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End-of-life care in South Africa: Important legal developments

Carla Kotzé, Johannes L. Roos
South African Journal of Psychiatry | Vol 28 | a1748 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1748 | © 2022 Carla Kotzé, Johannes L. Roos | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 25 May 2021 | Published: 18 January 2022

About the author(s)

Carla Kotzé, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
Johannes L. Roos, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa

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Keywords

end-of-life care; legal developments; South Africa; ethical principles; euthanasia

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