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Ethics and the law relating to post-birth rituals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,Placental rituals and other birth-by rituals are common in various societies. They often include culturally determined behavioural sequences which operate as anxiety-releasing mechanisms. They also serve to offer a spiritual means of “control” over the future health and welfare of... -
A metastatic unclassified trophoblastic tumour with spontaneous bilateral pneumothoraces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology • Authors: P Barnardt --- Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, L Fourie --- Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology,Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a spectrum of diseases associated with pregnancy. Epithelioid trophoblastic tumour (ETT) is a rare neoplastic proliferation of the intermediate trophoblast that can be distinguished from choriocarcinoma. A 35-year-old female presented with persistent vaginal bleeding, raised... -
Associations of maternal HIV infection, anaemia and placental insufficiency with neurodevelopment and anaemia in South African children: a cross-sectional study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Mothusi Nyofane --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Marinel Hoffman --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Helen Mulol --- University of Pretoria, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, South Africa Qondeni Ndlangamandla --- Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa Robert Pattinson --- University of Pretoria, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, South Africa Ute Feucht --- University of Pretoria, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, South Africa