Vol 55 No 1: January/February 2013 | South African Family Practice

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Published: 2013-02-18

Editorials

The obesity epidemic: are we losing the battle?

Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo

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Editor's Focus

Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo

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CPD Questionnaire

CPD Questionnaire: Jan/Feb 2013

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CPD Questionnaire: January/February 2013 Ethics Supplement

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CPD

South African Dyslipidaemia Guideline Consensus Statement

E Q Klug, F J Raal, A D Marais, M-R Taskinen, A J Dalby, C Schamroth, N Rapeport, D Jankelow, D J Blom, R Catsicas, D A Webb

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Catherine Whittaker

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The management of acute low back pain in adults: a guide for the primary care physician, Part II

Stan W Brighton

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The red eye

Nagib Du Toit, L Van Zyl

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Management of hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

M L I Mashitisho

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InfoPOEMs

Intramuscular midazolam is better than intravenous lorazepam pre-hospital for status epilepticus: Rapid Anticonvulsant Medication Prior to Arrival Time (RAMPART); Tai chi improves balance and reduces falls in Parkinson’s disease

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Review Articles

Modern management of colorectal cancer

Robert John Baigrie

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and treatment

Angela Revelas, Elisabeth Baltaretsou

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Introducing solid foods

Martani J Lombard, Irene L Labuschagne

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Spirit(ed) away: preventing foetal alcohol syndrome with motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy

Anica Jansen Van Vuuren, Despina Learmonth

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Original Research

Social exclusion of students with visual impairments at a tertiary institution in KwaZulu-Natal

Madhubala Ishver Kasiram, Roshantha Subrayen

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Prevalence of end-digit preference in recorded blood pressure by nurses: a comparison of measurements taken by mercury and electronic blood pressure-measuring devices

Olugbenga Edward Ayodele, Suliat Omolola Akinyemi, Adetunji Oladeni Adeniji, Adeolu Oladayo Akinboro, Adetayo Adetoun Popoola, Christiana Adeola Alao

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Drug interactions in primary health care in the George subdistrict, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Paul Alfred Kapp, A C Klop, L S Jenkins

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Prevalence of chronic pain in patients attending primary healthcare facilities in south-west Tshwane

Waqar-un-Nisa Rauf, H P Meyer, T S Marcus, P J Becker

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Sense of humour and adolescents’ cognitive flexibility

Karel G F Esterhuyse, Nico Nortje, Anri Pienaar, Roelf B I Beukes

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Closing the prevention of mother-to-child transmission gap in Nigeria: an evaluation of service improvement intervention in Nigeria

Nzapfurundi Otto Chabikuli, Usman Gwarzo, Adebayo Olufunso, Daniel Reidpath, Pascale Allotey, Mohammed Ibrahim, Christoph Hamelmann

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Peripheralia

Intrinisic ethnographic enquiry: towards a general practice research methodology

Chris Ellis

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Ethics CPD Supplement

Ethics and medicine: revisiting the Children’s Act and the implications for healthcare practitioners

Donna Knapp van Bogaert, Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo

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Ethics and medicine: Jehovah’s Witnesses and the new blood transfusion rules

Donna Knapp van Bogaert, Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo

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Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?

Gboyega A Ogunbanjo, Donna Knapp van Bogaert

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Ethics and the law relating to post-birth rituals

Donna Knapp van Bogaert, Gboyega A Ogunbanjo

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The ethics of placebos

Donna Knapp van Bogaert, Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo

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