The Alternatives to Guardianship

As guardianship diminished a person\u27s legal rights, alternatives might be considered. This column discusses powers of attorney, living wills, joint and dual signature bank accounts, direct deposit plans, revocable living trusts, and conservatorship

Performance Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Bassoon Players

Performance related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) are a frequent reality for practicing musicians. Many aspects of the bassoon make bassoon players particularly susceptible to PRMDs. This thesis explored the prevalence of PRMDs among bassoon players and assessed the frequency, types, and locations of PRMDs. Also identified were treatments used for PRMDs, contributing factors to PRMD development, and the perceptions of the bassoon community regarding PRMDs. The International Bassoonist Questionnaire was distributed via the World Wide Web (n = 166, 58% male, 42% female). Eighty-six percent of bassoon players reported PRMDs. Pain was the most common PRMD symptom reported (78%). Females reported PRMDs (96%) more frequently than males (78%). Younger bassoon players reported more PRMDs. Most bassoon players (88%) were attempting to treat their PRMDs. The most common self-administered treatments were rest (60%) and reducing playing time (53%). Bassoonists attributed the cause of PRMDs to “long hours of practice” and “sudden increase in playing time.” Bassoon players felt strongly that the medical profession did not know how to treat a bassoon related injury. They believed that a knowledgeable teacher was the best resource against the onset of PRMDs even though technical aspects of playing were not identified as significant contributors to PRMDs. The bassoon playing population needs more information about PRMDs in order to develop treatment and prevention strategies

The Role of the Attorney as Nursing Home Advocate

This article explains the need for attorneys to keep informed about current standards and regulations related to nursing home care. The author identifies the areas of concern to clients and their attorneys such as determining the appropriate placement, or investigate financial and payment options. Surrogate decision-making options may need to be considered. Patients in nursing homes may need attorney assistance in patient rights or quality of care issues, or in disputes concerning patient abuse

Exhuming Brutus: Constitutional Rot and Cyclical Calls for Court Reform

Once upon a time, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the phrase “judicial independence” struck fear into the hearts of many Americans, especially those associated with the Anti-Federalist movement. Robert Yates, for example, writing under the pseudonym “Brutus,” wrote with horror of the proposed independence of the judiciary: [The Constitution has] made the judges independent, in the fullest sense of the word. There is no power above them, to controul any of their decisions. There is no authority that can remove them, and they cannot be controuled by the laws of the legislature. In short, they are independent of the people, of the legislature, and of every power under heaven. Men placed in this situation will generally soon feel themselves independent of heaven itself

M.M.: A Case Report of Spinal Cord Injury

Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with facilitator notes for each patient. All of the materials created (videos, case reports, and facilitator notes) were presented and used for educating health professional students at the 11th Annual UNE Interprofessional Education Spring Symposium: The Science of Pain and the Art of Healing

M.M.: Facilitator Notes

Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with facilitator notes for each patient. All of the materials created (videos, case reports, and facilitator notes) were presented and used for educating health professional students at the 11th Annual UNE Interprofessional Education Spring Symposium: The Science of Pain and the Art of Healing

S.G.: Facilitator Notes

Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with facilitator notes for each patient. All of the materials created (videos, case reports, and facilitator notes) were presented and used for educating health professional students at the 11th Annual UNE Interprofessional Education Spring Symposium: The Science of Pain and the Art of Healing

N.K.: Facilitator Notes

Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with facilitator notes for each patient. All of the materials created (videos, case reports, and facilitator notes) were presented and used for educating health professional students at the 11th Annual UNE Interprofessional Education Spring Symposium: The Science of Pain and the Art of Healing

E.M.: Facilitator Notes

Video interviews of five chronic pain patients with differing conditions were completed; a man with chronic low back pain, a woman with fibromyalgia, a woman with rheumatoid arthritis, a man with musculoskeletal pain in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder, and a woman with a spinal cord injury. These interviews were used to make personal videos for each patient, which tell their story of chronic pain, and a longer 8-10 minute video that included all patients in addition to a young woman with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). They were also used to make interprofessional case reports of chronic pain with facilitator notes for each patient. All of the materials created (videos, case reports, and facilitator notes) were presented and used for educating health professional students at the 11th Annual UNE Interprofessional Education Spring Symposium: The Science of Pain and the Art of Healing