MJHS MALTA JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES ISSN 2313-0768 Volume 6 Issue 2, December 2019 FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES www.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 Co a and Co b in the Maltese population Gabriella Sutton, Jesmond Debono and Joseph Borg 16 Midwives’ perceptions of work related stress in midwifery in Malta Lauren Marie Grech and Christie Hili 24 An exploration of attitudes towards psychological interventions for pain management amongst Maltese chronic pain sufferers Pamela Portelli Commentary 36 Can a profession exist without research? Andrew England, Scott Robertson and Prince Ameh Ogenyi