Personal Status Laws in Arab Countries

Family medicine in Arab countries.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Information on the practice of family medicine in Arab countries is scant. In this study we aim to describe the current state of the specialty in the region. This includes scope of practice, practice setting, training programs, and the numbers and profiles of their graduates. METHODS A survey of leaders in family medicine in Arab countries was conducted between Octob...

Media and Revolutionary Movements in the Arab Countries

Diabetic nephropathy in the Arab Gulf countries.

While the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing worldwide, one third of the diabetic patients will eventually develop chronic kidney disease. The aim of this review is to present the available data on diabetic nephropathy and its complications in the Arab Gulf countries. This will eventually help to raise the awareness of both government and healthcare systems towards the substantial va...

Personal Status of Cryonic Patients

Eternity is a human basic instinct. So he does his best for it. Cryonic is a hypnotically way for life extension via cooling patient body whit purpose of recovering and curing in future. This method raised various legal problems including the patient incapacity, his wife status, heritage, children custody and financial duties. It seems this kinds of problems has a root in patient status of life...

Contribution of Arab countries to breast cancer research: comparison with non-Arab Middle Eastern countries

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancers affecting women worldwide. The main objective of this study was to assess and compare research activity in breast cancer in Arab countries with non-Arab Middle Eastern countries. METHODS Publications about "breast cancer" as a research topic were retrieved using the ISI Web of Science database. Analysis was confined to origin...