Books published by The Permanente Press:

Can Physicians Manage the Quality and Costs of Health Care? The Story of the Permanente Medical Group By John G Smilie, MD. This book can be purchased at the minimal cost of $2 per copy from Jon Stewart at 510-271-5955.

Video Tapes Available:

CME Mindfulness in Medicine Videotape Training for Busy Doctors and Health Care Professionals
Now Available: The new CME Mindfulness in Medicine Videotape Training for Busy Doctors and Health Care Professionals.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, featured in this user-friendly practical video, instructs beginners and advanced practitioners in mindfulness meditation. Dr Kabat-Zinn and physician faculty discuss and demonstrate tools for integrating mindfulness in treating patients, staff, and oneself with greater moment-to-moment awareness. Dr Kabat-Zinn is the founder and former director of the University ool. He is the author of two best-selling books: Full Catastrophe Living: Usiof Massachusetts Memorial Health Care Stress Reduction Clinic and is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Schng the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress Pain, and Illness; and Wherever You, Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.

Tapes are available at a cost of $10 for KP employees; $20 for others. To order, contact Gus Gaona 323-259-4776, Gus.X.Gaona@kp.org.

Testicular Torsion
Testicular Torsion, a relatively unknown and unrecognized surgical emergency, is a strangulation of the spermatic cord that affects 1 in 160 males by the age of 25. For the past two years, Michael Strub, MD, and Melody Kulsic, RN, two clinicians from the Department of Urology at KP Fontana, CA, have been working on a public awareness campaign. To this end, they have developed a seven-minute video and bilingual flier that informs young men about this rarely discussed condition and what to do about it. Early detection can save the testicle. These informative materials are designed to be shown on a regular basis to appropriately aged school children to create awareness of this problem.

What is Testicular Torsion? This seven-minute video, professionally produced and directed by the KP Annandale Video Production Center, is available for $3.50 by contacting Gus Gaona: 323-259-4776, Gus.X.Gaona@kp.org. The target audience for this video is young men between the ages of 12-25 and their parents, and coaches, to share with their teams.