Futility of patients’ rights
A framework of basic rights for patients in South Africa is provided by The National Health Act, 108 of 1996 (Health24, 2017). This […]
Category: Term 1 (2019)
When is it the right time to withdraw treatment?
What is a meaningful life? What is a meaningful life? A meaningful life to me is one where one can say I […]
She wanted to be seen by a Professional…
One afternoon a patient came for her physiotherapy appointment and she was referred from the doctor for an intercostal muscle strain. […]
Neonatal Euthanasia
Euthanasia can be defined as of ending the life of a terminally ill and suffering person in a painless, rapid and intentional […]
Death Final?
Death. After it, is there anything? Is there no meaning to life? We only live to be compost for the soil. We […]
Role over Restraint: A Human Rights Dilemma
Restraining (restrained) patients have a become popular culture within the hospital settings, from the ICU to residential old age homes(Evans & FitzGerald, […]
” Empathy is a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see”
Picture by: instagram.com/stashkee First block for fourth year, first block at Tygerberg hospital and first time seeing a Gullian Barre syndrome patient, […]
The just allocation of resources within the hospital setting
The just allocation of resources within the hospital setting During my first few weeks working at Tygerberg Hospital, I quickly learnt that […]
Conflict of interest
On the 17th of March 2018 at Tygerberg Hospital, I stood helplessly in between my patient and clinician as they quarreled over the […]
Playing God, Maybe
Experience I was placed at Delft Community Health Center for my Neuromuscoloskeletal block, and in this block there was a community outreach […]