Medical Ethics, Law and Human Rights: A South African Perspective - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0627028098 ISBN 13 : 9780627028090

Editeur : Van Schaik Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

Healthcare delivery in the 21st century can be very complex. Clinical consultations often raise scientific, ethical and legal challenges. While scientific issues may be resolved using an evidence-based medicine (EBM) approach, ethical theory is needed to justify decision-making in the face of ethical conflict. Medical ethics, law and human rights: a South African perspective provides the conceptual background and analytic skills necessary for the resolution of ethical dilemmas encountered in the South African healthcare environment. Medical ethics, law and human rights: a South African perspective uses case studies to help the healthcare team to identify and analyse ethical, moral and value concepts, and to apply these to scenarios that they may encounter on a daily basis. Part 1 explores theories and principles of ethics, introduces medical law, discusses health and human rights, and also makes the transition from theory to practice. Part 2 looks at specific topics in bioethics, such as HIV/AIDS, reproduction and genetics.In view of the increasing emphasis on ethical considerations in healthcare from the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Medical ethics, law and human rights: a South African perspective is essential reading for health science students, as well as for practising healthcare professionals.

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À propos de l?auteur

Keymanthri Moodley is an associate professor in Family Medicine and head of the Bioethics Unit at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Centre for Applied Ethics, University of Stellenbosch. In 2004 she completed her doctorate in philosophy in the field of research ethics, and is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate bioethics teaching in the faculty. She works as a principal investigator on clinical trials and conducts empirical research in the field of bioethics, including research ethics. The Bioethics Unit provides good clinical practice (GCP) and research ethics training for researchers. Prof. Moodley is a founding member of the Tygerberg Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee, a board member of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and has served on the Research Ethics Committee at the faculty for over a decade. She has recently been appointed to the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) by the Ministry of Health and is a member of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) on HIV Preventive Research in the Division of AIDS, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Van Schaik Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0627028098
• ISBN 13: 9780627028090
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 377
• Éditeur: Moodley Keymanthri
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• Personne responsable: non disponible