T his excerpt from the 1917 Constitution of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy identifies key elements of the proper domain of occupational therapy research: the study of therapeutic applications of occupation via occupational therapy and the study of the influence of occupation on the person. I would add "the study of the occupational nature of the human being" as a...

1Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health, Tuskegee University, Analysis, Tuskegee, Alabama, USA 2Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mercer University Atlanta Campus, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 3Thompson-Bishop-Sparks State Diagnostic Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama, USA 4Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA 5Center for Computational Epi...

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in reproductive-age women is accompanied by menstrual and fertility disorders and premature menopause. Objective We sought to determine nephrologists' and allied health care providers' perceptions on management of sex hormone status in women with CKD. Methods An anonymous, Internet-based survey was sent to nephrology society members from Canada, Austr...

OBJECTIVE Nationally and internationally there is work underway to continue to advance the scope of practice of allied health assistants (AHA). The advanced role requires additional training and competency development, as well as significant clinical experience. To build on the evidence relating to advanced scope AHAs, ACT Health undertook a project to explore the potential for the development ...

Barbara Harty-Golder is a pathologist-attorney consultant in Chattanooga, TN. She maintains a law practice with a special interest in medical law. She writes and lectures extensively on healthcare law, risk management, and human resource management. The situation involves policymaking based on science and common sense — as well as on law and regulation. Generally, students are entitled to prote...