the massive restrain security measurements at the airports very much impress the health status of the healthy and sick passengers alike. the security check is undisputedly a harassment – the confiscation of fluids, the limited movement on the airplane results in a stressful situation and put a harmful effect on healthy traveler and an even more harmful one on the sick. this kind of problem coul...

1Epilepsy Research Institute and 2Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg West, Victoria, 3Children's Epilepsy Program, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville and 4Department of Neurosciences, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to: Samuel F. Berkovic, Director, Epilepsy Research Institute, Level 1, Neurosc...

Endocrine Unit, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Melbourne, VIC. Ego Seeman, BSc, FRACP, MD, Professor of Medicine and Endocrinologist. Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW. John A Eisman, FRACP, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinologist and Director, Bone and Mineral Research Program. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: ...

Several medical and psychological factors should be considered regarding refugees repatriated by aircraft to their home countries. Traumatized refugees warrant special concern, but differential treatment among western countries generates controversy. Austria generally accepts that traumatized refugees, especially those suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), should not be subjected...

Repatriation to Sri Lanka has become a primary challenge to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Indian refugee camps, and a matter of significant public discussion in India and Sri Lanka. Anxiety about repatriation among Sri Lankan Tamil refugees and lack of initiation from the Sri Lankan government threatens the development of a coherent repatriation strategy. This article proposes a conceptual frame...

The University of Texas and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian have had experience working together on virtual museum projects that bring indigenous people to the museum for the purpose of “digitally repatriating” important cultural items. The initial virtual museum project provided a strategy for cultural responsive teaching in American Indian schools. They also provided a ...

Julia M L Brotherton,* Stephen J Clarke,† Susan Quine‡ *Senior Resident Medical Officer, Oncology Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW (currently, Public Health Officer, Public Health Training and Development Branch, NSW Health); †Senior Staff Specialist in Medical Oncology, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW; ‡Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Univ...

The research examined preparedness for repatriation, cultural identity change, and attributions of causality on the repatriation experience. Forty-four American managers returning from 6 months to 4 years abroad participated in the study. In line with the predictions, preparedness for repatriation and cultural identity change predicted repatriation distress. Those repatriates who were the least...