MJHSMALTA JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

ISSN 2313-0768

Volume 6 Issue 2, December 2019

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCESwww.um.edu.mt/healthsciences/mjhs

Malta Journal of Health Sciences https://www.um.edu.mt/healthsciences/mjhs/

CONTENTS

Malta Journal of Health Sciences Volume 6 – Issue 2 (2019)

Guest editorial

04 GENOMICS: WHERE ARE WE NOW?Stephanie Bezzina Wettinger Head, Department of Applied Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta

Research papers

06 Determining the frequency of Colton blood group antigens Coa and Cob in the Maltese populationGabriella Sutton, Jesmond Debono and Joseph Borg

16 Midwives’ perceptions of work related stress in midwifery in MaltaLauren Marie Grech and Christie Hili

24 An exploration of attitudes towards psychological interventions for pain management amongst Maltese chronic pain sufferersPamela Portelli

Commentary

36 Can a profession exist without research?Andrew England, Scott Robertson and Prince Ameh Ogenyi