Medico-Legal Aspects of Cerebral Palsy: A Handbook for Legal and Healthcare Practitioners By RK Ramdass Cape Town: Juta (2024) 1st Edition Price: Print R 297 / eBook R 275 Pages: […]
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In June 2023, the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, published new regulations (GN R3564 GG48838/23-6-2023), which amended the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) professional conduct inquiry process. […]
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By Muano Mudzanani The Mashinini v Member of the Executive Council for Health and Social Development Gauteng Provincial Government (SCA) (unreported case no 335/2021, 18-4-2023) (Zondi JA (Schippers and Gorven […]
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It is often stated that the medical aid industry is prone to abuse by members and health practitioners because payments for services rendered are made in good faith. In recent […]
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The National Health Insurance Bill B11 of 2019 (the Bill) has garnered considerable comments, questions and, views from laypeople and legal commentators alike. The overarching concerns surrounding the Bill involves […]
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By Sarel Steel, Andre Stephan Botha and Tashvir Khalawan The quantification of damages in certain legal matters involves calculating the capitalised value, or expected present value, of a list of […]
Read moreManzi v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 1101 (QB) By Natasha Naidoo The judgment handed down in Manzi v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC […]
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By Moffat Ndou Section 15 of the Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002 (MHCA) provides that a mental health care user is entitled to representation, including a legal representative. […]
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By Dr Henry Lerm Picture the typical set-up in an operating theatre in the eighteenth century. There, he was, the lone medical man, scalpel in hand, hunched over the patient […]
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By Wihann Joubert No other consumer/provider relationship in South Africa (SA) starts off on a more unbalanced level as the relationship between the consumer of health services and the provider […]
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