https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46962 2026-04-05T07:57:19Z 2026-04-05T07:57:19Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45756 2019-08-25T05:31:23Z 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

Title: More than skin deep Abstract: I meet Professor Joseph Pace in between appointments, as he grabs time to talk to me, whilst eyeing a packed sandwich and drinking some coffee. Patients are waiting outside and he admits he is working too hard but only due to unusual circumstances. Specialised in Dermatology and Venerology, and the Foundation Chair of the Dermatology and Venereology Department at Boffa Hospital, he is presently Secretary-General of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology (EADV), whose appointment spans from 2004 through to 2010.

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45755 2019-08-25T05:31:17Z 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Update on avian influenza : may 2008 Abstract: An article in The Lancet, March 2008 states that a family cluster of confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 was possibly due to human to human transmission. Genetic sequencing confirmed the likelihood that a 24 year old who died of bird flu passed the virus directly to his father who was taking care of him while he was in hospital. The father recovered and was given Oseltamivir, Rimantadine as well as a serum from a woman who was inoculated with an experimental H5N1 vaccine. According to WHO, the H5N1 virus has already killed 234 people out of 376 in 12 countries. since 2003. Most were due to direct infection by sick birds but in a few rare cases it appears that there was human to human transmission. This occurred among genetically related persons.

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z Ng, Melanie https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45754 2019-08-25T05:31:22Z 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Prediction of falls among the elderly at risk : part 2 Authors: Ng, Melanie Abstract: Further investigation entails a close examination by a specialist to reassess and review medications, such as supplementation of Vitamin D, and psychotropic or anxiolytic medications, as well as carry out necessary tests to rule out any chronic medical conditions that may be contributing to the occurrence of falls. However one must not forget to asses and look closely to the physical conditions that may be further contributing to this scenario, with the help of a physiotherapist.

2008-05-01T00:00:00Z Mallia, Pierre https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45753 2019-08-25T05:31:03Z 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Ethics in psychiatry Authors: Mallia, Pierre Abstract: Psychiatrists in the UK have recently lamented the need for a code of ethics for psychiatry. There is a clear difference between a code of ethics and a code of practice (such as the non-statutory one of the UK Mental Health Act of 1983) or indeed a code of conduct. Sarkar and Adshead (2003) argue for the need to protect the patient in a world which is becoming more and more contractarian and utilitarian. Indeed the public often views psychiatrists as having to protect it from psychiatric patients and because of this the latter are put at a higher risk for detention. Codes of conduct and practice are therefore not sufficient for psychiatrists I as patients put trust in these professionals to "protect their interests when they are not well enough to protect themselves".

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