Browsing Masters Degrees (Medical Law) by Issue Date
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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 ... -
Gender reassignment surgery : medical issues and legal consequences.
(2000)Gender reassignment procedures are performed for the treatment of the gender dysphoria syndrome (transsexualism). Although this modality of treatment is therapeutic in nature and therefore not contra bonos mores, the legal ... -
The medico-legal and ethical issues surrounding the creation of a human embryo.
(2001)No abstract available. -
Human cloning : separating science from fiction : the ethics and legality of human cloning.
(2002)No abstract available. -
The application, efficacy and relevance of existing public health legislation.
(2003)No abstract available. -
An examination of the availability and accessibility of health care services in the rural area of Shongweni.
(2004)The study examines the availability and accessibility of health care services in rural areas in relation to the right to health. The area that has been selected for the purpose of this study is the Shongweni area in the ... -
Evaluating HIV/AIDS life skills programme : the case of Umbumbulu schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2005)No abstract available. -
Justice and equity in the allocation of health resources for mental health in the eThekwini health district.
(2006)Aim The aim of the study was to establish if resources for health care were distributed in a manner which reflected justice and equity for people with mental illness at primary health care (PHC) level where mental health ... -
The nature and scope of the problem of identifying unidentified bodies at medico-legal mortuaries in South Africa : a medico-legal perspective.
(2007)In South Africa, the high rate of violent deaths, the lack of proper identification documents, and internal migration within the country stemming from the previous socio-political dispensation of society, has led to a ... -
Gendered sexual vulnerabilities in the spread of HIV/AIDS : Clayfield (Phoenix) as case study.
(2007)This dissertation focuses on how important factors such as gender inequalities and gender vulnerabilities contribute to fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS. The study focuses on a community in Phoenix, called Clayfield. The ... -
The implementation of HIV/AIDS policies in primary schools in the Umgeni North ward.
(2008)The 2003 UNESCO report indicated that the HIV/AIDS pandemic contributes to rapid breakdowns of existing structures that traditionally took care of the development of young children. There must be strategies to provide ... -
The world trade organization's trade agreements : a legal analysis of their impact on access to antiretroviral drugs and the human right to health/life in Zambia.
(2012)This dissertation has been motivated by the prolonged deficiency of access to advanced regimens of Antiretroviral drugs(ARVs) and efficient health services by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Zambia, a least developed ... -
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 ... -
The health needs of sex workers in the context of HIV/AIDS susceptibility : a legal perspective.
(2012)No abstract available. -
A black market perspective on organ trafficking : suggestions for possibly preventing the illegal organ trade.
(2012)No abstract available. -
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 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 ... -
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 ...