Answer to Dr. Rogers.

Dr. Maureen Rogers, the first Australian pediatric dermatologist

Such a quote is apt for Maureen Rogers (nee McGhee), the first Australian pediatric dermatologist. Fame and accolades have never inspired her. For Maureen, commitment to the well-being of her patients, her students, and her family, and thus her commitment to service to all, has been her driving motivation. Maureen was born in Scotland in 1942, an only child to nonmedical parents. From ages 7 to...

A Question and Answer Session on the Meaning of Being Human , with Dr. Gholamreza Aavani

Quaternary Prevention, an Answer of Family Doctors to Overmedicalization

In response to the questioning of Health Policy and Management (HPAM) by colleagues on the role of rank and file family physicians in the same journal, the author, a family physician in Belgium, is trying to highlight the complexity and depth of the work of his colleagues and their contribution to the understanding of the organization and economy of healthcare. It addresses, in particular, the ...

This is dedicated to our former chairman Dr. Mahmoud Rohani

"Rogers" Seven-Day-Fever

Sik,?It was with great interest that I read in J01'1 issue Colonel Wimberley's article on the out iea Dengue-like fever amongst the 15tli Sikhs, It struck me that if there is a differential diagnosis a < between ' Breakbone Dengue ' and the Seven-Day I e\ei c cribed by Major Leonard Rogers?then these interesting cases must fall under the latter heading?and this, in spi e the fact that the fever...