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

. 2022 Jan 18:28:1748.

doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1748. eCollection 2022.

Carla Kotzé^{1

2}, Johannes L Roos^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.

Carla Kotzé et al. S Afr J Psychiatr. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 18:28:1748.

doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v28i0.1748. eCollection 2022.

Carla Kotzé^{1

2}, Johannes L Roos^{1

2}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.

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