The research aims to establish whether processes around the consideration and execution of the living will help enhance the doctor-patient relationship. Studies have shown that the living will is not used frequently, and ...

Background Living kidney donation has emerged as a key therapeutic modality for end-stage kidney disease due to the global chronic shortage of renal allografts. However, the potential benefits to the recipient of a living ...

In instances of child-perpetrated crime or violence, normative constructions of the child contradict those of the criminal, creating an ambiguous discursive landscape in which juvenile-offenders have to situate themselves. ...

Introduction: In South Africa, it is estimated that ~7 million people are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is associated with an increased risk of kidney disease. For people living with HIV (PLWH) who ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and it is in developing countries, such as South Africa, that bears the greatest portion of the burden of CKD. Anaemia ...

Introduction South Africa is characterised by numerous dichotomies and diversities, within which its two-tier healthcare system operates. An under-resourced state sector serves a majority of the population and a ...

Background: Patients living with chronic kidney failure endure a lot of stress, as they have to adjust their lifestyle, stop smoking, eat a healthy diet, and refrain from self-medication. Currently, South Africa has ...

ABSTRACT Background: World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 1.6 million people die every year because of violence and out of these deaths, homicide accounts for almost one third. Ninety percent (90%) of ...

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