Vol. 114 No. 2 (2024)

From SAMA

• Notice of move to digital issues only

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From the editor

• A good death

  B Farham

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Editorials

• Genetic screening of South African families with Parkinson’s disease

  S Bardien, A Braun, R van Coller, F Hassan Amod, J Carr, S Moosa

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• Decriminalising and legalising medical assistance in dying

  J P van Niekerk, P Cluver, E Hertzog, M Kruger, K Moodley, J Myers, Dan Ncayiyana, J Snyman

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Correspondence

• Is ableism still entrenched in the medical profession in South Africa?

  S N Whitehead, H Kathard, Prof. Theresa Lorenzo, S L Amosun

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In Practice

• The role of new hepatitis B vaccines in South Africa

  G U van Zyl, T Maponga, H Rabie, J Taljaard

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Research

• Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa

  G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

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• Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis

  O Hirachund, C Pennefather, M Naidoo

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• Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care

  J du Toit, K Storath, I Dunn, P Makekeng, M Moosa, K Mothibi, N Umuneza, C A Rees, D Blau, S Lala, Y Adam, S Velaphi, M Hale, P Swart, J Wadula, L Mothibi, A Wise, V Baba, P Jaglal, S Mahtab, S Madhi, Z Dangor

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• Community perceptions of community health worker effectiveness: Contributions to health behaviour change in an urban health district in South Africa

  L S Thomas, Y Pillay, E Buch

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• The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus

  M B Nejthardt, P Alexandris, S Bechan, M F A Bijli, S Chetty, J M Dippenaar, M Gibbs, M Johnson, H Kluyts, R Llewellyn, M Motiang, P Mogane, P Motshabi, B Mrara, F Roodt, U Singh, S Spijkerman, E Turton, J van der Westhuizen, B Biccard

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• The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: A descriptive analysis

  L Bush, C Hendrikse, C Van Koningsbruggen, K Evans

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• CPD

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