An International Affair

An affair of the heart.

In 1950, patients with Hodgkin lymphoma had a median survival time of 4 years and a 5-year relative survival rate of 29% (1). Since the introduction of radiation therapy and chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma in the 1960s and 1970s, the 5-year relative survival rate is more than 85% (2), and these patients can now expect a long lymphoma-free life. However, the price for this phenomenal success h...

The Alder Hey affair.

Pseudoparaphimosis: a hairy affair.

Med J Malaysia Vol 66 No 3 August 201

A global affair.

The Journal of Medical Ethics has always had a global outlook. International in its authorship, readership and editorship, the journal recognises the value of exploring how ethical issues in healthcare and scientific research manifest themselves in different geographical settings, of examining ethical issues that cross national boundaries and of ensuring that the analysis and promotion of ethic...

The monkey gland affair

His method of working involves very close study of the texts in order to uncover the medical concepts of their authors. For example, when he analyses the vocabulary of disease, showing how diseases are described and named, his conclusions illuminate the question of the extent to which individual characteristics ofthe patient are thought to influence the symptoms and course of the disease. One c...