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Requesting a patient to document her decision for refusal of hospital treatment promotes beneficence

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N C Ngene, C O Onyia, J Moodley

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N C Ngene, Head, Clinical Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex, North West Province, South Africa; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

C O Onyia, Department of Psychiatry, Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex, North West Province, South Africa

J Moodley, Women’s Health and HIV Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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South African Medical Journal 2019;109(1):9. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v109i1.13774

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Date submitted: 2018-12-13
Date published: 2018-12-13

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