Deprescribing is the term used to describe the process of withdrawal of an inappropriate
medication supervised by a clinician. This article presents a discussion of how the Four …

Psychiatric patients may try (or express a desire) to injure themselves in hospital in order to
cope with overwhelming emotional pain. Some health care practitioners and patients …

The Dignitas clinic in Switzerland may be a long way away. But the issues around
euthanasia can suddenly become very close to home. To many, it seems remarkable that in …

In this chapter, I outline the act-omission distinction, which holds that certain actions are
impermissible (such as those that cause death), but that failures to act may be permissible …

The distinction between treatment and enhancement is often considered to be a morally
significant boundary, which, at the very least, marks the limits of our moral obligations. This …

In service of the patient and not the virus : a pragmatic assessment of the approach to
transplantation in South Africa during Page 1 153 Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, 2(2) …

For as far back as the history of the medical profession can be traced, it has been assumed
that doctors learn professional moral knowledge together with medical knowledge. From the …

131 SAJS VOL. 58 NO. 3 SEPTEMBER 2020 perioperative mortality. This safety concern is
based on the premise that immunocompromised patients may be at greatest risk from …

The difficulty in discovering a difference between killing and letting die has led many
philosophers to deny the distinction. This paper seeks to develop an argument defending …

This chapter discusses the concept of missed care, both from a theoretical point of view and
from a practical one, mentioning philosophical and legal distinctions, and in relation to the …