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Death for sale: A study of drug poisoning and deaths in Nigeria

Social Science & Medicine, 1994
Drug availability, distribution and control are major concerns in health development. In contending that the concern in Nigeria now is as much with the availability of, as well as the dangers in drugs, this essay examines the 1990 paracetamol poisoning which resulted in the death of 109 children. It is explained that this tragedy, and others before it,
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A Study of Homicidal Deaths in Delhi

Medicine, Science and the Law, 2004
A meticulous post-mortem review was undertaken in the department of forensic medicine at the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to find out trends in homicides during the period 1992-1996. Standard procedures for autopsies and a review of the inquest papers were carried out.
Avneesh, Gupta, Mukta, Rani, Anil K, Mittal, P C, Dikshit   +3 more
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Do People Accept Brain Death as Death? A Study in Brazil

Progress in Transplantation, 2007
Background Although the term brain death has been clinically and legally accepted as a death criterion, few data are published about public attitudes and beliefs concerning this topic. Objectives To examine public understanding of ...
Chiara Scaglioni, Tessmer, André Rodrigues, da Silva, Franklin Correa, Barcellos, Cora Luiza, Araujo, Juvenal Dias, da Costa, Maristela, Böhlke   +5 more
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An evaluation of maternal death studies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1958
Abstract A comparison is made of the findings of the first 5 years of the Toronto Maternal Mortality Committee with eight other established committees. Although methods and procedures vary the results indicate that about 70 per cent of maternal deaths are still preventable.
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Study of sudden gastrointestinal deaths: An autopsy study

Medicine, Science and the Law, 2013
Sudden or unexpected deaths can occur from violence, poisoning, as well as from natural causes. In spite of gastrointestinal diseases being one of the important causes for sudden natural death, only limited studies have been conducted into the pattern of sudden deaths due to gastrointestinal causes. As a result, a 10-year (January 2001 to December 2010)
Basappa Subhas, Hugar, S, Harish, Y P, Girishchandra, S H, Jayanth   +3 more
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Studies on Death-Attitude Scales

Psychological Reports, 1969
The present paper reports the results from four analyses of data from a study of 199 female Ss enrolled in introductory psychology. Each S completed a sibling-position questionnaire and the death-scales of Lester (2 ) and Boyar ( 1 ) , not anonymously. (a) Half of the Ss completed the death scales in the order AB and half in the order BA.
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Brain death

Journal of Neurosurgery, 1971
✓ “Brain death” was analyzed in 25 moribund patients with regard to the clinical evaluation of the patients and the significance of segmental reflexes and electroencephalographic recordings. It is concluded that a state of brain death in a patient with known irreparable pathology can be established solely on clinical grounds.
A, Mohandas, S N, Chou
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Structural Studies of Death Receptors

2014
This chapter describes reports of the structural characterization of death ligands and death receptors (DRs) from the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and TNF receptor families. The review discusses the interactions of these proteins with agonist ligands, inhibitors, and downstream signaling molecules.
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Death with Dignity: A Case Study

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2000
Within months after the Death with Dignity Act became law in Oregon, I received a call from the parents of a patient of mine requesting that I assist their daughter in her death.
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The Death of an Infant: A Psychiatric Study

New England Journal of Medicine, 1970
Early childhood development has for a long time attracted our interest, partly because of the importance that we ascribe to it and partly because it is accessible to direct clinical observations.
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