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Lessons from America? a South African perspective on the draft Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts
(2018)The American Law Institute is drafting a Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts. It deals at a very broad level with various requirements for the formation, validity, and proof of consumer contracts and terms, and ... -
The 'nervous conditions' of neo-liberated higher education students
(2015)To the newly liberated citizens of South Africa, a higher education (HE) qualification in 1994 represented both a means to a prosperous end, and a hope-filled end in itself. Whichever party has managed to achieve political ... -
Pre-hospital versus in-hospital thrombolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (Review)
(2014)Background: Early thrombolysis for individuals experiencing a myocardial infarction is associated with better mortality and morbidity outcomes. While traditionally thrombolysis is given in hospital, pre-hospital thrombolysis ... -
Refractory gastro-oesophageal reflux disease : a major management issue in clinical practice
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Regime shifts in the anthropocene : drivers, risks, and resilience
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Many ecosystems can experience regime shifts: surprising, large and persistent changes in the function and structure of ecosystems. Assessing whether continued global change will lead to further regime shifts, or has the ... -
Restricting or banning alcohol advertising to reduce alcohol consumption in adults and adolescents (Review)
(2014)Background: Alcohol is estimated to be the fifth leading risk factor for global disability-adjusted life years. Restricting or banning alcohol advertising may reduce exposure to the risk posed by alcohol at the individual ... -
Some challenges in bacterial infectious diseases
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South African paramedic perspectives on prehospital palliative care
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-10-08)Background: Palliative care is typically performed in-hospital. However, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers are uniquely positioned to deliver early palliative care as they are often the first point of medical ... -
Temperature variability and occurrence of diarrhoea in children under five-years-old in Cape Town Metropolitan Sub-Districts
(MDPI, 2016)This paper describes the relationship between temperature change and diarrhoea in under five-year-old children in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area (CTMA) of South Africa. The study used climatic and aggregated surveillance ... -
Why local context matters : property rights and debt trading in colonial South Africa
(Bureau for Economic Research, 2018)For economic transactions, including debt transactions, to occur in a market system, property rights are essential. The literature has focussed on finding empirical proof of the effect of property right regimes, noting ... -
Zinc supplementation for the treatment of measles in children
(2015)Background: Measles is an important cause of childhoodmorbidity andmortality globally, despite increasing vaccine coverage. Zinc plays a significant role in the maintenance of normal immunological functions, therefore ... -
Zinc supplementation for the treatment ofmeasles in children (Review)
(2014)Background: Measles is an important cause of childhoodmorbidity andmortality globally, despite increasing vaccine coverage. Zinc plays a significant role in the maintenance of normal immunological functions, therefore ...
