South African Journal of Bioethics and Law

The South African Journal of Bioethics and Law is a bi-annual journal for health professionals dealing with bioethics, law, human rights and related topics. A call for papers: The SAJBL is a key new journal that is dedicated to discussions of significant and critical issues surrounding the application of bioethics, health law and human rights in clinical practice, health policy and regulation and research. The journal will be an electronic one that will be issued twice a year. The editors welcome submissions from authors under the following headings: Empirical Ethics, Clinical Ethics, Health Policy and Law, Case Studies, and Review Articles. Cross-disciplinary debate is encouraged in order to increase the understanding of the complex ethical issues challenging consumers and providers of health care.

Other websites related to this journal:http://www.sajbl.org.za/


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Vol 4, No 2 (2011)

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Articles

The public’s attitude towards strike action by healthcare workers and health services in South Africa EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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A Dhai, HR Etheredge, M Vorster, Y Veriava 58-62
Psychometrics of the student version of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE-S) in final-year medical students in Johannesburg in 2008 EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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K Vallabh 63-68
Using the concept of ‘parental responsibilities and rights’ to identify adults able to provide proxy consent to child research in South Africa EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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AE Strode, CM Slack 69-73
Mandatory reporting of sexual abuse under the Sexual Offences Act and the ‘best interests of the child’ EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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D McQuoid-Mason 74-78
Ethical and regulatory issues surrounding umbilical cord blood banking in South Africa EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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SC Chima, F Mamdoo 79-84
The threat of litigation: Private obstetric care – quo vadis? EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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G Howarth 85-88
The ethical concerns of using medical male circumcision in HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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C Gwandure 89-94
Compulsory HIV testing of alleged sexual offenders – a human rights violation EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT
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K Naidoo, K Govender 95-101


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