Browsing Law by UP Author "Barit, Avi"

Browsing Law by UP Author "Barit, Avi"

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  • Appointment cancellations and no shows : to charge or not to charge? 
    Barit, Avi (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-10)
    Every day patients make appointments with doctors in order for both to be able to schedule their time accordingly. All is well unless one of the parties cancels the appointment. In the case of a cancellation that is within ...
  • The apps are coming! But will they be legal in South Africa? 
    Barit, Avi (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-03)
    Technology is all around us. It helps us to be more productive every day. One of the main ways it does this is by automating processes that would otherwise have taken up our time. Doctors can leverage technology to help ...
  • To persuade or to inform? 
    Barit, Avi (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018-09)
    I refer to the article ‘Medical students’ perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and their views on legalising these practices in South Africa’ in your June 2018 edition, in which Jacobs and Hendricks ...
  • Updated guidelines on telemedicine – a step in the right direction 
    Barit, Avi (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07)
    In an article published in the March 2019 SAMJ, I outlined the shortcomings of the current telemedicine guidelines – specifically, the problem that a healthcare practitioner is prevented from having a virtual consultation ...