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Sufficient informed consent to medical treatment of adults legal and ethical perspectives from Malawi

Mfutso Bengo, Eva Maria; Muula, Adamson; Mfutso Bengo, Joseph.

Malawi med. j. (Online); 34 (2), 2022

This special communication discusses the current legal and ethical requirements for informed consent to medical treatment of adults in Malawi. It analyzes the scope of the laws and code of ethics on professional discipline, including criminal privilege for surgeries and clarifies when insufficient discl...

Malpractice, Academic Medical Centers, Jurisprudence, Patient Rights, Ethics, Disclosure, Workload, Nursing, Private Duty, DNA Damage, Civil Defense

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Knowledge of emergency preparedness among nurses in Machakos level five Hospital in Machakos County, Kenya

Muthiani, Alice Ngina; Shariff, Nilufa Jivraj; Mutisya, Albanus Kyalo; Mwenda, Catherine Syombua.

Afr. j. health sci; 35 (3), 2022

BACKGROUND An emergency is an unexpected event that disrupts normal operations within a health facility and requires immediate interventions to address it. Knowledge of emergency preparedness is an important role of clinical nursing to enhance patient outcomes. This study aimed to determine the types of ...

Civil Defense, Knowledge, Education, Medical, Continuing, Nurses, Hospitals

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Lesotho COVID-19 emergency preparedness and response project (P173939) - Mafeteng hospital operations: environmental and social management plan (ESMP) operations phase

Ministry of Health.

An outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading rapidly across the world since December 2019, following the diagnosis of the initial cases in Wuhan, China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pand...

COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Management, Health Facilities, Health Organizations, Civil Defense, Environmental Health, Waste Management

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