Round Table Debate

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'Round-table' ethical debate: is a suicide note an authoritative 'living will'?

Living wills are often considered by physicians who are faced with a dying patient. Although popular with the general public, they remain problems of authenticity and authority. It is difficult for the examining physician to know whether the patient understood the terms of the advance directive when they signed it, and whether they still consider it authoritative at the time that it is produced...

Round Table III: Mycoplasma Arthritis

Tendons and tendon sheaths and periarticular tissues are frequently involved in arthritides associated with mycoplasmas. It was therefore thought relevant to enlarge the title to "Arthritis and tenosynovitis." The arthritic conditions associated with mycoplasma infection were considered in turn for the rabbit, the rat and mouse, the chicken and turkey, the human patient, the pig, and cattle, sh...

Discussion and Round Table Presentation

Chairman Terblanche: Most of the discussion time will be spent reviewing the long-term management of patients after a variceal bleed. In the last 10 minutes we will attempt to place the role of prophylactic therapy in perspective. In my view there are some end-stage patients who should not be subjected to either emergency or definitive treatment. Unfortunately they are frequently difficult to i...

Hypospadias dilemmas: a round table.

Department of Pediatric Urology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center, Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Tx 75390, USA Department of Urology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Rua Maestro Cardim, 560/CJ. 215, 01323-000 Sao Paolo, Brazil Department of Urology, Paediatric Urology and Urogenital Reconstruction, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-90...