Being registered as a health care professional with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) confers on us the right and privilege to practise our profession. Correspondingly, practitioners have moral or ethical duties to others and society. These duties are generally in keeping with the principles of the South African Constitution (Act No. 108 of 1996) and the obligations imposed on health care practitioners by law.
HPCSA BOOKLETS
BOOKLET 1
General ethical guidelines for health care professions
BOOKLET 2
Ethical and professional rules of the Health Professions of South Africa
BOOKLET 3
National Patients’ Rights Charter
BOOKLET 4
Seeking patients’ informed consent: The ethical considerations
BOOKLET 7
Guidelines withholding and withdrawing treatment
BOOKLET 10
Guidelines for the practice of Telemedicine
BOOKLET 5
Confidentiality: Protecting and providing information
BOOKLET 8
Guidelines on Reproductive Health management
BOOKLET 11
Guidelines on over servicing, perverse incentives and related matters
BOOKLET 6
Guidelines for the management of patients with HIV infections or AIDS
BOOKLET 9
Guidelines on Patient Records
BOOKLET 12
Guidelines for the management of health care waste
BOOKLET 13
General ethical guidelines for health researchers
BOOKLET 14
Ethical Guidelines for Biotechnology Research in South Africa
BOOKLET 15
Research, development and the use of the chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
BOOKLET 16
Ethical Guidelines on Social Media
BOOKLET 17
Ethical Guidelines on Palliative Care