Voiceless
Working in the public healthcare system as a student has a number of challenges. You are expected to do the same work […]
Tag: ethics
The choice: Taking action or taking responsibility
WATCH: https://youtu.be/o9EKvj86xq4 Throughout the past few weeks our country has been in a state of fear and dread following the alarming number […]
Professionalism vs. My Emotions
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. ― Gustave Flaubert As we were approaching the […]
Ethical Values: Integrity and Tolerance
Listed as two of the 13 core ethical values and standards for good practice and conduct by the HPCSA (Health Professions Council […]
Just Another Face in the Crowd
By Stefanie van Zyl, 3rd year Physiotherapy student at UWC, Cape Town, South Africa My patients started to become “just another face […]
Juggling Thoughts
This artwork shows a man trying to alter the way he thinks. The altering of one’s way of thinking can be related […]
Illness is not Only Physical
When I saw this picture and read its caption, I immediately thought of one of my patients at DP Marais. She had […]
Just trying to help – Theron Liebenberg
During my ICU block at TBH I came across a case where a pt (Miss X) refused treatment. She is a 52 […]
questions regarding the life of a terminally ill infant
‘When a child dies, it is always out of season. When a child dies, dreams die and we are all diminished by […]
Isolophobia
Isolophobia: In our ethics class we have covered the topic of life and death. We have covered the responsibility patients and their […]