Vol 51, No 3 - May/June 2009

Table of Contents

CPD Editorial

Editorial PDF
Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo

CPD

Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice. Part 6: Lifestyle and Metabolic Syndrome PDF
Martin P Schwellnus, D N Patel, C Nossel, M Dreyer, S Whitesmans, E W Derman
Spontaneous Pneumothorax PDF
Matlawene John Mpe
The Diagnosis and Management of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) PDF
Mojakgomo H Motswaledi
A Diagnostic Approach to the Common Arthritic Conditions PDF
Mohammed Tikly
Confidentiality and Privacy: What is the difference? PDF
D Knapp van Bogaert, G A Ogunbanjo

Special Series

Integrative Approach to Management of Heart Disease: Is Heart Disease Reversible? PDF
Bernard Brom

InfoPOEMs

Vitamins E and C and selenium do not reduce risk of prostate or total. Poor agreement on interpretation of fetal heart rate tracings. Nifedipine not effective for maintenance tocolysis. Dexamethasone may prevent headache recurrence after.
Editorial Office

Editorials

From the editor's desk: Striking Doctors PDF
Pierre JT De Villiers

Forum

The Need of Good Clinical Practice in Health Care Research PDF
NoorZurani M H Robson, NorAzah Aziz, Aznida F Abdul Aziz, Mohd Z Abd Hamid, Mohazmi Mohamed, Sajaratulnisah Othman

Original Research

Person centred counselling to ameliorate symptoms of psychological distress among South African patients living with hypertension and diabetes: Results of an intervention study PDF
Ashraf Kagee, Marieanna le Roux
Reasons for Doctor Migration from South Africa PDF
Marlene M Bezuidenhout, Gina Joubert, Louis A Hiemstra, Magdalena C Struwig
Health Risk Behaviors of High School Learners and their Perceptions of Preventive Services offered by General Practitioners PDF
Caron Thomas
Management of Snakebites at a Rural South African Hospital PDF
Gboyega A Ogunbanjo, Charles Kyeyune
The Profile of Disability Grant Applicants in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town PDF
Thirumani Govender, Gubela MJI
Immigrants' and Refugees' Unmet Reproductive Health Demands in Botswana: Perceptions of Public Health Providers PDF
John O Oucho, Njoku O Ama
Epidemiological Profile of Non-Daily Smokers in South Africa: Implications for Practice PDF
Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf, Ben Szymanski
The Retention of Community Service Officers at District Hospitals in KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo Provinces PDF
Andrew Ross, Steve Reid
Rising Caesarean Section Rates: An Audit of Caesarean Sections in a Specialist Private Practice PDF
Riona Naidoo, Jagidesa Moodley

Scientific letters

Getting all the facts of death PDF
Elsie H Burger, Jimmy Volmink

Case studies

Clues to Hepatic Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompromised Patient PDF
Prashilla Soma, Shiraz Ellemdin

Correspondence

Recovering from Rape PDF
Louis Stander Jenkins

Book Reviews

Book Review: Secrets from the Black Bag PDF
Derek A Hellenberg

Regulars

Peripheralia: Philological Obfuscation PDF
Chris Ellis

Academy News

Academy News PDF
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