Vol 93, No 3 (2003)

Table of Contents

News PDF
Jonathan Spencer Jones 177
Legislation- Summarised highlights of the latest amendments to the regulations of the Medical Schemes Act: Final Part 3 PDF
Elsabe Klinck 178
Practice Management - Setting up a practice, Part 2: Standardisation PDF
Jules and Tana Rivalland 180
Managed Care - Comparing legal entities PDF
IPSA IPSA 181

From the Editor

Politics must move mainstream on AIDS PDF
J P de V van Niekerk 154

Editor's choice

Editor's choice PDF
J P de V van Niekerk 155

Correspondence

Success of insecticide spraying in controlling malaria PDF
C H Vaughan Williams 160
Recurrent meningitis due to unrecognised skull fracture PDF
Don Emby 160
Need and opportunities for training health professionals in medical genetics PDF
Denis Viljoen 161
Two mutations in the MTHFR gene associated with mild hyperhomocysteinaemia PDF
Mohammed Tikly, Nedi Zannettou, Beverly Traub 162

Izindaba

SAMA fights 'funder-driven' medical care PDF
  166
PMTCT court order: Manana in contempt? PDF
  168
SAMA loses SAHRC disclosure complaint PDF
  169
Strikes loom over KZN's salary nightmare PDF
  170
SAMJ 100 years ago PDF
  171
A chance for SA to consolidate on HIV/AIDS PDF
  172
Doctors bring home bronze in Cape-to-Rio race PDF
  173
SAMA and TAC march for treatment PDF
  176

Obituaries

Mohamed Abdullah PDF
Ashley Rayman 203

Book reviews

The Turnstone PDF
J P de V van Niekerk 202
Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionery PDF
Fred N Sanders 202

Forum

Toy gun injuries - more than meets the eye PDF
J C Richards, A D N Murray 187
Homocysteine and the vascular endothelium PDF
Peter Jacobs, Lucille Wood 191
Plasma homocysteine and arterial thromboembolic disease PDF
A D Mbewu, C Nogoduka, B Taylor 192
Ethical issues in voluntary HIV testing in a high-prevalence area - the case of Malawi PDF
Joseph M Mfutso-Bengo, Adamson S Muula 194
'Them and us': Scientists and the media - attitudes and experiences PDF
Leverne Gething 197

Editorial

Broken windows of the soul - when is child safety going to grow up? PDF
David Bass 204

Scientific letters

Prescription patterns and utilisation of antihypertensive drugs in private practice in Umtata PDF
Yoswa M Dambisya, N L Katende-Kyenda, G Spring 206
Superficial siderosis - case report and review PDF
Jody Pearl, Myles Connor, Girish Modi 207

Original articles

Intramuscular penicillin is more effective than oral penicillin in secondary prevention of rheumatic fever - a systematic review PDF
Juliet Manyemba, Bongani M Mayosi 212
Humalog Mix25 improves 24-hour plasma glucose profiles compared with the human insulin mixture 30/70 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus PDF
M Herz, V Arora, B N Campaigne, H E Scholtz, M A Potgieter, W Mollentze 219
Calcium supplementation to prevent pre-eclampsia - a systematic review PDF
G J Hofmeyr, A Roodt, A N Atallah, L Duley 224