FAMILY MEDICINE

PUBLICATION record

Dakik, H., and B. Saab. 2001. Chest pain evaluation. Leb Med J. 49:279–83.

Major, S., N. Pashayan, S. Atweh, R. Chidaic-Tannoury, S. Shaar, I. Uthman, A. F. Masri, and T. Arayssi. 2002. Practice patterns of antiphospholipid syndrome at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lebanon. Lupus 11: 759–764.

Pashayan, N., M. Khogali, and S. Major. 2002. Routine urinalysis in hospitalized patients in Lebanon; how worthwhile is it? J Med Screen 9:181–6.

Saab, B. 2002. Communication Skills in Medical Practice: A Video Companion to Health Professionals. Beirut: American University of Beirut.

Saab, B. R., N. Damluji, N. Lakkis, and J. Usta. 2003. War, peace and the relaxing pill. British Journal of General Practice 53:80–81.

Saab, B. R., G. Hamadeh, J. Sfeir, and A. Alzein. 2001. List of essential drugs for primary care in Lebanon. Leb Med J 49:265–73.

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

Heath, R. L., S. Major, O. Mahmassan, and B. Khoury. 2002. Individual psychological constructs in the management of headache pain. 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, Seattle WA, June 21–23, 2002.‏Headache 42 (5): 456.

Khater-Menassa, B., and S. Major. 2003. Factors influencing the choice of specialty among medical students in Lebanon. 9^th European Society of General Practice/Family Medicine Regional Conference. The Future Challenges of General Practice/Family Medicine. WONCA EUROPE 2003. Lubliana, Slovenia, June 18–21, 2003.

Mahmassan, O., R. Heath, S. Major, and B. Khoury. 2002. The role of cognitive constructs in headache treatment. Middle East Medical Assembly, Beirut, Lebanon, May 2–5, 2002.

Major, S., R. Afifi Soweid, M. Shediak-Rizkallah, C. Taljeh, and Z. El-Khatib. 2003. Smoking characteristics among students entering the American University of Beirut (AUB) in terms of the transtheoretical model of change. American College Health Association 2003. Annual Meeting “A Passion for College Health,” Miami Beach, Florida, May 27–31, 2003.

Major, S., R. L. Heath, O. A. Mahmassani, and B. A. Khoury. 2002. Role of cognitive constructs in headache treatment using a mechanical intervention. Federation of European Neuroscientists forum (FENS), Paris, France, July 13–17, 2002.

Major, S., M. Khogali, and N. Pashayan. 2002. Urinalysis testing on hospitalised patients: Practice patterns and correlates of work-up of abnormalities. WONCA EUROPE 2002, London, UK, June 9–13^th, 2002.

Saab, B. R., M. Cha’ya, L. Farhoud, M. Doumit, and F. Allodi. 2001. Psychological distress in Lebanese prisoners of war. World Psychiatric Association Meeting, Madrid, Spain.

———. 2002. Predictors of psychological distress among Lebanese prisoners of war. Sixth World Conference on Injury Prevention. Montreal, Canada.

Saab, B. R., J. Usta, S. Major, U. Musharrafieh, and K. Ashkar. 2003. Workshop on communication skills. Fist Arab Congress for Primary Care in the Arab World. Manama, Bahrain.