Chez une fillette de 8 ans, la decouverte d'une hyper-bilirubinemie indirecte, sans atteinte hepati­que, sans signe d'hemolyse. a conduit a une enquete farniliale.  Dans la famille paternelle, ii n 'existait aucun cas d'ictere, et le [aux de la bilirubinemie etait nJr­mal chez le pere et chez le grand-pere.  La bilirubinemie indirecte de la mere montrait une legere augmentation, celle d'un on...

In this paper the author discusses how sampling access and recruitment problems encountered in an in-depth interview study heightened her sensitivity to “borderline illegitimate” data. The term illegitimate data usually refers to the data collected during a covert study, whereas “legitimate” data are collected during an overt study. Hence, data collected during any nonconsented period(s) of an ...

Following Moscovici (1972), this paper addresses the questions: What is the aim of research within a social representations perspective? Is it to support or to criticize the social order? Is it to consolidate or transform it? After a brief overview of social representations theory, I argue that while the theory appears to have the conceptual tools to begin this critical task, there are serious ...

Focusing on the period from the close of the 19th century to the 1930s, the article reveals the interplay between the establishment of a particular field of knowledge--in this case, dentistry--and regulatory legislation in Argentina. The analysis explores professional associations and their relations with degree-granting institutions, the regulation of dental practice, and the social and legal ...

Mobile phones were introduced to rural midwives in tsunami-affected Indonesia, allowing them to contact medical experts and communicate with patients. 92 interviews were conducted with midwives, coordinators, doctors, and village representatives. This study applies a dialectical perspective to supplement the analytical frame of the ICT for healthcare development model (Chib et al., 2008), by ad...

Web sites of Slovenian political parties do not fully exploit the Internet’s potential for interactive and deliberative communication on political issues with citizens, because they favour a competitive-elitist perception of democracy. As result, political party’s web sites are mainly used for political mobilization, agitation in persuasion. Supporting this model of democracy via web pages enab...

In this paper we propose answers to the research question: how does power shape the construction of legitimacy in the context of public organizations? We suggest that while organizational structures of dominancy will be embedded, not all structures of dominancy align with those that are normatively presented as legitimate and authoritative. Such situations make the creation and sustenance of le...

L'auteur expose le premier cas lranien de l'hyper­ostose vertebrale (Syndrome de F orestier-J acquline­Rotes-Querol) chez une femme de 50 ans. A.pres un rappel des principaux traits cliniques ct radiologiques de cette.<l!fifection, il="" insiste="" sur="" jes formes="" assoc1ees="" et="" evoque="" enfin="" que="" le="" meilleur="" ser­vice="" qu'un="" rhumatologue="" ou="" un="" radiologiste=""...

Les traitements classiques de myelome multiple et les schemas differents proposes ont ete mis en revue.  La poly chimiotherapie de la maladie avec une com-binaison de cyclophosphamide, B.C.N.U. Alkeran, Perdnisone et Vincristine a donnee une meilleur Resultat ceci surtout dans les formes graves et rapidement progressive de la maladie. D'autres sehemas therapeutiques sont en cours. 

Pendant Les annees dernieres la Pollution de l, athmosphere des salles d, Operation Par les anesthesiques volatils et Gazeux est bien etu­diee et la consequence Pathologique de cette Pollution est certaine; c, est Poruquois nous som­mes obliges de diminuer cette Pollution et em­pecher de se repandre ces agents dans les salles d, Operation.