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Ceylon Med J ; 2003 Dec; 48(4): 129-32
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-49020

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy termination generate complex ethical issues. Surveys conducted in Sri Lanka among doctors and medical students in 1986 supported a change in law in favour of pregnancy termination when gross genetic defects are detected antenatally. A new generation of prenatal tests has focused attention again on the topic of termination and under what circumstances it might be legally done. The present survey contributes to the debate by means of a survey of doctors and medical students. METHOD: A self-administered questionnaire given to doctors and medical students. RESULTS: Ninety three per cent of doctors and 81% of students accept pregnancy termination as an appropriate course of action if a gross genetic defect is detected antenatally, and 87% of doctors and 80% of students support a change in the law to allow termination of the pregnancy. The corresponding figures in previous surveys were 80%, 69% and 96%, 88% respectively. CONCLUSIONS: A majority of doctors and medical students support a change in law in favour of liberalising pregnancy termination when a genetic defect is detected antenatally.


Assuntos
Aborto Induzido , Adulto , Amniocentese , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Médicos , Diagnóstico Pré-Natal , Sri Lanka , Estudantes de Medicina
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Ceylon Med J ; 1999 Mar; 44(1): 14-7
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-48021

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: The Internet is probably the fastest growing means of public communication. Those who seek health and medical information are using it increasingly. We decided to study the pattern of use of information made available via an Internet website. METHOD: Retrospective analysis of the entries made on the guest book and direct inquiries made to the webmaster of an established and well known Sri Lankan medical website from 1 February 1997 to 20 November 1998. RESULTS: During this period 23,373 web surfers visited the site. There were 222 guest book entries and 12 direct inquiries to the webmaster. The analysis of these entries and inquiries show that there is a wide gap in use of the information available at this website between web surfers from the developed and the developing countries. CONCLUSION: Governments in developing countries must plan to make computers and information technology as well as telecommunication services affordable and widely available.


Assuntos
Bibliometria , Países em Desenvolvimento , Doenças Genéticas Inatas , Humanos , Serviços de Informação/organização & administração , Internet/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Sri Lanka
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Ceylon Med J ; 1994 Mar; 39(1): 48-50
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-48848

RESUMO

A case of skeletal fluorosis with spinal cord compression from Kekirawa following consumption of water with high fluoride content for about 20 years is described. The observations of other workers (4,5) and the present case report show that more extensive field studies among vulnerable populations is indicated in this region. The need to search for a cost effective method of defluoridation of water is stressed.


Assuntos
Adulto , Doenças Ósseas/induzido quimicamente , Intoxicação por Flúor/complicações , Fluoretos/análise , Humanos , Masculino , Compressão da Medula Espinal/etiologia , Sri Lanka , Abastecimento de Água/análise
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Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-47587

RESUMO

The buccal smear test was used to screen for Turner syndrome in a sample of girls with severe short stature who did not have any other clinical features of that condition. The majority of the girls did not show X chromatin bodies in the buccal mucosal cells. None of those who qualified for chromosomal analysis showed an XO chromosomal pattern either. We conclude that reliability of the buccal smear test as a screening method for Turner syndrome remains doubtful.


Assuntos
Bochecha , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Citodiagnóstico , Feminino , Transtornos do Crescimento/etiologia , Humanos , Mucosa Bucal/química , Cromatina Sexual , Síndrome de Turner/complicações
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