Browsing Masters Degrees (Medical Law) by Title
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Access to affordable life-saving medicines : the South African response.
(2012)Patent protection grants the patent holder with a market monopoly, free from market competition allowing the patentee to charge any price; therefore medicines are sold at prices much higher than the marginal cost of ... -
Apart from medical emergencies, when is it justified for gynaecologists, and obstetricians to deviate from informed consent without reverting back to their patients?
(2018)Medical care relies on a bond of trust between the patient and caregiver and on the patient’s ability to make free and informed choices, to understand and guide the course of their care. Informed consent is the foundation ... -
The application, efficacy and relevance of existing public health legislation.
(2003)No abstract available. -
"The best interests of the child : a perspective into the refusal of necessary medical care for children, by parents, on the basis of religious beliefs."
(2014)The best interests of the child is of paramount importance as indicated by our supreme law of the land, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. South African law creates a firm basis for the protection of ... -
A black market perspective on organ trafficking : suggestions for possibly preventing the illegal organ trade.
(2012)No abstract available. -
The clinical and human rights challenges pertaining to HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection in South Africa.
(2014)Prior to 1990, HIV/AIDS and TB co infection was not a major public health threat in South Africa (SA). The serious ignorance and negligence on the part of then SA government with regard to HIV/AIDS led to the increase of ... -
A comparative analysis of the legal status of cryopreserved embryos, resulting from in-vitro fertilisation, for the purpose of custody issues during divorce proceedings.
(2014)The process of cryopreservation of embryos is a relatively new concept in the field of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. South African law is silent on the manner in which these cryopreserved embryos should be disposed ... -
A conceptual analysis that non-disclosure of HIV/AIDS status before engaging in sexual conduct is fraud.
(2019)No abstract available. -
Consensual sexual offences : should we make our youth sexual offenders? A critical review of the Teddy Bear case.
(2017)No abstract available. -
Consent laws: sexual reproductive health rights for adolescents in South Africa.
(2019)No abstract available. -
Considerations for the legal recognition of advance directives: a comparative analysis.
(2019)An advance directive1 refers to a document drafted by a person in his2 full senses and who foresees that due to some physical or mental disease, he may fall into a state where he will no longer be able to make rational ... -
Corrective rape as an anti-lesbian hate crime in South African law : a critique of the legal approach.
(2016)‘Corrective’ rape as an anti-lesbian hate crime in South African Law has not received much attention from authors. ‘Corrective’ rape is a real practice in South Africa. The need for a closer analysis of the existing ... -
A critical analysis of exclusionary clauses in medical contracts.
(2013)Exclusionary clauses in South Africa have thus far been interpreted narrowly by the South African Courts. It has been accepted that where a patient enters into a medical contract/agreement with a hospital that includes ... -
A critical evaluation of nurse’s legal knowledge and its impact in preventing nursing malpractice in South Africa.
(2017)Abstract not available. -
A critical review of torture legislation in South Africa.
(2014)The practice of torture is an affront to human dignity. Freedom from torture is an absolute human right. Laws that violated human rights and entrenched racial divisions characterized the apartheid era in South Africa. ... -
Desiring death: a critical analysis of advanced directives within the South African legal framework.
(2018)No abstract provided. -
DNA profiling as a means of establishing paternity in South African law.
(1994)The pathetic cry 'Who is my father?' has been asked time and again the world over. Discovery of paternity, linked as it is with the processes - legal and scientific - of establishing the alleged father's relationship on a ... -
The doctrine of informed consent and mandatory testing for HIV : legal and ethical implications.
(2014)This paper investigates the doctrine of informed consent and mandatory testing with reference to the legal and ethical implications for HIV. The doctrine of informed consent is entrenched in South African law through the ... -
The doctrine of therapeutic privilege and its place in South Africa.
(2014)Therapeutic privilege is an exception to informed consent and used as a defence when the doctor decides to withhold relevant medical information from the patient, because they are of the opinion that such disclosure could ...