LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2016 (“Libraries in the Political Process,” edited by Christine Stilwell, Peter Johan Lor, and Raphaëlle Bats), pp. 198–216. © 2016 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract The rhetoric of public librarianship includes many ringing claims for the role of libraries in democracy; and, on the twenty-first anniversary of democracy in South Africa, it is...

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preservation of dignity is frequently emphasized as a basic patient’s right in national and international nursing codes of ethics and is indeed the essence and core of nursing care. it is therefore essential to explore the concept based on patients’ lived experiences in order to maintain and respect their dignity and consequently improve the quality of health services and patient satisfaction. ...

INTRODUCTION To supply quality services and healthcare, it is evident that medical ethics and patients' rights, while providing medical and healthcare services need to be observed. This study was conducted to evaluate observance of the Patients' Rights Charter among medical staff of educational hospitals affiliated to Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. METHODS This cross-sectional study ...

SUMMARY At the height of COVID-19 pandemic many African countries barred people, including citizens and foreign nationals, from entering or leaving their territories. This was case although article 12(2) Charter on Human Peoples' Rights provides that '[ejvery individual shall have right to leave any country his own, return country'. However, also '[t]his may only be subject restrictions, provid...

Human rights are still a serious debate among Muslims, even though the Medina Charter and Cairo Declaration have established universality of human rights. This study describes contents in analyzes them from perspective siyasah syar'iyyah. Using qualitative approach derived secondary data, this finds that relevant to principle The determination corresponds two categories syar'iyyah, namely tasyr...

On 19 November 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General). Contrary to both the lower courts, the Court held that the refusal of the Province of British Columbia to fund a particular treatment for autistic children did not violate the right to equality under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter)....

SUMMARY This article examines the relationship between business actors and implementation of right to development in Africa. It focuses on implications a possible (future) international legally-binding instrument human rights. Although there is no guarantee that such an will eventually be adopted ratified by states near future, nevertheless critically ways which clarification some issues associ...

BACKGROUND Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Armenia has undergone an extensive legislative overhaul. Although a number of developments have aimed to improve the quality and accessibility of Armenia's health care system, a host of factors has prevented the country from fully introducing measures to ensure respect for human rights in patient care. In particular, inadequate ...