Vol 50, No 4 - July/August 2008

Table of Contents

CPD Editorial

CPD Editorial PDF
Gboyega A Ogunbanjo 5

CPD

Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 1: An introduction to lifestyle and diseases of lifestyle PDF
E W Derman, D N Patel, C J Nossel, M P Schwellnus 6-12
Type 2 Diabetes: Primary Health Care Approach for Prevention, Screening and Diagnosis in South Africa PDF
Pankaj Joshi, Shaifali Joshi 14-20
The HPV Vaccine - What the Family Practitioner Needs to Know PDF
Franco Guidozzi 22-24
Chronic Persistent Asthma: A Review of Medicines in the Step-Up Approach PDF
Elvis Irusen 28-36
Depression Later in Life – an Approach for the Family Practitioner PDF
Johannes L Roos 38-43
An Approach to the Diagnosis, Treatment and Referral of Tuberculosis Patients: The Family Practitioners' Role PDF
Norbert O Ndjeka, Refiloe Matji, Gboyega A Ogunbanjo 44-51
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Ethical Issues Concerning Learning and Maintaining Life-Saving Skills PDF
Gboyega A Ogunbanjo, Donna Knapp van Bogaert 52-54

Editorials

Becoming a Family Medicine Specialist PDF
Pierre JT De Villiers 59
Would We Prevent Asthma with Potential Therapeutic Strategies? PDF
Dhamend Lutchman 61

Forum

Setting the Stage for Risk-Sharing Agreements: International Experiences and Outcomes-based Reimbursement PDF
Joao L Carapinha 62-65

Original Research

Choosing, Changing or Adhering to a Registered Doctor in a Managed Care Plan: What Will it Take? A Qualitative Survey in Rural Mpumalanga, South Africa PDF
Nzapfurundi Chabikuli, Montagu Murray, Sam G Fehrsen, Jannie F Hugo 66-66d
Risk Factors Precipitating Exacerbations in Adult Asthma Patients presenting at Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria PDF
Maria M Geyser, Paul Rheeder 67-67e
Missed Opportunities for Cervical Screening at Eben Donges Hospital and Worcester Community Health Centre Worcester, South Africa PDF
Daniel S Mphatsoe, Michael K Pather 68-68d
Evaluation of Breast Cancer Awareness among Women Presenting with Newly Diagnosed Breast Disease at Universitas Hospital (Bloemfontein, South Africa) PDF
Puleng R Matatiele, W MJ van den Heever 69-69c
Multidisciplinary Training to Undergraduate Students in the Faculty of Health Sciences: Hypertension as a Case Study PDF
Hanneke Dippenaar, Lorraine Grobler, Gina Joubert 70-70b
Awareness and Perceptions of Published Osteoporosis Clinical Guidelines-a Survey of Primary Care Practitioners in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area PDF
David Mckechnie, Michael K Pather 71-71f

Correspondence

The UFS Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty Forum – a Critical Evaluation by Heads of Department PDF
Gina Joubert, Hennie S Cronjé 72-73
Family Medicine in an African Context PDF
Idongesit S Ukpe 72-73
Fatal Child Abuse: a Literature Review and the Profile in the Southern Free State (1995-2003) PDF
Indiran Govender 74

InfoPOEMs

InfoPOEMS
Editorial Office

Regulars

Peripheralia: The Noble Sympton Bearer PDF
Chris Ellis 76


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