https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45752 2026-04-18T22:37:46Z 2026-04-18T22:37:46Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45873 2019-09-01T05:07:48Z 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Remembering not to forget Abstract: It has been voiced time and again over recent years – Dementia should be a top health priority in Europe. As much has been stressed by a number of MEPs at the European Parliament, a substantial 70 so far, endorsing the recommendations of Alzheimer Europe following the launch of the Paris Declaration way back in 2006 in a bid to raise awareness about this disease. Dementia should also be placed at the top of the health agenda in Malta. The Malta Dementia Society strongly backs this whilst lobbying with local policy makers, and making valid suggestions on what it entails and what needs to be done. To find out more about the reasons behind this urgency around the issue of dementia, I meet up with Dr Charles Scerri who is the Secretary of the Malta Dementia Society and a newly elected board member of Alzheimer Europe.

2008-07-01T00:00:00Z Pulis, Kirsten M. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45818 2019-08-25T05:31:48Z 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Modern management approaches for children with autism Authors: Pulis, Kirsten M. Abstract: Autism is a developmental disorder characterised by a triad of impairments, namely communication, social interaction and imagination. It was first described by Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger almost simultaneously in the 1940s, and since then has continued to gain momentum in the clinical, educational and lay world. In fact, prevalence estimates have escalated in recent years, going from 0.4% in 1978 to 1 % in 2006, making autism the third most common childhood disorder after intellectual disability and language impairment.

2008-07-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45796 2019-08-25T05:30:52Z 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Update on avian influenza : july 2008 Abstract: The cumulative number of confirmed cases of human avian influenza since the beginning of the year is 34 cases with 26 deaths. The HPAI subtype H5N1 is unprecedented since there are no records of epizootic having lasted so long a time and having covered such a wide geographical area in such a short period of time.

2008-07-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45792 2019-08-25T05:31:23Z 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Philosophy of medicine : is there such a thing? : part 1 Abstract: The first thing we need to ask is whether philosophy of science matters at all for medicine; and indeed what do we mean by philosophy of science anyway? Perhaps the best way is to answer the question whether medicine, as a science, depends on tradition, and secondly, if there is a tradition, what are the goals of this tradition. Prima facie most doctors would agree that there is a tradition of medicine, which is to heal patients and to do good. Yet this tradition is being challenged when some doctors feel it their duty of assist in ending the life of a suffering individual. When one asks whether this is or should be the goal of medicine, one is making an inquiry about the philosophy of one's practice. Even if it is not the aim, the ethos, of medicine, it may still be within the grasp of the general aim of scientific method. To illustrate this better, we can use reproductive technology or stem cell research as an example. Scientific advances in these areas by no means hold back the medical profession from using them; at least the former.

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