There is an ongoing debate on the definition of euthanasia and attempts to change laws about euthanasia and its practice in many countries. It is the medical doctors and the other health professionals who will elucidate the issue. Therefore, we performed this study to reveal attitude of Turkish health professionals toward euthanasia. This is an observational and cross-sectional study and data were collected with a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to 545 health professionals in Samsun, a city in the Black Sea Region in Turkey. Data were analyzed with SPSS package programs. Of all health professionals included in the study, 43.5% were medical doctors and 45.5% auxiliary health professionals. Of all participants, 33.6% did not object to euthanasia and 7.9% were asked to perform euthanasia. Eighty point seven percent of the participants noted that euthanasia could be abused even if a euthanasia law were passed. It can be concluded that the health professionals should have a chance to discuss euthanasia and that their attitude toward and their expectations and worries about euthanasia should be taken into account when a euthanasia law is drafted.

Anticoagulant-induced haemorrhage in the upper airway is rare, but it can be life threatening if airway obstruction develops. Treatment is mainly conservative. Urgent control of airway and coagulopathy are the essential of management. Vitamin K1 or combination of fresh frozen plasma and vitamin K1 should be used for reversal of the coagulopathy. In this report, two elderly patients were reported to have oral anticoagulant (warfarin)-induced haemorrhage in the sublingual and supraglottic areas. (Hong Kong j.emerg.med. 2011; 18:177-181) K1 K1 warfarin

Domestic violence (DV) is a serious public health problem in the world. DV against women is also a global problem without cultural, geographic, religious, social, economic or national boundaries. This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the situations of DV in women living in Istanbul and the Aegean Region in Turkey. The study population included outpatient clinics of state hospitals both regions. A stratified sampling by age was performed and 1100 women were included into the sample. Data were collected at face-to-face interviews with Domestic Violence Against Women Determination Scale. The mean age of the women living in Istanbul was 41.81 ± 9.75 years and Aegean Region was 33.72 ± 11.38 years. The prevalence of emotional and financial violence were higher in Istanbul and the Aegean Region. The women living in Istanbul got higher scores for Domestic Violence Against Women Determination Scale. The prevalence of the women reporting to suffer from violence from their spouses was 15.4% in Istanbul and 14% in the Aegean Region. While the prevalence of the women suffering from violence was higher in Istanbul, the women in Aegean Region suffered from more severe violence. The violence prevalence was lower among the wives and the husbands with high education levels, employed women and high-income families.

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Yaşlılık yazının en fazla değişime uğradığı dönemdir. Bu çalışmada yaşa bağlı yazı ve imza değişikliklerinin özelliklerini ortaya koyabilmek amacıyla yaşlı ve genç olguların rastlantısal seçimi ile oluşturulan gruplar karşılaştırmalı olarak incelendi. Yazı ve imza özellikleri incelenirken dikey hat, yatay hat, sol boşluk, sağ boşluk, yazı boyutu, yazı hızı, harfler arası mesafe, okunaklılık, imla uyumu, kopyalamada hata, imza boyutu, imza tutarlılığı, ilk imza-son imza uyumu parametreleri kullanılmaktadır. Yaşlı gruptaki kişilerde yazı hızında azalma, harfler arası mesafenin uzaması, okunaklılıkta bozulma, yazı ve imza boyutunda artma en belirgin özellikler oldu. Eğitimsiz olarak değerlendirilen grupta yatay hat, imla uyumu, ilk ve son imza uyumu bozulmuş, imza boyutu büyümüş, imza tutarlılığı kaybolmuş olarak belirlendi. Adli tıp pratiğinde yazı hızının azalması, harfler arası mesafenin uzaması gibi özellikler taklit yazı ve imzalar yönünden kuşku oluşmasına neden olabilir. Doküman incelemesi sırasında yazı ve imza sahibinin yaşının bilinmesi ve yaşa bağlı gelişebilecek yazı değişikliklerinin göz önünde bulundurulması, bilirkişilikte daha doğru, nesnel ve nitelikli hizmet sunulmasını sağlayacaktır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Yazı, İmza, Yaşlanma, Adli belge incelemesi, Grafoloji.