Browsing Masters Degrees (Medical Law) by Issue Date

The doctrine of informed consent and mandatory testing for HIV : legal and ethical implications.

Naidoo, Amanda. (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 ethical and legal implications of performing involuntary sterilization on mentally incompetent adolescent woman.

Bhajan, Serisha. (2014)

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."

Reddy, Pravania. (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 ...

Is there a place for involuntary euthanasia of impaired neonates in South African law? : an insight into the legal and ethical implications.

Bhajan, Kerisha. (2014)

No abstract available.

The clinical and human rights challenges pertaining to HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection in South Africa.

Nsanzabaganwa, Oliver. (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 critical review of torture legislation in South Africa.

Tularam, Ashwin S. (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. ...

An examination of the rights of the child to refuse medical treatment : a South African perspective.

Chetty, Prianka Roxann. (2015)

Abstract not available.

Finding a necessary balance between intellectual property rights and access to medicines : a new challenge for South Africa and its upcoming national policy on intellectual property.

Di Battista, Angelica. (2015)

Abstract not available.

The involuntary disclosure of confidential genetic information to related affected third parties.

Moodley, Saiendrie. (2016)

Abstract not available.

Physician-assisted suicide in South Africa : a constitutional perspective.

Sipunzi, Nomfundo. (2016)

Physician-assisted suicide is a form of active euthanasia where a physician, in response to a request from a terminally ill patient, assists such patient to commit suicide or provides the patient with means of committing ...

Corrective rape as an anti-lesbian hate crime in South African law : a critique of the legal approach.

Hlongwane, Nondumiso Tracy. (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 ...

Should the routine use of chaperones for intimate medical examinations be compulsory?

Fayers, Samantha Bernice. (2016)

Abstract not available.

Sexual violence as a violation of sexual and reproductive health rights : a case study of South African and Nigerian law on sexual violence against women.

Yebisi, Oyebanke Taiwo. (2016)

The right to sexual and reproductive health is a right which finds footing in other rights including that of the right to life and survival, which is necessary for the fulfilment of other human rights such as the right ...

A critical evaluation of nurse’s legal knowledge and its impact in preventing nursing malpractice in South Africa.

Mathuray, Medesha. (2017)

Abstract not available.

Consensual sexual offences : should we make our youth sexual offenders? A critical review of the Teddy Bear case.

Maharaj, Alisha. (2017)

No abstract available.

Examining the role of intellectual property law, policy and management in open innovation models that facilitiate innovation in and access to genomic medicine.

Pillay, Siddharthiya. (2017)

The traditional closed innovation model is largely supported by a regime where intellectual property rights (IPRs) are used to secure monopolies over inventions, with one justification being that this maximises profits ...