It has been postulated that urbanisation is an important factor in the genesis of duodenal ulcer. This study of 100 duodenal ulcer patients, and 100 hospital controls, matched according to sex, age, education and occupation, and an additional 50 unmatched endoscopically negative controls,...

The paper examines discrimination against women in the medical profession in the South African context. To measure the extent of the problem data was obtained from the records of one of the largest South African medical schools--the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School. This medical...