Maureen Stanton, a nonfiction essayist who teaches at the University of Missouri, has covered six grueling years in the life of an Americana dealer in "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: Seeking History and Hidden Gems in Flea-Market America" (Penguin Press).
In "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: Seeking History and Hidden Gems in Flea-Market America" (Penguin, $26.95), Maureen Stanton, a University of Missouri writing instructor, takes the reader on an extended trip through the world of antiques, visiting high-toned Boston auction houses, wet-pasture junk markets and the "Hee-Haw" of old stuff, "Antiques Roadshow".
The in-depth interview focused on patients' health-care seeking history, knowledge and attitudes towards TB, and their adherence to TB treatment.
They seek history's stories and pass those stories on to the next generation.
Demographic characteristics, sexual and risk behavior, health/health care seeking behavior, history of current/past syphilis infection (including treatment), alcohol use and substance abuse history will be assessed at baseline and three month intervals.
Trained interviewers administered a questionnaire to collect data on their demographic characteristics, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and health care-seeking history.
Where written informed consent was given, patients or their caregivers were asked about demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, treatment-seeking history, illness symptoms, detailed information about each dose of AL taken and the advice provided by the ADDO dispenser.
Logistic regressions suggested four variables were significantly associated with adherence: healthcare provider colonoscopy recommendation, prevention services at the place health care is usually sought, a history of colitis, and a history of polyps.
At recruitment, all index cases completed a family history questionnaire (John et al, 2004) that sought cancer history for all their first-degree and second-degree relatives.
According to a recent study by the Travel Industry Association of America and Smithsonian Magazine, tourists who seek out history and culture (118 million last year, up 13percentt from 1996) spend more, do more and stay longer than other travelers.
A few sought a history of personal conflict as a prerequisite to making an HCR diagnosis.
