H C J Van Rensburg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4262610 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | H C J Van Rensburg |
| NOMBRES | H C J |
| APELLIDO | Van Rensburg |
| FIRMA | VAN RENSBURG H C J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the Free State |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1977 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Slow to share
HIV serostatus disclosure to community members has been shown to have potential public and personal health benefits. This study examined the impact of bonding and bridging social capital (i.e. close and distant ties) on public disclosure and described the complex relationship between bonding and bridging social capital in the context of serostatus disclosure among AIDS patients enrolled in South Africa's public sector antiretroviral treatment (AR…
Rationing access to public-sector antiretroviral treatment during scale-up in South Africa
As with other large-scale antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes initiated in developing countries, rationing of ART in South Africa was inevitable in the face of limited human and infrastructural resources. This paper discusses rationing of ART and its implications for equity in South Africa, with a particular emphasis on the national programme in the Free State Province. We examine both the explicit and implicit dimensions of ART rationing, wh…
Short-term physical and emotional health outcomes of public sector ART in the Free State province of South Africa
The Heart in Haart
Health Care Services in a New South Africa
In meeting the challenges of fashioning a new health care system,\nSouth Africa stands poised to contribute to a better future for its own\ncitizens and the subcontinent
The legacy of apartheid in health and health care
This contribution analyses and systematiscs apartheid as a phenomenon and as a problem in South African health and health care. It is assumed that apartheid is one of the most decisive forces moulding the South African health care system as well as the health of the people, resulting in grave race-related disparities, inequalities, fragmentation and discrimination on the one hand, and divergent, race-related health outcomes in the health indices …
South African health care in change
This article presents an overview of the nature, direction and depth of change in the South African health care system since the European settlement in 1652 up to the present The main argument is that in reality there were, despite much dynamics and slight changes, no fundamental changes at all; rather a structural drift of the health care system in the same direction throughout As a result a typical pluralistic system was eventually established,…
Privatisering van gesondheidsorg
Privatization of health care: A sceptical viewpoint. The privatization of health care is implemented nowadays as a policy measure with high priority. It is propagated generally as a remedy for problems in the field of health care in South Africa. In this article privatization, and especially the privatization of health care, is analysed and evaluated as a concept and a social phenomenon. Besides defining the concept, the different sectors and sub…
Die mediese sosioloog en gesondheidsorgnavorsing
The medical sociologist and health care research: The dilemmas of accessibility and orientation to the research field. Sociologists working in medical settings are confronted with the dual task of, on the one hand, producing basic research for the development of sociological knowledge and theory-building and, on the other, providing medicine with applied research suitable for practical problem solving. This double role confronts the medical socio…
Sosiologie in Suid-Afrika
South African Sociology: Profile of the present Profile of the present is an exploration of the manifestation of Sociology in the South Africa of the 1980s. The material for the theme is arranged and dealt with in three parts. In the first part South African Sociology is considered in the context of world Sociology. It is assumed that similar characteristics, tendencies, and problems are displayed by South African Sociology as by Sociology in a g…
Mediese sosiologie by Marburg
Medical sociology at Marburg: Mirror image of a subdiscipline in West Germany. Medical sociology has displayed phenomenal growth in West Germany during the last two decades. Although this subdiscipline was introduced in 1958 it was only recognized formally and institutionalized by law in 1970, with the purpose of being incorporated into the syllabus of medical students. Since the middle seventies teaching thereof has been gradually replaced by re…
Mediese sosiologie by Marburg
Medical sociology has displayed phenomenal growth in West Germany during the last two decades. Although this subdiscipline was introduced in 1958 it was only recognized formally and institutionalized by law in 1970, with the purpose of being incorporated into the syllabus of medical students. Since the middle seventies teaching thereof has been gradually replaced by research therein. Medical sociology in the FRG has developed its own unique chara…
Deur ’n alternatiewe sleutelgat
