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