Do undergraduate heathcare students have to disclose their academic status to patients when involved in their care?

dc.contributor.author	Van Niekerk, Martha Susanna
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-25T08:42:03Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-25T08:42:03Z
dc.date.issued	2014-03-25
dc.description.abstract	Using patients in the training of healthcare students is required by the World Federation of Medical Educators. South African legal instruments such as the Constitution and the National Health Act recognise patients’ right to autonomy. This descriptive, analytical study investigated whether patients should be informed that the person involved in their care is a student. International studies and the ethical guidelines of regulating bodies support informing patients of the academic status of persons participating in their care. While patients are willing to participate in the training of healthcare students, they do not waive their right to informed consent. South African health care practitioners are increasingly required to disclose non-medical information to patients, such as treatment costs. Patients should be informed about the academic status of persons involved in their care and have the right to refuse to participate in medical education. The HPCSA should draw up guidelines to support this.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net10539/14309
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.subject.mesh	Truth Disclosure
dc.subject.mesh	Ethics
dc.title	Do undergraduate heathcare students have to disclose their academic status to patients when involved in their care?	en_ZA
dc.type	Thesis	en_ZA

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