Palliative care for terminally ill inmates: Does the state have a legal obligation?

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dc.contributor.authorAlbertus, Chesne
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T14:06:06Z
dc.date.available2013-01-31T22:10:03Z
dc.date.copyright2013-01-31
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstract‘We ought to give those who are to leave life … the terminally ill … the same care and attention that we give those who enter life – the new-born.’1 In this article it is contended that terminally ill inmates have a right to palliative care and that the State has a duty to fulfil this right. The number of unsuccessful medical parole applications and recorded natural deaths of inmates is considered as indicative of the problem of terminally ill inmates in South African prisons. It is further contended that the State’s obligation arises from an inmate’s constitutional right to health care and from an increasingly recognised international human right to palliative care.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlbertus, C. (2012). Palliative care for terminally ill inmates: Does the state have a legal obligation? South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1: 67-83en_US
dc.identifier.issn10118627
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/410
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Juta Law. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectPalliative careen_US
dc.subjectTerminally illen_US
dc.subjectInmatesen_US
dc.subjectSouth African prisonsen_US
dc.subjectState obligationen_US
dc.titlePalliative care for terminally ill inmates: Does the state have a legal obligation?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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