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Acknowledgements This work is supported by USPHS grants MH45481 and 2 POl MH25642, a Veterans Administration National Center Grant for PTSD, and by the Connecticut Mental Health Center. 

For information, support, and assistance, we thank Pamela M. Barnard, A.H.I.E, M.L.S., Allina Health Systems Library Services Holly Ann Burt, M.L.S., Information Resource Center, National Patient Safety Foundation Sara Tompson, Packer Engineering Library John R. Combes, M.D., Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Diane Cousins, U.S.Pharmacopeia and Linda Williams, R.N., Veterans Administration National Center for Patient Safety. We also thank the editorial team from Jossey-Bass, Andy Pasternack, Seth Schwartz, and Gigi Mark, who made the project flow smoothly. 

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support for the conference provided by the following Arkansas organizations and individuals Arkansas Electric Power Company Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company BEI Electronics, Inc. First Commercial National Bank General Dynamics Corporation John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center Union National Bank University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Whit Stevens and Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Support for publication of this book was provided in part by the Citadel Research Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Dejesus C, Pleasure DF, Asbury AK, et al. 1977. Effects of methyl butyl ketone on peripheral nerves and its mechanism of action. Report to National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, by Yale University of Medicine, New Haven, CT and Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, CT. NTIS No. PB83-105148. 

Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. He has conducted numerous research projects awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Veterans Administration, and the pharmaceutical industry. Author of more than 200 articles and chapters, Dr. Stahl is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, and teacher in psychiatry with subspecialty expertise in psychopharmacology. 

This work was supported in part by the United States Public Health Service Grant CA-14905 from the National Cancer Institute through the National Large Bowel Cancer Project, and by the Veterans Administration Medical Research Service. 

The work was supported by Research Grant CA 16861 and Research Career Development Award CA 00462 to CFM from the National Cancer Institute, NIH, and by a Veterans Administration Research Grant to DAG. We thank R. E. Feeney for his advice on chemical modifications and numerous other topics. 

Prien, R. E, Caffey, E. M., Jr., Klett, C. J. 1972, Comparison of lithium carbonate and chlorpromazine in the treatment of mania. Report of the Veterans Administration and National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Study Group, Arch.Gen.Psychiatry, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 146-153. 

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This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants HL-47416 and HL-48743, by a Merit Review Award from the U.S. Veterans Administration, and by a grant from NitroMed, Inc. G.R.U. is the recipient of a National Research Service Award from NIH (HL-09124) and an American College of Surgeons Fellowship Award. G.N.W. is the recipient of a Cardiovascular Training Grant Fellowship from NIH (T32 HL-07224). J.L. is the recipient of a Research Career Development Award from NIH (HL-02273). We express our appreciation to Stephanie Tribuna for expert technical assistance. 

These studies were supported in part by National Cancer Institute grants CA-08748. 18601 and 18856 (JJF. KAW, TCC). by CA-44094 and The Veterans Administration (RFS). by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant NO-Al-62521 (KFS). and by the Institut National de la Sante et de Recherche Hedicale (IF. OH. CT). 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 138 Emory University-Veterans Administration Medical Center, 176 Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Mddicale, 176 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 176... 

This research is supported by a Merit Review Grant from the Veterans Administration, DK 39176 from the National Institutes of Health, and grant number M01RR14288 of the General Clinical Research Center. 

The following case study involves a redesign of the reporting system at Children s Hospitals and Clinics, Miimeapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. It describes how a system was built with the knowledge of the ASRS and the work of the Veterans Administration s National Center for Patient Safety. 

Heget, J. R., Bagian, J. E, Lee, C. Z., and Gosbee, J. W. System Innovation Veterans Health Administration National Center for Patient Safety. Joint Commission Journal of Quality Improvement, 2002, 25(12), 660-665. 

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the aviation industry. NASA, external to the industry, accepts confldential narratives about near misses and accidents up to the point of a crash (Reynard, Billings, Cheaney, and Hardy, 1986). The system is voluntary, confidential, and nonpunitive, and its purpose is to collect and use incident data to improve the national aviation system. The ASRS supports aviation system policy, planning, and improvement and strengthens the foundation of human factors research in aviation by identifying deficiencies for correction by appropriate authorities. The Veterans Administration is the only health care entity to contract with NASA for a blameless reporting system at this time. 

The preparation of this chapter was supported in part by research grants AM 01383 from the National Institutes of Arthritis, Metabolic and Digestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service and PCM77-15825 from the National Science Foundation, and by the Medical Research Service of the Veterans Administration. 

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