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Janet Seggie, BSc (Hons), MD (Birm), FRCP (Lond), FCP (SA)
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JUNE 2014 VOL. 104 NO. 6
GUEST EDITORIAL 387 Medical marijuana and beyond
J P de V van Niekerk 388 EDITOR’S CHOICE CORRESPONDENCE
389 Importance of shielding blood donors from harm E Klug, M Gebka, F Hellig, M Alison, B Townsend, V Naidoo 389 Are all fish oil supplements safe during pregnancy?
M Opperman, S Benade
390 A meaningful and sustainable outreach programme in southern Gauteng K R L Huddle, G Chita, N Naicker
IZINDABA
391 E Cape illegal immune-booster given ‘false’ approval – officials suspended 394 SAMA grasps the racial nettle, winning huge majority vote
395 Netcare – KPMG breached client privilege to boost Competitions Commission probe OBITUARY/HULDEBLYK
397 Christian George Albertyn BOOK REVIEWS
398 273 Amazing Days: The Story of Life Before Birth 398 Across the Wide Zambezi: A Doctor’s Life in Africa
SAMJ FORUM OPINION
399 Legalising medical use of cannabis in South Africa: Is the empirical evidence sufficient to support policy shifts in this direction?
C D H Parry, B J Myers CLINICAL ALERT
401 Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A fulminant syndrome associated with multiorgan failure and high mortality that frequently masquerades as sepsis and shock B Price, J Lines, D Lewis, N Holland
ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH
407 ‘Urban insight’: A high level of undiagnosed need reflects limited access to and availability of eye-care services in South Africa
A Mathee, A de la Rey, A Swart, S Plagerson, N Naicker ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
408 Additive manufacturing: From implants to organs T S Douglas
EDITORIALS
410 A reflection on the South African Medical Association – past, present and future M Grootboom, M Sonderup
411 A putative founder effect for Parkinson’s disease in South African Afrikaners J Carr, R van Coller
RESEARCH
413 Identification of a common founder couple for 40 South African Afrikaner families with Parkinson’s disease
G Geldenhuys, B Glanzmann, D Lombard, S Boolay, J Carr, S Bardien
420 No evidence for association of insulin receptor substrate-1 Gly972Arg variant with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a mixed-ancestry population of South Africa
Z Vergotine, A P Kengne, R T Erasmus, T E Matsha
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424 The prevalence of hypotension and hypoxaemia in blunt traumatic brain injury in the
prehospital setting of Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective chart review W Stassen, T Welzel
428 Setting ART initiation targets in response to changing guidelines: The importance of addressing both steady-state and backlog
C Martin, N P Naidoo, W D F Venter, A Jaffer, P M Barker
431 Paediatric otitis media at a primary healthcare clinic in South Africa L Biagio, D W Swanepoel, C Laurent, T Lundberg
435 Tick-box admission forms improve the quality of documentation of surgical emergencies, but have limited impact on clinical behaviour
G L Laing, J L Bruce, D L Clarke
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION GUEST EDITORIAL
439 Sexual health in the South African context M M Campbell, D J Stein
REVIEW
440 Sexual dysfunction: A systematic review of South African research M M Campbell, D J Stein
ARTICLES
445 An integrative treatment model for patients with sexual dysfunctions P Ramlachan, M M Campbell
446 Female sexual dysfunction R Boa
447 Male sexual dysfunction P Ramlachan, M M Campbell
448 Hypersexual disorder in general practice M M Campbell, D J Stein
449 Transgender issues in South Africa, with particular reference to the Groote Schuur Hospital Transgender Unit
D Wilson, A Marais, A de Villiers, R Addinall, M M Campbell, The Transgender Unit 450 Sexual function and ageing
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