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General Ethical Guidelines for the Healthcare Professions
A full explanation of Ethical guidelines from the HPCSA board
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HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICAGUIDELINES FOR GOOD PRACTICE
IN THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS
GENERAL ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS
BOOKLET 1
REVISED: DECEMBER 2021
,Health Professions Council of South Africa
Post Office Box 205
Pretoria 0001
Telephone: (012) 338 9300
E-mail: professionalpractice@hpcsa.co.za
Website: http://www.hpcsa.co.za
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THE SPIRIT OF PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES
Good clinical practice is based on a trust relationship between patients
and healthcare professionals. Being a good healthcare practitioner
requires a life-long commitment to sound professional and ethical
practice and an overriding dedication to the interests and wellbeing of
one’s fellow human beings and society. This makes the practice in the
healthcare profession a moral enterprise. It is in this spirit that the
HPCSA presents the following ethical guidelines to guide and direct the
practice of healthcare practitioners. These guidelines are an integral
part of the standards of professional conduct against which
professional conduct is evaluated.
[Note: The terms “healthcare practitioner”, “practitioner” and
“healthcare professional” in these guidelines refer to persons
registered with the HPCSA].
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