A criticism of free-market medicine in South Africa from an alternative perspective. South African free-market medicine is viewed, evaluated, and criticized from an alternative perspective in terms of the built-in shortcomings of this model of health care services. Despite the many positive qualities of free-market medicine, the author argues that this model of health care is not the most suitable for the South African situation and the total pop…
Deur 'n alternatiewe sleutelgat
South African free-market medicine is viewed, evaluated, and criticized from an alternative perspective in terms of the built-in shortcomings of this model of health care services. Despite the many positive qualities of free-market medicine, the author argues that this model of health care is not the most suitable for the South African situation and the total population of the country; that it indeed aggravates the central problem, namely that th…
Ongelyke kanalisering van gesondheidsorg
The unequal distribution of health care: the condition of health insurance in South Africa. This article's point of departure is that the health care system was, and to a great extend still is, influenced and in some aspects even determined by the evolution of health insurance in South Africa. It is submitted that health insurance can be used as indicator to trace the stance of the provision of medical services in the present-day situation. A pro…
Simboliese interaksionisme
Symbolic Interactionism: a micro sociological orientation. Symbolic interactionism has become one of the most prominent theoretic sociological approaches; it is certainly comparable to structural functionalism and conflict theory. This article focuses on the nature and unique character of this typically American trend of thought which originated in the work of R.E. Park, W.I. Thomas, C.H. Cooley, and especially G.H. Mead. An exposition of the bas…
Kindersterftes in Suid-Afrika
CHILD MORTALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Child mortality and especially infant mortality is one of the most delicate health problems in developing countries South Africa is no exception to this rule. Furthermore, infant mortality is a sensitive indicator of the health conditions of the different population groups in this country and also reflects the quality of health care. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the situati…
Perspektiewe in die mediese sosiologie
Medical Sociology or Sociology of Health and Illness is a relative new field in sociological enquiry and to most sociologists in this country a somewhat unknown subject. This paper sets itself to a demarcation of field of Medical Sociology and analyses in addition some of the problematic and systematic questions surrounding this specialty. It identifies the ways in which medical sociology contributes to the health sciences, especially as far as m…
Perspektiewe in die mediese sosiologie
Medical Sociology or Sociology of Health and Illness is a relative new field in sociological enquiry and to most sociologists in this country a somewhat unknown subject. This paper sets itself to a demarcation of field of Medical Sociology and analyses in addition some of the problematic and systematic questions surrounding this specialty. It identifies the ways in which medical sociology contributes to the health sciences, especially as far as m…
Kindersterftes in Suid-Afrika
CHILD MORTALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Child mortality and especially infant mortality is one of the most delicate health problems in developing countries South Africa is no exception to this rule. Furthermore, infant mortality is a sensitive indicator of the health conditions of the different population groups in this country and also reflects the quality of health care. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the situati…
Ongelyke kanalisering van gesondheidsorg
The unequal distribution of health care: the condition of health insurance in South Africa. This article's point of departure is that the health care system was, and to a great extend still is, influenced and in some aspects even determined by the evolution of health insurance in South Africa. It is submitted that health insurance can be used as indicator to trace the stance of the provision of medical services in the present-day situation. A pro…
Simboliese interaksionisme
Symbolic Interactionism: a micro sociological orientation. Symbolic interactionism has become one of the most prominent theoretic sociological approaches; it is certainly comparable to structural functionalism and conflict theory. This article focuses on the nature and unique character of this typically American trend of thought which originated in the work of R.E. Park, W.I. Thomas, C.H. Cooley, and especially G.H. Mead. An exposition of the bas…
Deur ’n alternatiewe sleutelgat
A criticism of free-market medicine in South Africa from an alternative perspective. South African free-market medicine is viewed, evaluated, and criticized from an alternative perspective in terms of the built-in shortcomings of this model of health care services. Despite the many positive qualities of free-market medicine, the author argues that this model of health care is not the most suitable for the South African situation and the total pop…
Deur 'n alternatiewe sleutelgat
