Springer African Perspectives on Ethics for Healthcare Professionals: 13 (Advancing Global Bioethics, 13)

This book focuses on ethical issues faced by a variety of healthcare practitioners across the Anglophone African continent. This important resource contains in-depth discussions of the most salient current ethical issues by experts in various healthcare fields. Each profession is described from both an African and a South African perspective, and thus contributes to dialogue and critical thinking around African ethics and decision-making. In this way the book provides readers with an understanding of the ethical issues at hand in various professions, including the practical implications of the ethical issues and how to address those effectively. This is a beneficial resource for all those involved in the various healthcare professions addressed in this book, including undergraduate students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners across the continent. Simply put, with the dynamic changes and challenges in healthcare across the globe and in Africa, this is an indispensable resource for healthcare practitioners.   From the Back Cover This book focuses on ethical issues faced by a variety of healthcare practitioners across the Anglophone African continent. This important resource contains in-depth discussions of the most salient current ethical issues by experts in various healthcare fields. Each profession is described from both an African and a South African perspective, and thus contributes to dialogue and critical thinking around African ethics and decision-making. In this way the book provides readers with an understanding of the ethical issues at hand in various professions, including the practical implications of the ethical issues and how to address those effectively. This is a beneficial resource for all those involved in the various healthcare professions addressed in this book, including undergraduate students, lecturers, researchers and practitioners across the continent. Simply put, with the dynamic changes and challenges in healthcare across the globe and in Africa, this is an indispensable resource for healthcare practitioners.   About the Author Professor Nico Nortjé has been involved with ethics training and research for the past two decades. Nico has a doctorate in Applied Ethics from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and also holds two masters degrees one in Psychology (cum laude) and one in Future Studies (Business) from the same university. He also has a post-graduate diploma in Clinical Counselling from the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and another post-graduate diploma from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in Medical Law. Having more than thirty peer reviewed articles to his name, a peer reviewer for various ethics journals, contributing a chapters on ethics for various text books, having taught ethics at tertiary level, Nico is also involved in professional ethics development of health care providers, andwas recently awarded a national rating from the NRF indicating his contribution to the field of ethics. Nico is often approached by industry specific journals to write articles/opinion pieces on ethics by combining his vast knowledge (ethics, psychology and business), experience as well as training. He has presented academic papers at various International conferences on ethics, morals, training and morality. Presently Nico is a clinical ethicist at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas, USA), where he is daily engaged in ethical discussion with patients, their families and the care team. Professor Willem Hoffmann is a Full Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)(South Africa). He holds a DEd degree in Psychology of Education from the Rand Afrikaans University (now known as the University of Johannesburg, South Africa), as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in International Research Ethics from the University of Cape Town (South Africa).  In 2002 and