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Encountering the Other across the Divides: Re-Grounding Social Justice as a Guiding Principle for Social Work with Refugees and Other Vulnerable Groups
(The British Journal of Social Work, 2012)This article is based on an ethnographic study conducted in a South African church following the May 2008 xenophobic violence and subsequent displacement of over 100,000 foreigners. It explores the relationships between a ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Considering Nancy Fraser’s notion of social justice for social work: Reflections on misframing and the lives of refugees in South Africa
(Ethics and Social Welfare, 2014)This article explores the implications of cross-border migration for social work's normative commitment to social justice. Specifically, it interrogates Nancy Fraser's conceptualisation of social justice in guiding social ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Ethical Challenges and Human Rights in Africa (Editorial)
(Ethics and Social Welfare, 2014)In September 2010, social workers from across Africa and its diaspora took part in an online discussion of the extent to which there could be, or should be, a pan-African social work code of ethics. While the debate remained ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Understanding the challenges and opportunities encountered by the elderly in urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(South African Family Practice, 2015)Background: This article is based on research conducted by students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal as part of the coursework requirements in the research module in social work in students’ final year of study. Although ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Ollier disease in a 6-year-old child
(BMJ Case Reports, 2015)A 6-year-old boy presented to the orthopaedic clinic, referred from his general practitioner after his mother noted an apparent shortening of the left leg, in toeing of the left foot and a waddling gait. No sinister symptoms ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Shark attack: The emergency presentation and management
(BMJ Case Reports, 2015)A previously healthy 32-year-old man, a body-boarder, was transported to hospital by primary retrieval helicopter, within 2 h of a shark attack injuring both legs. Tourniquets were applied bilaterally to decrease haemorrhage. ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Assessment of severe lower limb trauma with the aid of on-site photography
(BMJ Case Reports, 2015)A 44-year-old man was brought to the hospital by ambulance with a severely deformed right femur following a motorbike accident. The initial deformity was reduced on-site, but the ambulance crew provided a pre-reduction ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Assuming Responsibility for Justice in the context of South Africa’s refugee receiving regime
(Ethics and Social Welfare, 2014)This paper explores Iris Marion Young's social connection model of responsibility for justice. Its purpose is to contribute to the development of an ethics of responsibility for social work and other caring professions. ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
The Effect of Multimorbidity Patterns and the Impact of Comorbid Anxiety and Depression on Primary Health Service Use: The Men Androgen Inflammation Lifestyle Environment and Stress (MAILES) Study
(American Journal of Men's Health, 2020)This study sought to determine patterns of multimorbidity and quantify their impact on use of primary health services in the presence and absence of anxiety and depression among a cohort of urban community-dwelling men in ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
A Fascinating Case of a Huge Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Protruding Subcutaneously Through the Sternum
(Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2015)An 89 year-old female presented with a slightly tender mass on her sternum (Panel 1). She had been complaining of a mild, dull ache in her chest for a few months prior to her presentation. Her past medical history included ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
A simple approach to derive Z-score of reference change value involving more than two serial results (Letter)
(Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 2015)The reference change value (RCV), also known as the critical difference, can be defined as the smallest difference required before two sequential laboratory results are considered significantly different (at a predefined ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Effect of footwear on intramuscular EMG activity of plantar flexor muscles in walking
(Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2020)One of the purposes of footwear is to assist locomotion, but some footwear types seem to restrict natural foot motion, which may affect the contribution of ankle plantar flexor muscles to propulsion. This study examined ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Response of Salivary Microbiota to Caries Preventive Treatment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
(Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2020)A once-annual caries preventive (Intervention) treatment was offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schoolchildren—a population with disproportionately poorer oral health than non-Indigenous Australian children—in ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Staged Acute Chest Wall Reconstruction for blunt traumatic chest wall injury
(Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2020)A 77-year -old man was air lifted into our emergency department following a road traffic accident. He was involved in a rollover accident down a 200-meter embankment ultimately colliding with a tree. He underwent intubation ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
The cost of hospitalisation for youth self-harm: differences across age groups, sex, Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
(Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2019)OBJECTIVE: To report the comparative rates, average length of stay and cost per episode of hospital management for self-harm in three age cohorts: 15-19 years, 20-24 years and 25-29 years; by sex and indigeneity. DESIGN, ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Recent advances in understanding the natural history of the otitis media microbiome and its response to environmental pressures
(International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2020)Objective: To perform a comprehensive review of otitis media microbiome literature published between 1st July 2015 and 30th June 2019. Data sources: PubMed database, National Library of Medicine. Review methods: Key ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Outcomes of same day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention: A quality improvement project
(Collegian, 2020)Background Literature about how same day discharge following percutaneous coronary intervention influences patient and organisational outcomes, especially length of stay and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance, ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Schrauf, R. W. (2016). Mixed Methods: Interviews, Surveys, and Cross-Cultural Comparison. Cambridge University Press (Media Review)
(Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2020)In this globalized era, mixed methods research (MMR) is widely utilized in various social and cultural research fields. However, integrating the qualitative and quantitative data rather than combining findings from both ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
A Review of Management of Clostridium difficile Infection: Primary and Recurrence
(Antibiotics, 2015)Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially fatal illness, especially in the elderly and hospitalized individuals. The recurrence and rates of CDI are increasing. In addition, some cases of CDI are refractory ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Vena caval filters for the prevention of pulmonary embolism
(Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020)BACKGROUND: Pulmonary emboli (PE), or blood clots in the lungs,can be potentially fatal. Anticoagulation is the first line therapy to prevent PE. In some instances anticoagulation fails to prevent more emboli, or cannot ...JOURNAL ARTICLE