South African free-market medicine is viewed, evaluated, and criticized from an alternative perspective in terms of the built-in shortcomings of this model of health care services. Despite the many positive qualities of free-market medicine, the author argues that this model of health care is not the most suitable for the South African situation and the total population of the country; that it indeed aggravates the central problem, namely that th…
Mediese sosiologie by Marburg
Medical sociology at Marburg: Mirror image of a subdiscipline in West Germany. Medical sociology has displayed phenomenal growth in West Germany during the last two decades. Although this subdiscipline was introduced in 1958 it was only recognized formally and institutionalized by law in 1970, with the purpose of being incorporated into the syllabus of medical students. Since the middle seventies teaching thereof has been gradually replaced by re…
Mediese sosiologie by Marburg
Medical sociology has displayed phenomenal growth in West Germany during the last two decades. Although this subdiscipline was introduced in 1958 it was only recognized formally and institutionalized by law in 1970, with the purpose of being incorporated into the syllabus of medical students. Since the middle seventies teaching thereof has been gradually replaced by research therein. Medical sociology in the FRG has developed its own unique chara…
Privatisering van gesondheidsorg
Privatization of health care: A sceptical viewpoint. The privatization of health care is implemented nowadays as a policy measure with high priority. It is propagated generally as a remedy for problems in the field of health care in South Africa. In this article privatization, and especially the privatization of health care, is analysed and evaluated as a concept and a social phenomenon. Besides defining the concept, the different sectors and sub…
Die mediese sosioloog en gesondheidsorgnavorsing
The medical sociologist and health care research: The dilemmas of accessibility and orientation to the research field. Sociologists working in medical settings are confronted with the dual task of, on the one hand, producing basic research for the development of sociological knowledge and theory-building and, on the other, providing medicine with applied research suitable for practical problem solving. This double role confronts the medical socio…
Sosiologie in Suid-Afrika
South African Sociology: Profile of the present Profile of the present is an exploration of the manifestation of Sociology in the South Africa of the 1980s. The material for the theme is arranged and dealt with in three parts. In the first part South African Sociology is considered in the context of world Sociology. It is assumed that similar characteristics, tendencies, and problems are displayed by South African Sociology as by Sociology in a g…
South African health care in change
This article presents an overview of the nature, direction and depth of change in the South African health care system since the European settlement in 1652 up to the present The main argument is that in reality there were, despite much dynamics and slight changes, no fundamental changes at all; rather a structural drift of the health care system in the same direction throughout As a result a typical pluralistic system was eventually established,…
The legacy of apartheid in health and health care
This contribution analyses and systematiscs apartheid as a phenomenon and as a problem in South African health and health care. It is assumed that apartheid is one of the most decisive forces moulding the South African health care system as well as the health of the people, resulting in grave race-related disparities, inequalities, fragmentation and discrimination on the one hand, and divergent, race-related health outcomes in the health indices …
Health Care Services in a New South Africa
In meeting the challenges of fashioning a new health care system,\nSouth Africa stands poised to contribute to a better future for its own\ncitizens and the subcontinent
Short-term physical and emotional health outcomes of public sector ART in the Free State province of South Africa
The Heart in Haart
Rationing access to public-sector antiretroviral treatment during scale-up in South Africa
As with other large-scale antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes initiated in developing countries, rationing of ART in South Africa was inevitable in the face of limited human and infrastructural resources. This paper discusses rationing of ART and its implications for equity in South Africa, with a particular emphasis on the national programme in the Free State Province. We examine both the explicit and implicit dimensions of ART rationing, wh…
Slow to share
HIV serostatus disclosure to community members has been shown to have potential public and personal health benefits. This study examined the impact of bonding and bridging social capital (i.e. close and distant ties) on public disclosure and described the complex relationship between bonding and bridging social capital in the context of serostatus disclosure among AIDS patients enrolled in South Africa's public sector antiretroviral treatment (AR…
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