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Child death reviews in the context of child abuse fatalities - learning from international practice

Author: Mathews, Shanaaz ; Abrahams, Naeemah ; Martin, Lorna J Date: Mar 2005 Read more c b n d
Ethical considerations in forensic genetics research on tissue samples collected post-mortem in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Heathfield, Laura J ; Maistry, Sairita ; Martin, Lorna J ; Ramesar, Raj ; de Vries, Jantina Date: 29 Nov 2017 Background: The use of tissue collected at a forensic post-mortem for forensic genetics research purposes remains of ethical concern as the process involves obtaining informed consent from grieving family members. Two forensic genetics research ... Read more
Forensic medicine in South Africa: associations between medical practice and legal case progression and outcomes in female murders

Author: Abrahams, Naeemah ; Jewkes, Rachel ; Martin, Lorna J ; Mathews, Shanaaz Date: 2011 BACKGROUND: Forensic medicine has been largely by-passed by the tide of health systems research and evidence based medicine. Murder victims form a central part of forensic medical examiners' case load, and women murdered by intimate partners ... Read more c b
Gender differences in homicide of neonates, infants, and children under 5 y in South Africa: results from the cross-sectional 2009 National Child Homicide Study

Author: Abrahams, Naeemah ; Mathews, Shanaaz ; Martin, Lorna J ; Lombard, Carl ; Nannan, Nadine ; Jewkes, Rachel Date: 2016 Jewkes and colleagues present a cross-sectional study that reveals levels of child homicide in South Africa. Identifying causes and vulnerable mothers will lead to prevention methods and strategies. Read more c b
Gender-based violence: strengthening the role and scope of prehospital emergency care by promoting theory, policy and clinical praxis

Author: Naidoo, Navindhra Date: 2017 Gender-based Violence has a considerable prevalence globally, but it is South Africa that has recorded the highest femicide rate in the world. Prehospital Emergency Care providers appear to be well positioned (as first responders) to respond ... Read more
Investigating the effectiveness and efficiency of forensic pathology practice in Western Cape, South Africa

Author: De Jong, Jacqui Anne Date: 2017 Introduction: In South Africa (SA), the forensic sector faces significant challenges including how to meet increasing public expectations for high quality, reliable and valid scientific and medico legal results, whilst dealing with increasing ... Read more
"Other patients are really in need of medical attention" - the quality of health services for rape survivors in South Africa

Author: Christofides, Nicola J ; Jewkes, Rachel K ; Webster, Naomi ; Penn-Kekana, Loveday ; Abrahams, Naeema ; Martin, Lorna J Date: 2005 Objective: To investigate in the South African public health sector where the best services for rape survivors were provided, who provided them, what the providers’ attitudes were towards women who had been raped and whether there were problems ... Read more
Out-of-hospital assessment and management of rape survivors by pre-hospital emergency care providers in the Western Cape

Author: Gihwala, Raina Tara Date: 2016 South African incidence of rape ranks amongst the highest worldwide. No direct policy exists for the emergency care provider management of rape victims in the pre-hospital setting. The pre-hospital exposure to rape cases is unknown as its ... Read more
The prevalence of infection related death at Salt River Mortuary for the years 2013 and 2014

Author: Kruger, Maria Magdalena Date: 2017 Infection related death is of major concern world-wide. This is especially true in developing countries where there is a high burden of disease. In some cases infections may present atypically and death occurs without a diagnosis in life. ... Read more
Retrospective analysis of abandoned live births, stillbirths and non-viable foetuses admitted to Salt River Mortuary, Cape Town

Author: du Toit, Chante Date: 2018 The abandonment of neonates in locations where discovery and survival is not intended is a global concern. These cases comprise non-viable foetuses and stillbirths (natural deaths), as well as abandoned live births (unnatural deaths); the ... Read more
Violence against women : epidemiology and pathology of femicides and suspected sexual homicides in Cape Town : a 10-year follow-up study

Author: Molefe, Itumeleng Date: 2016 Background: Violence against women (VAW) is the most pervasive human rights abuse and a global health threat. The most extreme forms of physical and sexual violence are the intentional killing of a woman (femicide) and rape, or the combination ... Read more

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