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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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Challenges to ethical integration of reproductive health education in schools of Tshwane District, South Africa

Tshiamo N, Ramalepa; Gert P, Matshoge; Tendani S, Ramukumba.

Afr. J. reprod. Health (online); 26 (4), 2022

The Integrated School Health Policy was set to ensure the incorporation of a multi-disciplinary approach to health care in South African schools. However, the implementation of sexuality and reproductive health teaching and learning has not been without problems. Central to sexuality and reproductive hea...

School Health Services, Sex Education, Reproductive Health, Ethics, Human Rights

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Handbook of global health

Robin, Haring; Ilona, Kickbusch; Detlev, Ganten; Matshidiso, Moeti.

Global Health, Public Health, World Health Organization, Handbook, Ethics, Health Policy

Public health ethics and the COVID-19 pandemic

Aliyu, Alhaji A.

Ann. afr. med; 20 (3), 2021

Health is a human right anchored in values as a basic necessity of life. It promotes the well-being of persons, communities, economic prosperity, and national development. The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world unaware and unprepared. It presented a huge challenge to the health...

COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, Ethics, Public Health, Nigeria