculum Content	14-21	(skim)
3 Implementation Strategies	22-43	(skim)
4 Changing Medical Education	44-51	(skim)
5 Concluding Remarks	52-53	(skim)
References	54-58	(skim)
Appendixes	59-60	(skim)
A: Taking an Exposure History	61-96	(skim)
B: Medical School Courses and Clerkships: Access Points for Integrating Environmental Medicine	97-120	(skim)
C: Case Studies in Environmental Medicine	121-138	(skim)
Case Study 1: Arsenic Toxicity	139-163	(skim)
Case Study 2: Seasonal Arsenic Exposure from Burning Chromium-Copper-Arsenate-Treated Wood	164-167	(skim)
Case Study 3: Asbestos Toxicity	168-188	(skim)
Case Study 4: Benzene Toxicity	189-207	(skim)
Case Study 5: Beryllium Toxicity	208-223	(skim)
Case Study 6: Cadmium Toxicity	224-243	(skim)
Case Study 7: Fetal Death Due to Nonlethal Maternal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning	244-248	(skim)
Case Study 8: Carbon Tetrachloride Toxicity	249-266	(skim)
Case Study 9: Chlordane Toxicity	267-288	(skim)
Case Study 10: Chronic Reactive Airway Disease Following Acute Chlorine Gas Exposure in an Asymptomatic Atopic Patient	289-290	(skim)
Case Study 11: Chromium Toxicity	291-311	(skim)
Case Study 12: Cyanide Toxicity	312-331	(skim)
Case Study 13: Dioxin Toxicity	332-348	(skim)
Case Study 14: Ethylene/Propylene Glycol Toxicity	349-371	(skim)
Case Study 15: Formalin Asthma in Hospital Staff	372-373	(skim)
Case Study 16: Gasoline Toxicity	374-394	(skim)
Case Study 17: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: A Clinical Description of 17 Patients with a Newly Recognized Disease	395-401	(skim)
Case Study 18: Lead Poisoning from Mobilization of Bone Stores During Thyrotoxicosis	402-409	(skim)
Case Study 19: Lead Toxicity	410-435	(skim)
Case Study 20: Legionaires' Disease: Description of an Epidemic of Pneumonia	436-444	(skim)
Case Study 21: Mercury in House Paint as a Cause of Acrodynia: Effect of Therapy with N-Acetyl-D, L-Penixillamine	445-449	(skim)
Case Study 22: Mercury Toxicity	450-472	(skim)
Case Study 23: Methanol Toxicity	473-492	(skim)
Case Study 24: Methylene Chloride Toxicity	493-511	(skim)
Case Study 25: Paint Remover Hazard	512-515	(skim)
Case Study 26: Fatal Outcome of Methemoglobinemia in an Infant	516-517	(skim)
Case Study 27: Nitrate/Nitrite Toxicity	518-537	(skim)
Case Study 28: An Outbreak of Nitrogen Dioxide-Induced Respiratory Illness Among Ice Hockey Players	538-541	(skim)
Case Study 29: Pentachlorophenol Toxicity	542-557	(skim)
Case Study 30: Aldicarb Poisoning: A Case Report with Prolonged Cholinesterase Inhibition and Improvement After Pralidoxime Therapy	558-561	(skim)
Case Study 31: Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Pesticide Toxicity	562-584	(skim)
Case Study 32: Infertility in Male Pesticide Workers	585-587	(skim)
Case Study 33: Pesticide Food Poisoning from Contaminated Watermelons in California, 1985	588-595	(skim)
Case Study 34: Poisoning of an Urban Family Due to Misapplication of Household Organophosphate and Carbamate Pesticides	596-604	(skim)
Case Study 35: Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Toxicity	605-621	(skim)
Case Study 36: Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Toxicity	622-638	(skim)
Case Study 37: Ionizing Radiation	639-673	(skim)
Case Study 38: Radon Toxicity	674-694	(skim)
Case Study 39: Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer in Sweden	695-700	(skim)
Case Study 40: Community Oubreaks of Asthma Associated with Inhalation of Soybean Dust	701-706	(skim)
Case Study 41: Tetrachloroethylene Toxicity	707-726	(skim)
Case Study 42: Toluene Toxicity	727-743	(skim)
Case Study 43: Occupational Asthma Due to Toluene Diisocyanate Among Velcro-like Tape Manufacturers	744-749	(skim)
Case Study 44: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane	750-766	(skim)
Case Study 45: Trimethyltin Encephalopathy	767-771	(skim)
Case Study 46: Trichloroethylene Toxicity	772-792	(skim)
Case Study 47: Vinyl Chloride Toxicity	793-811	(skim)
Case Study 48: Work-Related Disorders of the Neck and Upper Extremity	812-813	(skim)
Case Study 49: Contact Dermatitis in Surgeons from Methylmethacrylate Bone Cement	814-816	(skim)
Case Study 50: Skin Lesions and Environmental Exposures: Rash Decisions	817-861	(skim)
Case Study 51: Acoustic Trauma Caused by the Telephone: A Report of Two Cases	862-867	(skim)
Case Study 52: Behavioral and Audiologic Manifestations of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss	868-871	(skim)
Case Study 53: Reproductive and Developmental Hazards	872-892	(skim)
Case Study 54: Childhood Asthma and Indoor Enviromental Risk Factors	893-903	(skim)
Case Study 55: Populations at Risk From Particulate Air Pollution - United States, 1992	904-908	(skim)
D: Resources: Agencies, Organizations, Services, REferences, and Tables of Environmental Health Hazards	909-970	(skim)
E: Committee and Staff Biographies	971-975	(skim)

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People are increasingly concerned about potential environmental health hazards and often ask their physicians questions such as: "Is the tap water safe to drink?" "Is it safe to live near power lines?" Unfortunately, physicians often lack the information and training related to environmental health risks needed to answer such questions. This book discusses six competency based learning objectives for all medical school students, discusses the relevance of environmental health to specific courses and clerkships, and demonstrates how to integrate environmental health into the curriculum through published case studies, some of which are included in one of the book's three appendices. Also included is a guide on where to obtain additional information for treatment, referral, and follow-up for diseases with possible environmental and/or occupational origins.

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"It belongs in the library of every medical school." --Nature Medicince

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