End-of-life care in South Africa : important legal developments

dc.contributor.authorKotze, Carla
dc.contributor.authorRoos, J.L. (Johannes Louw)
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T05:19:08Z
dc.date.available2022-11-29T05:19:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-18
dc.description.abstractAll healthcare practitioners should be aware of ethical principles and legislation relevant to end-of-life care. The aim of this scientific letter is to highlight some important South African legal developments that might be especially important for practitioners taking care of vulnerable populations, such as older patients with serious mental illness. A recent unpublished descriptive, cross-sectional, observational study that was conducted at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, in Gauteng, South Africa, found that two thirds of 100 participants older than 60 years of age and diagnosed with a serious mental illness had end-of-life decision-making capacity. This highlights the importance of initiating advance care discussion with this vulnerable population. With the ongoing and important legal developments in South Africa, this population should not be excluded from access to humane end-of-life care that is in keeping with their preferences and values.en_US
dc.description.departmentPsychiatryen_US
dc.description.librariandm2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajp.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKotze, C. & Roos, J.L. End-of-life care in South Africa: Important legal developments. South African Journal of Psychiatry 2022;28(0), a1748. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1748.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-6786 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1608-9685 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1748
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88512
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.rights© 2022. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectLegal developmentsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.subjectHealthcare workers (HCW)en_US
dc.subjectEnd-of-life careen_US
dc.titleEnd-of-life care in South Africa : important legal developmentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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