AAAS - Truth and Reconciliation: Examining Human Rights Violations in South Africa's Health Care Sector

Programs: Science and Policy

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AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program

Truth and Reconciliation: Examining Human Rights Violations in South Africa's Health Care Sector

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HEALTH SECTOR HEARINGS DATE: 18 JUNE 1997 HELD AT: CAPE TOWN
Table of Contents

DAY 1

Part 1

Detainee Case Studies

Submission on Steve Biko

Submission by Military Medic

Manipulation of Forensic Evidence

Part 2

Experience of a Township Doctor

Experiences at Academic Institutions

A Doctor Who Resisted

Systemic Abuse

SAMDC Submission

Submission by the South African Medical Services

DAY 2

Part 1

MASA Submission

SANC Submission

Abuses in Rural Practice

Psychological Abuse in Detention

PSYSSA Submission

Medical School Submissions-WITS

Medical School Submissions-University of Pretoria

Medical School Submissions-UND

Part 2

Department of Health Submission