Vol 60 No 6: November/December 2018 | South African Family Practice

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Published: 2018-11-30

Editorials

Air pollution and child health: What can health care professionals do?

Gboyega A Ogunbanjo

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Review Articles

A "site" for sore eyes

George L Muntingh, Michelle Viljoen

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Prophylaxis - A key component in malaria control

Robyn L Van Zyl

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All headaches are not equal: A review of migraine as a state of brain dysfunction

De Wet Wolmarans, Sarel J Brand, Linda Brand

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Atopic Dermatitis

Deirdré Engler, F Makola, N M Magongwa

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Allergic skin conditions - causes, clinical features and treatment

Mojakgomo Hendrick Motswaledi

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Research Articles

Challenges experienced by healthcare workers in managing patients with hearing impairment at a primary health care setting: a descriptive case study

S Orrie, T Motsohi

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Knowledge, attitudes and practice of healthcare providers regarding contraceptive use in adolescence in Mahalapye, Botswana

Stephane Tshitenge, K Nlisi, V Setlhare, R Ogundipe

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An evaluation of the medical internship programme at King Edward VIII hospital, South Africa in 2016

Andrew Ross, S S (Cyril) Naidoo, Siyabonga Dlamini

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Optimum INR intensity and therapeutic INR control in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis on warfarin oral anticoagulation at Dr George Mukhari academic hospital: a three-year retrospective study

Sobeng Ntlokotsi, Mmampenani Florence Moshesh, Pindile Mntla, Olakunle Adewunmi Towobola, Motetelo Alfred Mogale

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Quality of primary care physicians’ communication of diabetes self-management during medical encounters with persons with diabetes mellitus in a resource-poor country

Oluwaseun Solomon Ojo, Sunday Olukayode Malomo, Ademola Oluwaseun Egunjobi, Adekunle Olayinka Jimoh, Mary Oluwaseun Olowere

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Factors influencing post-partum women’s choice of an implantable contraceptive device in a rural district hospital in South Africa

Francois Potgieter, Paul Kapp, Francois Coetzee

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Opinion

‘Telephone Triage’: a possible means of managing the after-hours patient load at primary health care facilities in South Africa

A A Adeniji, L H Mabuza

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Rural medicine and ‘home stay’: a medical student’s experience

Reabetswe Ntshabele, Rubeshan Perumal, Nesri Padayatchi

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Correspondence

Comment on ‘Cell phone use and ill health: is there a definite relationship?’

S M J Mortazavi, S A R Mortazavi

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Community-acquired pneumonia in patients admitted to National District Hospital in Bloemfontein: guideline adherence

Thornton Ford, Johané Potgieter, Jana Van der Walt, Monette Van Schalkwyk, Maresa Van Lill, Gina Joubert

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Registrars

Mastering your fellowship (online)

Klaus B von Pressentin, Mergan Naidoo, Frederick Mayanja, Tasleem Ras

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Peripheralia

Sutton’s law, Phaeochromocytomas and Zebras

Chris Ellis

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