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Leslie Swartz

Professor Leslie Swartz is a distinguished professor of psychology at Stellenbosch University

Hospital admissions in Africa have increased by 67% during the period but the bed occupancy rate for intensive care units remains low at 7.5%, with 14% of the patients receiving supplemental oxygen. (Photo by Sergei SavostyanovTASS via Getty Images)
COVID 19

Palliative care needs to include spiritual care

The person who is dying needs relief from pain and symptom control and they their families also need psychosocial, bereavement, emotional and spiritual support

  • Ronita Mahilall
  • Leslie Swartz
5 min read
The McKinney family. (Photo: Shirley Emms)
CORONAVIRUS

Deciding whose lives really matter in a pandemic

Will it be assumed that those with disabilities do not deserve life-saving care?

  • Leslie Swartz
  • Vic McKinney
  • Emma McKinney
7 min read