BACKGROUND Family physicians frequently order and in some instances supervise diagnostic tests using intravascular radiographic contrast media. METHODS MEDLINE database was searched from 1966 to the present using the key terms "contrast media," "adverse reaction," "anaphylaxis," "anaphylactoid," "nephropathy," "renal failure," "kidney failure," and "MRI" in combinations. Other sources were fo...

With the advent of the biopsychosocial approach in family therapy, the domain of spiritual issues is increasingly being recognized as important to families. This article will describe a graduate-level seminar on Spiritual Issues in Family Therapy at the University of San Diego that offers family therapy students the opportunity to examine issues of spirituality, religion, and meaning and their ...

This report gives an overview of the session on product issues of the 4 International Workshop on Product Family Engineering. It briefly sketches the issues presented in the technical session and summarizes the results and open issues of the subsequent discussion session.

(USAID) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement number HRN-A-00-98-00012-00, Subproject number 5800.13005.411. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of USAID. SUMMARY Adequate counseling is necessary for greater acceptance and for sustained and effective family planning use. In addition to providing technical information (e.g. side-effec...

Asthma is still one of the leading causes of morbidity in children. Despite the improved understanding in the disease pathogenesis and availability of the different classes of drugs, the incidence of emergency visits due to acute exacerbations and admission rates due to frequent and uncontrolled disease is fairly high. Management of bronchial asthma in children is quite different to that of adu...

About the authors Acknowledgements Introduction Definitions of child neglect Fatal child neglect Conclusion Appendix Notes References