Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-156).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Regensburg, 2006. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2009. / [School of Medicine] Department of Bioethics. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 26-27).

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [148]-154).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Graduate School, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-159).

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Graduate School, 2007. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-159).

The Bill of Rights enshrines the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. The state must respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights in the Bill of Rights. Every human being on earth has the right to life. In general, the state's positive and negative duties are set out in section 7(2) of the Constitution of South Africa, which requires the state to respect, protect, promote and fulfil all human rights. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa adopted and in 1996 is the supreme law of the land and supersedes all other laws in the country. The main key to having a more eloquent and fulfilling governing system is to align it with the Constitution. This is empirical to developing and implementing health law and policy, which regulates in at least five important ways: • It regulates the structure of government. • It regulates the way in which various branches of government operate. • It sets out the framework for raising taxes and allocating revenue. • It guides the content of all laws and policies, primarily through the Bill of Rights. • It regulates the role of government and non-state actors such as private corporations in realising the right of access to health care services. Furthermore, it emphasizes that every person has the right “to have access to health care services, including reproductive health care”. / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Public Law / MPhil / Restricted

Heart failure is a disease that affects millions of Americans, but has a disproportionate impact on underserved, minority communities. Over the coming decade, heart failure will become a chronic disease for more Americans as treatments improve, but the disease cannot be cured. Minority populations are, and will continue to be, disproportionately impacted by heart failure due in large part to their increased risk factors, which stem from social and structural determinants of health. Palliative care services offer incredible benefits for patients and caregivers covering a variety of areas, such as goals of care discussions, shared decision-making, and psychosocial support. Providing early palliative care services to underserved heart failure patients offers extra resources to effectively manage their disease and lifestyle in a personalized fashion, and aligns with the urban bioethical principles of agency, social justice, and solidarity. / Urban Bioethics

There is a problem associated with the concept of vulnerability for research ethics. This problem is that we must identify populations in need of additional protections while also delineating these protections. Some have argued that the concept is too nebulous to warrant use since an increasing number of individuals may be deemed vulnerable such that virtually everyone is vulnerable in some way. In opposition to this, many have argued that that the concept of vulnerability needs to be more specific. In this thesis, I evaluate the concept of vulnerability in a number of ways. I touch on rejections of the concept, the history of the concept though both research guidelines and research ethics and seek to explore a way forward to a more useable account of vulnerability. I argue that no current account of vulnerability is adequality able to address the challenging questions posed by research trials involving human participants. A persuasive account of vulnerability should (1) have a plausible/persuasive definition of vulnerability; (2) figure out what the application of a theory of vulnerability looks like; and (3) what obligations or duties are owed to the vulnerable (and who is responsible for fulfilling these duties). In order to address this, I propose the Combined approach to vulnerability. This approach defines vulnerability as an increased likelihood to incur additional or greater wrongs. The Combined approach functions like a taxonomy and categorizes vulnerability into three groups with the use of layers and restricts the application of these layers with its formal the definition of vulnerability. This thesis marks a new novel contribution to the field of research ethics, in the way of a new theory to vulnerability that emerges from the current literature and makes progress towards a more useful concept of duties and obligations owed to the vulnerable grounded communal engagement. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA) / Vulnerability as a concept is thoroughly debated in the field of research ethics. Some argue that the concept is useless, while others argue that the concept of vulnerability needs to be more specific about who it applies to and why. This thesis situates itself within the latter side of the debate. The Combined approach to vulnerability is my answer to this question. The Combined approach defines vulnerability as an increased likelihood to incur additional or greater wrongs. The Combined approach functions like a taxonomy and categorizes vulnerability into three groups (inherent layers, contextual layers, cascade layers) with the use of the metaphor of layers and restricts the application of these layers with its formal the definition of vulnerability. The main contributions of this approach are its novel combination as well as its new approach to the duties owed to the vulnerable.