“Every blood donor is a hero”, donating blood helps other people to maintain good health or allow them to stay alive. Indeed, donating blood does bring kinds of advantages but not only saving people’s lives. Blood donor can gain emotional…
Category: MEDICAL LAW & ETHICS
[Member] Brief Overview of Organ Donation in Malaysia
The MySejahtera application now allows the public to register as organ donors. However, are you curious about how organ donation is governed in Malaysia? What is Organ Donation? Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue…
Claims for Medical Negligence
When a patient visits the hospital or clinic, they would often expect to receive professional medical treatments from the medical practitioners in order to cure any medical issues that the patients are experiencing. Though, due to human errors, there are…
Abortion in Malaysia
In Malaysia, where contraception is a privilege for educated and informed family planning folks, unplanned pregnancies among unmarried young women is rising. The recent increase of baby dumping cases is alarming, and young women are shamed for getting pregnant out…
Standard Of Care For Doctors
Determining the Proper Standard of Care for Doctors: Bolam/Bolitho Test In Zulhasnimar Hasan Basri v Dr Kuppu Velumani P (2017), the Federal Court clarified the distinction between a doctor’s duty in diagnosis and treatment (Bolam/Bolitho test), and the duty…
Informed Consent And Its Position In The UK
Informed consent is currently a widely accepted practice. It is a concept that arises as Beuchamp and Childress put it in ‘Principles of Biomedical Ethics’ from the ethical principle of patient autonomy. There are of course also views that it…
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Ethical Considerations In End Of Life Decision-Making
Many times, medical practitioners come across family members that carry the burden of having to choose on whether their loved ones should continue obtaining a certain life support treatment or if the said support should be terminated.
What Is An Advance Decision To Refuse Treatment and How To Make One?
Everyone has the right to make healthcare decisions for themselves (ie: consent or refuse medical treatments or interventions) if the person is a competent adult. However, when a person lacks capacity (ie: becomes unable to make or communicate your decisions),…
Surrogacy Law – Is It Legal In Malaysia?
Surrogacy is a process whereby a woman who is not the mother of the child (known as a surrogate) agrees to carry the child for the child’s parents where it is not medically possible for the actual mother to conceive…
5 Things You Need To Know About Abortion Law In Malaysia
Originally, abortions in Malaysia were governed by sections 312-315 of the Malaysian Penal Code which made abortions totally illegal, and was derived from the Indian Penal Code 1871. Due to its increasing need and pressures from the medical fraternity, an…
Organ Donation Transplantation And Its Position In the UK
Organ donation and transplantation involve those who have consented towards donating their organs most commonly for the purposes of saving another’s life through transplantation. The National Health Service (NHS) reports between the 1st of April 2013 and 31st March 2014,…