During the period January 1985 to December 1985, 537 consultations were undertaken at the Special Clinic at Addington Hospital, 483 of these were specifically for venereal disease. The male to female ratio was 2.2:1. The majority of the patients treated were Coloureds. Most of the patients were in the age group of 20-35 years. The majority of the patients were unemployed. Gonorrhoea was diagnosed in 25.13% of the patients, followed by latent syphilis 19.52%. Chancroid was the commonest cause of genital ulceration and was diagnosed in 10.4% of the study population. N. Gonorrhoea was isolated in 42 patients; 40.5% of the isolates were resistant to penicillin, 66.6% to cotrimaxozole and 30.9% to ampicillin. The organism was sensitive to chloromycetin, erythromycin and tetracycline in most cases. All the penicillin resistant strains were sensitive to spectinomycin. / Thesis (M.Prax.Med.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1986.

This is a cross section study of the White elderly patients who attended Addington Hospital, Durban, Out-patient Department during a two week period in July 1985. Screening was by means of systematic sampling, a standard questionnaire was administered to 321 of them and their characteristics and needs were identified. In order to determine the attitudes of the medical and nursing staff who work in Addington Out-Patient Department, a further questionnaire was used. It was found that 88,37% of health professionals did not have a particular leaning towards looking after the elderly, but 88% agreed that the needs of the elderly were different in comparison with other age groups. 92,8% considered that geriatrics is a speciality in its own right. Recommendations are made for a 24 hour community geriatric service, the establishment of day centres to serve the needs of the greater Durban area, and for the establishment of a Chair of Geriatrics at the University of Natal. / Thesis (M.Med.)-University of Natal, 1987.

This study was undertaken to explore the extent of cultural sensitivity among the nursing students of Kwa Zulu - Natal Province. A qualitative. ethnographic, explorative design was utilized. A quantitative approach was also used. Subjects were second, third and fourth year students registered for the four year Comprehensive Diploma in Nursing leading to registration as a Nurse (General, Psychiatry, Community Health) and Midwife. To ensure measures of trustworthiness, Guba's model in (Krefting 1991) was implemented. Narrative statements in the form of scenarios and questionnaires were employed to explore, to examine and to describe the extent to which the nursing students are sensitive towards cultures of groups that are different from theirs. The data was analyzed based on the developmental stages of cultural sensitivity by (Bennett 1986). Tesch's method was used to analyze the qualitative data and the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) was used to analyze the quantitative data. Based on the findings. the following conclusions were drawn:- Some students were unable to acknowledge variations that exist among cultures. Problems emanating from cultural differences still exist between nurses and patients due to the ethnocentric views held by some nurses. The study revealed that the students were at varying stages of levels of development of cul tural sensitivity, which means that they ranged from lack of cultural sensitivity to cultural sensitivity. Nursing students, therefore. need more preparation by their program in order to provide culturally congruent nursing care to all. / Thesis (M.Cur.)- University of Natal, Durban, 2000.