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Protecting inmates' dignity and the public's safety: a critical analysis of the new law on medical parole in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This paper is aimed at critically assessing the new section 79 of the Correctional Services Act and whether it creates a medical parole system which protects the dignity of inmates and gives due consideration to public safety.
Palliative care for terminally ill inmates: Does the state have a legal obligation?
(Juta Law, 2012)
‘We ought to give those who are to leave life … the terminally ill … the
same care and attention that we give those who enter life – the new-born.’1
In this article it is contended that terminally ill inmates have a right ...
The right to health in respect of terminally ill persons in South Africa
(2014)
It is probably true that „death is the great equalizer‟ amongst human beings and that some of its „cousins: illness, dementia, physical debility, and advance age‟2 can ensure a journey marked by severe pain and suffering ...
THE NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY ON PALLIATIVE CARE 2017‒2022: WHAT’S IN IT FOR TERMINALLY ILL INMATES IN SOUTH AFRICA?
(2020)
In South Africa many people suffer from serious, incurable health conditions that may
render them incapacitated and/or terminally ill. Such persons may inevitably require
holistic care such as palliative care. The adoption ...