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Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?
People with disabilities, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries, experience significant challenges in accessing healthcare services and support. …
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Lessons from COVID-19 in South Africa: Keeping our environment clean should be the first law of health
In the wake of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the links between poor hygiene, unclean environments and human health …
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Raising awareness about the unintended consequences of hand sanitiser in children
The use of hand sanitisers is common practice to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the safety …
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Do socio-economically disadvantaged patients prefer shared decision-making?
BACKGROUND: Shared decision-making is the process where patients and clinicians work together to make healthcare choices. When given a choice, …
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Are interpersonal communication skills adequately taught at postgraduate specialist level in South Africa? The neurology experience
BACKGROUND: Interpersonal communication skills by clinicians with patients, carers, fellow health professionals and legal professionals carry many unique challenges in …
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Clinical outcomes of hospitalised COVID-19 patients at Mthatha Regional Hospital, Eastern Cape, South Africa: A retrospective study
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health crisis that threatens the current health system. The sudden expansion in …
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From the President’s Desk Part 2
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Mastering your fellowship
The series, 'Mastering your Fellowship', provides examples of the question format encountered in the written and clinical examinations, Part A …
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Anaesthesia for ruptured ectopic pregnancy at district level
In South Africa, deaths as a result of ectopic pregnancies are increasing despite the overall improvements in maternal mortality. These …
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Temporal variation in suicide in peri-urban Pretoria
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a public health problem, and the third major cause of death in Indian, black and mixed race …
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The new human resources for health policy supports the need for South African family medicine training programmes to triple their output
The South African Family Practice is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which strives to provide primary care physicians (and their teams), …
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Developmental delay in a resource-constrained environment: Screening, surveillance and diagnostic assessment
The range and severity of developmental delays vary, and a systematic approach to ensuring early detection for early intervention is …
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A case series of post-partum haemorrhage managed using Ellavi uterine balloon tamponade in a rural regional hospital
Uterine balloon tamponade (UBT) should be attempted once emergency measures have been applied and medical treatment for post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) …
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Primary healthcare approach to substance abuse management
Substance abuse is common amongst patients attending primary healthcare settings. Despite the substantial impact on one's health, substance abuse is …
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‘This won’t hurt a bit!’ – A descriptive review of health care professionals’ pharmacological management of pain in minor trauma
BACKGROUND: Emergency Centres (ECs) have a prominent trauma burden requiring effective pain management. This study aimed to review analgesia-prescribing habits …
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Skills for communicating severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 result to patients and/or relatives
Clinicians notify positive results of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 polymerase chain reaction to patients and/or relatives, whilst short …
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From the President’s Desk - Part 1
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Mastering your fellowship Part 1 2021
The series, 'Mastering your Fellowship', provides examples of the question format encountered in the written and clinical examinations, Part A …
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COVID-19 disruption: Family physicians at the forefront
The South African Family Practice is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which strives to provide primary care physicians (and their teams), …
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Ototoxicity: A review of South African studies
BACKGROUND: Ototoxicity is damage to cells in the inner ear after administering a toxic drug, with a resultant hearing loss. …