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  1. Evaluating the quality of informed consent and contemporary clinical practices by medical doctors in South Africa: An empirical study.Sylvester C. Chima - 2013 - BMC Medical Ethics 14 (S1):S3.
    BackgroundThe issue of stigma is very important in the battle against HIV/aids in Africa since it may affect patient attendance at healthcare centres for obtaining antiretroviral medications and regular medical check-ups. Stigmatization creates an unnecessary culture of secrecy and silence based on ignorance and fear of victimization. This study was designed to determine if there is external stigmatization of people living with HIV and AIDS by health care workers at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. The study investigated (...)
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  • A survey of Haitian attitudes towards informed consent.Caitlin D. Sutton & Grant C. Lynde - 2017 - Clinical Ethics 12 (4):197-204.
    BackgroundUniversal standards for bioethics, including the tenet of informed consent, should be upheld in the setting of humanitarian medical missions. The obstacles to obtaining informed consent in the global health setting have been thoroughly discussed in the literature, but no studies have investigated these issues from the patient’s perspective. We sought to understand the patient’s experience of the consent process during a four-week surgical mission to Haiti.MethodsAll patients selected for surgery during a mission to Hinche, Haiti, were invited to participate (...)
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