Bioethics, Human Rights and Health Law

Product Details:
Author(s):
Dhai, A and
McQuoid-Mason,D
Year Published:
2020
Edition
2nd Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
This book provides healthcare and legal practitioners and students at all levels with the theory and practical application necessary to understand and apply bioethics, human rights and health law to their present and future work. The topics of bioethics, human rights and health law are part of the core curriculum for all students in Health Sciences in South Africa. Bioethics, Health Law and Human Rights: Principles and Practice, therefore, comes at no better time.
As the book is a guide, it does not deal exhaustively with the topics discussed. Instead, it aims to give healthcare and legal practitioners some general guidelines which it is hoped will be of practical use to them.
Key Benefits
Core topics – such as practitioner-patient relationships, consent, confidentiality, justice and resource allocation 
Case studies on key topics to apply the theory discussed
A CD with pertinent international and local codes and declarations and relevant aspects of statutory law.
Content
Part 1: Introduction to Bioethics, Human Rights and Health Law– Background
Ethical concepts, theories and healthcare
Codes of health care ethics
Health and human rights
Health law – the basics
Part 2: Specific Topics
Professionalism and the healthcare practitioner–patient relationship
Consent
Confidentiality
Medical malpractice and professional negligence
Reproductive health
Issues in genetics
Use of human tissue
End of life issues
HIV and AIDS
Resource allocation
Business ethics – the healthcare context
Human health and the environment
The ethics of research
Interest / Benefit to
As this is a core aspect of all health sciences curricula, it is applicable for all undergraduate and postgraduate students including doctors, dentists and the allied health professionals. Medical practitioners will also find this text valuable. It is also recommended for students and practitioners of medical law.