(Editor's comment: Del Martin is the woman most identified with the attack on wife-battering; she is the author of the first major and the most definitive book on this subject, she has achieved recognition as an authority and a source of help, and she has appeared by im'itation on programs of the American Sociological Association and the American Psychiatric Association on this subject, Her art...

Case Presentation A 46-year-old male presents to the emergency room after a witnessed seizure. He was watching television when his wife noted that he had loss of responsiveness, had slumped to the floor, and started jerking his left side. The episode lasted about two minutes. Wife reports that during the event his eyes were open and his jaw was clenched. He stopped breathing for a few seconds a...

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BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health issue with severe adverse consequences. Population-based data on IPV from Muslim societies are scarce, and Pakistan is no exception. This study was conducted among women residing in urban Karachi, to estimate the prevalence and frequency of different forms of IPV and their associations with sociodemographic factors. METH...

These are beautiful books that explore and celebrate different cultural ways that will be foreign to most 21st century readers who are living in a city with an urban lifestyle. Interestingly, they both depict their characters celebrating life and death. Alicia Potter’s title appropriately foreshadows the main character’s scattering of her husband’s ashes, while Nivola’s title suggests the impor...