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The name adopted by the current movement to stop experimentation on animals in the course of medical and veterinary research. The movement threatens essential progress in a number of areas of medicine, particularly senile dementia, stroke, and cancer, in which other techniques, such as computer modeling, are not applicable.  

The area of a building designated to be used for administering inhalation anesthetics.  

An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs.  

An image, such as a photograph or x-ray, which is stored exactly as recorded by the camera or x-ray film, as a “picture”. In this form, the image can only be retrieved as the picture of the object, text page, or graphic; it cannot be retrieved by electronic searching of the image itself, nor, if…

A national membership organization of pharmacy practitioners, educators, and students which, in 1995, had more than 30,000 members. The organization offers a number of books and subscription publications, computer software, videotapes, reference materials on CD-ROM, and database services.  

An association with active membership restricted to clinical investigators under age 45. Membership in ASCI is by invitation.  

A scientific and technical organization, founded in 1898, for the development of standards on characteristics and performance of materials, products, systems, and services, and the promotion of related knowledge. It is the world’s largest source of voluntary concensus standards. It originally concerned itself with industrial materials, but its scope has broadened to include, for example,…

A Washington, D.C. based organization representing the interests of psychologists, and the field of psychology. The APA advocates increased support for federally funded psychological research and mental health services.  

The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) “voice for nursing”. It serves as AHA’s nursing liaison to Congress, physicians, hospital executives, and others. Its goal is to prepare nurse leaders to help create more effective and productive health care delivery systems. The AONE is not affiliated with the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) or the National League for…

The professional association for registered nurses in the United States, made up of constituent nurses associations in the states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The ANA works for better health standards and nursing services, high standards of nursing, and the professional development and economic and general welfare of nurses. It is…