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Updated April 2011
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| Title: | Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Many people after having a stroke have difficulty moving, thinking and sensing. This often results in problems with everyday activities such as writing, walking and driving. Virtual reality and interactive video gaming are new types of therapy being pro... |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | ARPANSA - Vehicle mounted gamma spectroscopic mapping system |
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| Publisher: | Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) |
| Description: | The Health Physics and Technical Services Section at ARPANSA Melbourne have designed and constructed a vehicle-mounted gamma spectroscopy system for the mapping of radioactive contamination. |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Virtual reality training for surgical trainees in laparoscopic surgery |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Surgical training has traditionally been one of apprenticeship, where the surgical trainee learns to perform the surgery under the supervision of a trained surgeon. This is costly, time consuming, and is of variable effectiveness. Training using virtual... |
| Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Title: | Smoking in movies: countering its negative impact on public health |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Australia |
| Description: | Cancer Council's position statement explores the evidence base and history of smoking in movies. It includes recommendations from the Cancer Council on how government and non-government organisations can act to reduce the preventable death and disease caused by the promotion of tobacco use through film. |
| Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Title: | Audio-visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Informed consent is important for people who are thinking about participating in a clinical trial. Information for informed consent could be presented on the Internet, DVD, video cassette or by other means. We conducted thorough searches for randomised... |
| Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Title: | Recordings or summaries of consultations for people with cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Many people find it hard to remember medical consultations. Providing a record of the conversation may help. The review of trials examined the effects of giving people with cancer audio recordings or written summaries of consultations. Most people found... |
| Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Title: | Home and Community Care (HACC) Planning Regions |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The HACC Amending Agreement establishes HACC Planning Regions as the geographic basis for national planning and allocation of funding for the HACC Program. |
| Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Title: | Media-based behavioural treatments for behavioural problems in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cognitive-behavioural interventions have been shown to be effective for reducing behavioural problems in children, but access to these treatments is limited by factors including the availability of therapists, time and expense. Providing the information... |
| Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Title: | Audio recordings of consultations with doctors for parents of critically sick babies |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Parents with babies in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often feel stressed and depressed. These emotions can make it difficult for the parents to remember or fully understand the details of their conversations with doctors. The doct... |
| Title: | Interactive Health Communication Applications for people with chronic disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with chronic disease have multiple needs, including information about their illness and the various treatment options; social support; support with making decisions; and help with achieving behaviour change, for example, changes in diet or exerci... |
| Date: | Dec 2003 |
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