Ethics in occupational health: Deliberations of an international workgroup addressing challenges in an African context

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  London, Leslie ^a   Tangwa, Godfrey ^b   Matchaba Hove, Reginald ^c   Mkhize, Nhlanhla ^d   Nwabueze, Remi ^e   Nyika, Aceme ^f,g   Westerholm, Peter ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f Public Health Projects in Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

African philosophy; Autonomy; Consent; Culture; Ethics; Globalisation; Harmony; Identity; Occupational health; Occupational health practitioner; Stigma; Ubuntu

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOETHICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONHOOD; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORKPLACE;

AFRICA; BIOETHICS; CODES OF ETHICS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONHOOD; SOCIAL STIGMA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84902750657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-48     Document Type: Article

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