US clinics fear violence after execution of antiabortion murderer

Antiabortion violence in the United States.

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to determine if an association exists between the amount of harassment and violence directed against abortion providers and the restrictiveness of state laws relating to family planning. STUDY DESIGN We used responses from a July 2010 survey of 357 abortion providers in 50 states to determine their experience of antiabortion harassment and violence. Their r...

Travel-associated disease among US residents visiting US GeoSentinel clinics after return from international travel.

BACKGROUND US residents make 60 million international trips annually. Family practice providers need to be aware of travel-associated diseases affecting this growing mobile population. OBJECTIVE To describe demographics, travel characteristics and clinical diagnoses of US residents who present ill after international travel. METHODS Descriptive analysis of travel-associated morbidity and mo...

Violence and fear of violence in East and West Germany.

The purpose of this research was to assess the effect of major social changes in Germany since 1989 on mortality due to intentional injury. Mechanisms and types of fatal intentional injury in East and West Germany between 1970 and 1995 were determined from death certificates and compared with judicial data on violent crime convictions and recent public survey data on citizen fear of crime. The ...

Violence, Stalking and Fear of Crime

What’s Preventing Us to Get More Attraction: The Fear of Aesthetic Surgery

BACKGROUND Nowadays, with the help of cosmetic surgery almost every woman and man can achieve a highly attractive appearance. The question is, why so many people do not take advantage of these opportunities? This pilot-study investigates individual attitudes of people towards aesthetic plastic surgery. METHODS A questionnaire was developed which combined self-developed items for a meas...