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  • Using a locum tenens in a private practice 
    Slabbert, M.; Pienaar, B.H. (Bastiaan) (Faculty of Law, North West University, 2013)
    The words locum tenens originate from Latin meaning "one holding a place". This phrase dates back to the middle ages when the Catholic Church provided clergy to parishes where there was no priest available. These travelling ...
  • The utilisation of maggot debridement therapy in Pretoria, South Africa 
    Du Plessis, Herman J.C.; Pretorius, Jan P. (Open Journals Systems, 2011)
    Maggots are known to clean wounds by removing slough and dead tissue. This was put to therapeutic use in the last century, between the world wars, when it was in use in at least 300 hospitals in the United States and being ...
  • Variations in levels of care within a hospital provided to acute trauma patients 
    Stewart, W.W.D.; Farina, Z.; Clarke, D.L.; Thomson, S.R. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011-11)
    INTRODUCTION: Caring for trauma patients is a dynamic process, and it is often necessary to move the trauma patient around the hospital to different locations. This study attempted to document the quality of observations ...
  • Varicose veins : look before you strip – the occluded inferior vena cava and other lurking pathologies 
    Mokoena, Taole (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)
    Lower limb varicose veins are a common complication of bipedal human movement and deep-vein thrombosis. However, they may have unusual causes, e.g. forming as collaterals around an obstruction or resulting from vascular ...