The concept of reproductive health promises to play a crucial role in improving women's
health and rights around the world. It was internationally endorsed by a United Nations …

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the Toronto area earlier this
year forced medical and government workers to make hard choices, often with limited …

The management of patients with severe brain injury falls within the disciplines of emergency
medical services, trauma, critical care, neurology and neurosurgery. Consultation and …

The legal approach to abortion is evolving from criminal prohibition towards accommodation
as a life-preserving and health-preserving option, particularly in light of data on maternal …

Obstetric fistula can be explained to result from different causes. These holes in the tissue
wall between the vagina and bladder and/or rectum are most prevalent in resource‐poor …

Stigmatization marks individuals for disgrace, shame, and even disgust—spoiling or tarnishing
their social identities. It can be imposed accidentally by thoughtlessness or insensitivity; …

The practice better described as female genital cutting (FGC) is of long standing in some
communities, and has spread to non-traditional countries by immigration. It is of varying …

A hymen may be ruptured by sexual intercourse and several other means. In cultures
prizing unmarried women's virginity, premarital rupture may shame a woman, and her family. …

Background Euthanasia and assisted suicide, and policies to address them are the subjects
of contentious debate in many countries. However, the question of why people desire …

A November 2000 workshop organized by the International Islamic Center for Population
Studies and Research, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, considered use of assisted reproduction …