Prison Dermatology: A Morrocan Experience

Training the senior house officer: experience within a dermatology unit.

[Electronic medical history: experience in a dermatology department].

Computerization, with a change from paper to electronic format, represents an alternative to traditional information management. This model offers advantages in legibility, uniformity, accessibility, and use of the data. However, it is not easy to apply this process to clinical practice as it requires a suitable network, continuous application development, an implementation strategy, and the co...

Factors associated to unrelieved pain in a Morrocan Emergency Department

BACKGROUND In the light of the impact that pain has on patients, emergency department (ED) physicians need to be well versed in its management, particularly in its acute presentation. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of unrelieved acute pain during ED stay in a Moroccan ED, and to identify risk factors of unrelieved pain. METHODS Prospective survey of patients admi...

Work ability, psychosocial hazards and work experience in prison environments.

BACKGROUND Work ability is predicted by age- and work-related psychosocial hazards; however, its association with work experience has not been studied. Work ability has not been studied in prison environments as well. AIMS To describe work ability and its associates among prison workers. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in two prisons in Spain, one large and one medium prison...

Prison medicine, public health policy and ethics: the Geneva experience.

The health care of prisoners represents a public health priority. However, in many countries, the pursuit of public health goals in prison is not granted. Introducing condom distribution and syringe exchange in prisons remains the exception. This article describes the example of a Swiss canton in which the legal framework enables health-care personnel to put into practice health care that is eq...