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The care of the chronic sick.
The transfer of responsibility for the care of the chronic sick in hospital from Local Authorities to Regional Hospital Boards has raised two important questions. First, Regional Hospital Boards have to decide on the location and number of beds to be provided for this class of patient. Their waiting lists indicate that more accommodation is needed, but more accommodation of the existing type wo...
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The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (1970) is an expression of the increasing attention being paid to the needs of the handicapped in our society. The most severely physically handicapped represent only a small proportion of the total who are physically disabled (Harris, 1971) but their degree of dependency often makes it necessary to care for them in institutions, either in the form ...
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The problem of chronic undernutrition and its direct and indirect effects, especially in Africa are multi-faceted and integrated, and have roots in socio-economic, cultural, environmental, political, technological and other factors. In this scenario, the immediate victims are children, especially those under 5 years of age. There seems to be a vicious cycle of maternal malnutrition, infant deat...
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Emergency physicians commonly evaluate children with fever and worry about how to best detect “occult” or “early” presentations of serious bacterial infections such as meningitis or sepsis. Laboratory testing is at times used to supplement clinical examination and physician judgment; however, the merits of such screening have long been debated and substantial practice variation remains. In this...
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AIM AND METHODS To discuss evidence for and against genetic 'causes' of type 2 diabetes, illustrated by standardized study of glucose intolerance and high blood pressure in four representative African origin populations. Comparison of two genetically closer sites: rural (site 1) and urban Cameroon (2); then Jamaica (3) and Caribbean migrants to Britain (80% from Jamaica-4). BACKGROUND Alterna...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107687807100818