Vol 12, No 5 (2008)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Health care equity - what does it mean for South African nurses? PDF
Victoria J Pinkney-Atkinson 3

Professional News

Heated debate about male circumcision PDF
E-Health News 4

Leadership/Management/Professional Practice

“To err is human”…. where does negligence, malpractice and misconduct fit the puzzle? PDF
Kinna Erasmus 5-6

General Nursing

What is your practice's financial health like? PDF
Debbie Regensberg 8-10

Clinical

Oral manifestations of viral infections PDF
Willie F P Van Heerden 12-15

Infection Control/Communicable diseases

Making sense of multidrug resistant organisms PDF
Peter O Smith 16-19

Oncology Nursing

Breast cancer PDF
Sheila Visser, G A Landers 22-25
Through my eyes: A patient's story of surviving breast cancer PDF
Carrie Brown 26-27

Wound care/Stoma care

Exudate management: Putting the patient first PDF
L Naude 29-32

Case Studies

The tragic story of the large baby PDF
Sue J Armstrong 36-39

Paediatrics

The burden of pneumococcal disease in children - advances in the fight of this epidemic PDF
P M Prakash 40-43
Gastroenteritis in young children PDF
D F Wittenberg 46-50

Mother and Child Health

ABCs of haemorrhagic shock in the pregnant woman PDF
Joanita De Kock, Tania Heyns, G H Van Rensburg 54-57

Industry News

GDAs: Shopping at face value with front-of-pack food facts PDF
Industry News 11
TB Alliance enters into collaboration with Sanofi-Aventis to fight tuberculosis PDF
Industry News 34
Introducing new packaging for Epi-max PDF
Industry News 51
Giving toddlers a head start in life PDF
Industry News 53
Netcare Limited PDF
Industry News 59-60



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