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Making Informed Consent Work In Nigerian Health Care, Oluchukwu Jacinta Aniaka
Making Informed Consent Work In Nigerian Health Care, Oluchukwu Jacinta Aniaka
LLM Theses
The notion of informed consent to medical treatment is a fundamental precept in law. It recognizes autonomy and the right to personal inviolability, irrespective of nationality, socio-economic situation and ideological orientation. A full realization of autonomy in the Nigerian legal system is severely constricted by sociological and cultural factors. Of particular concern is the impact of oppression which may arise from socialization, arbitrary disclosure practice by physicians, or as a result of legislative enactment. To remedy the elemental defects in the Nigerian Code of Medical Ethics, without addressing the impediments posed by the social environment from which a patient operates, …
Social Networking And The Employment Relationship: Is Your Boss Creeping Up On You?, Michael Keliher
Social Networking And The Employment Relationship: Is Your Boss Creeping Up On You?, Michael Keliher
LLM Theses
There are currently over 900 million Facebook users worldwide (and counting). With increased use of social networking comes new concerns for personal privacy and control of social networking information. More and more, Facebook activity trickles its way into offline contexts, perhaps none more so than the employment context. A new trend in the hiring process is social networking background checks, where some employers go so far as to request a candidate's Facebook password. Not only this, but the frequency of Facebook activity resulting in employment law disputes is increasing, and has even been found to constitute sufficient grounds for discipline …