Amoebiasis as it Concerns the General Physician

Amoebiasis as it concerns the general physician.

Amoebiasis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis.

We report a case of amoebic appendicitis without colitis symptoms. Acute appendicitis is commonly encountered by gastroenterologists in their daily practice. The number of cases of amoebiasis increases annually in Japan, and is thought to be associated with an increase in sexually transmitted disease or travel to endemic areas. However, acute amoebic appendicitis is rare and the prognosis is ve...

“Cancer as the General Population Knows It”:

This article examines British medical debates about cancer education in the 1950s, debates that reveal how those responsible for cancer control thought about the public and their relationship to it, and what they thought the new political economy of medicine introduced by the National Health Service would mean for that relationship. Opponents of education campaigns argued that such programs wou...

Medical concerns about physician-assisted suicide.

The November 8, 1994 passage of Oregon's Measure 16, which permits physicians to comply with the request of a competent adult patient with less than six months to live for a prescription for lethal drugs, has intensified the debate over the legalization of physicianassisted suicide following the defeats of similar initiatives in Washington' and California.2 Subsequent legal challenge to Measure...

Porphyria for the general physician.

Most physicians will probably identify no more than one or two cases of porphyria during their career, but will have excluded the diagnosis in many more and thus have a high threshold for contemplating the diagnosis. It is an increasingly important diagnosis to make because prevention of attacks is essential, effective treatments are available, and family studies and medico-legal issues are of ...