Palliative
care aims to improve quality of life, but legal problems trouble patients.
Problems include who will care for the children after parent’s death,
who inherits the family home, how to access pain medication, falling into
debt & struggling to secure social benefits, grappling with discrimination & violence,
and struggling to navigate application procedures for identity documents & death
certificates.
All of these problems have a legal dimension. HPCA published Legal Aspects
of Palliative Care (2009) with 21 co-authors responding from both law & health.
The book is updated with colour photos, new case studies, more resources,
templates for drafting your Will & Living Will, a sidebar for extra notes, & training
exercises. Hospice staff are assisted to identify legal problems & provide
information or suggest referrals. Legal practitioners enhance their understanding
of palliative patient needs. You must get prior permission from the publisher
to reproduce any part of this book for training and/or commercial gain.
If you copy any part of this book please acknowledge the source and the publisher. No part may be copied for commercial gain.
Legal Aspects of Palliative Care
Please write to nicola@hpca.co.za with any comments, suggestions or feedback.
MISSION STATEMENT
To Promote quality in life, dignity in death and support in bereavement for all living with a life-threatening illness by supporting member hospices and partner organisations.
PATIENT CARE & TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis is a curable disease but sadly in South
Africa it is a leading cause of death in people who are co-infected with
HIV. The member organisations of the Hospice Palliative Care Association
(HPCA) provide care and support to large numbers of people living with HIV
and are ideally placed to make a significant contribution towards addressing
the TB crisis in our country. Read more 
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