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  • Lectures
    • 1. Basic principles of ethics
    • 2. Ethical dilemmas
    • 3. Empathy
    • 4. Professional practice
    • 5. Moral judgement and distress
    • 6. Meaningful life and death
    • 7. Euthanasia and abortion
    • 8. Human rights
    • 9. Resource allocation
    • 10. Ethics in research
    • 11. Sexual harassment
    • 12. Ethics in sport
    • 13. Substance abuse
    • 14. Whistleblowing
    • 15. Family violence
  • Topics
    • Morality and ethics
    • Human rights
    • Basic principles of ethics
    • Ethics and professionalism
    • Meaningful life and death
      • Terminal illness
      • Dealing with death
      • Abortion
      • Suicide and Assisted suicide
    • Resource allocation
    • Ethics in sport
    • Integrity and wrongdoing
      • Substance abuse
      • Whistle blowing
      • Fraud
    • Integrity in research
    • Mental health
    • Sexual harassment
    • Abuse
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Category: Term 1 (2019)

March 22, 2019May 24, 2019Term 1 (2019)

Empathy and abortion

There are a lot of statements that state whether abortion is right or wrong. People arguing over the mother’s body, some saying […]

March 11, 2019May 23, 2019Term 1 (2019)

The right to have rights

“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” – John F. Kennedy (“A quote by […]

March 9, 2019March 22, 2019Term 1 (2019)

A Meaningful Life

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful”- Joshua J.Marine. It has always been fascinating for […]

March 9, 2019March 28, 2019Term 1 (2019)

A psychological hug

https://www.lollydaskal.com/leadership/how-to-be-an-empathetic-leader/ Empathy can be defined as being moved by another individual’s experience and emotions as well as an effective means of understanding […]

March 8, 2019May 24, 2019Term 1 (2019)

Obesity and the ethics around that

During the past two years of my clinical experience I have come upon many different conditions: osteoarthritis, cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, diabetes, […]

March 6, 2019May 28, 2019Term 1 (2019)

The moral distress of petite vs patient

Throughout the years of clinical experience, I have noted how many clinical dilemmas physiotherapy students have undergone. Personally there are multiple dilemmas […]

March 5, 2019May 24, 2019Term 1 (2019)

A Patient’s right to choose

A patient’s right to choose – Gillian Cloete As a physiotherapy student and being in a clinical setting, I have been faced […]

March 5, 2019May 29, 2019Term 1 (2019)

To Aid or to run (Mathole)

On one particular afternoon, as I was walking in the streets of Bellville, I came across a crowd of people who were […]

March 4, 2019May 31, 2019Term 1 (2019)

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is the act of killing someone who is very old or ill so that they do not have to suffer (Cambridge […]

March 4, 2019March 25, 2019Term 1 (2019)

Living a meaningful life: Locked in Syndrome.

Click here to get a background! Background. During my current block at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) Learn about GSH! , I attended a […]

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