Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 19 Research in maritime medicine
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2. Radiomedico Sweden and intercultural communication
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... the results and recommendations in it. In the course of my studies I will be required to research and produce more reports. So, I will continue being a member of this forum and look for ideas to write ...

3. 8.1 The role of the maritime physician
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... as in services doing medical exams for crewmembers, radiomedical advice or telemedical consults and last but not least search and rescue. Same expertise will be necessary in research institutes and (inter-) ...

4. 13.|12 Research in Port Medicine
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  Port medicine as a multidisciplinary field is rarely connected to University Departments. Traditionally Port Hospitals have been connected to research units in Tropical Health. Nowadays, some port ...

5. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... development of PTSD.  In a research project the Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the Cologne University (Germany) developed a screening instrument by means of which the severity ...

6. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
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... on the overall score. Apart from research purposes this questionnaire can be useful when assessing crew or advising travellers on prophylactic measures before boarding a cruise ship [[24]]: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/47539/MSSQ-short.pdf ...

7. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... in a rat model.  Brain Research 2004: 88-97 Tirilly G, Foret J. Polyphasic sleep/wake strategy and alertness - observations in fishermen. Shiftwork International Newsletter 1999; 16 : 36 Smith ...

8. 10.10 Gastrointestinal Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... of Diagnosis and Therapy (ed. Beers MH et al.), 18th edition. Merck Research Laboratories, Whitehouse Station, NJ 2006.   WHO. Sanitation on ships. Compendium of outbreaks of foodborne and waterborne ...

9. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... disorders that may be of particular importance to clinicians dealing with seafarers. Little research on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders among seafarers has been performed. However, the ...

10. 19.9 References
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...  3. Malterud, K., Qualitative research: standards, challenges, and guidelines. Lancet, 2001. 358(9280): p. 483-8. 4. Jensen, O.C., et al., Incidence of self-reported non-fatal occupational injuries ...

11. 19.8 Research collaboration and research institutions for maritime medicine
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  Several research institutions for maritime medicine have been established worldwide. Some institutions have extended their scope to also include, e.g. hyperbaric medicine, tropical medicine, aviation ...

12. 19.7 Presentation and publication of maritime medicine topics including journals devoted to maritime medicine
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  The dissemination of research is dependent of the value of the study. Research of low value should not be communicated. However, whether positive or negative, all results from sound research may ...

13. 19.6 Ethical concerns and research standards in maritime medicine
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  The ethical values are common to research whether quantitative or qualitative. The ethical virtues of research may often be followed from pragmatic reasons. E.g. doors may be closed in the future ...

14. 19.5 Research tools for maritime medicine
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Most quantitative research requires database and statistical tools such as the shareware EpiInfo (http://www.who.int/chp/steps/resources/EpiInfo/en/index.html), which is issued by the WHO. It is simple ...

15. 19.4 Research methods
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  There are two main types of research. Physicians mainly use quantitative research methods. Researchers that are influenced by the humanistic approach, e.g. anthropologists use qualitative research ...

16. 19.3 Financing research in maritime medicine
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    Most research institutions operate with a basis budget but they are expected to contribute with external funding for research. The availability of funding is highly variable. Most research institutions ...

17. 19.2 Scientific literature in maritime medicine and research methodology
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... on the address http://www.embase.com/. Most indexed references contain abstracts and an increasing and high proportion of them also provide free access to full-text articles. The maritime research institutes ...

18. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
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... as anthropology all of which are applicable and necessary in a maritime context. Research describes the thorough scientific study of an area, for example the etiology and pathophysiology of a disease ...

19. 19 Research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

  Introduction Notwithstanding the significant observations and new discoveries that has previously taken place in the field of maritime medicine, research in maritime medicine is rather new. As ...

20. 4.17 National Organizations with International Impact
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... Diseases). Some research institutes, like the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)[3] in the UK or the Central Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine, Germany, the Interdepartmental ...