Patients' Rights and Medical Personnel Duties in the Field of Hospital Care

2017 ◽  
pp. 1169-1184
Author(s):  
Bogusław Sygit ◽  
Damian Wąsik
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Patient Rights ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Medical Procedure ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Consent To Treatment ◽  
The Right

The aim of this chapter is to describe selected universal rights of the patient. The authors specify the seven types of patient rights: the right to appropriate organization of treatment on equal terms, the right to respect patient's dignity and privacy, the right to full and comprehensible information on the state of health, the right of access to medical documentation, the right to self-determination - to agree to provide health care services, the right to respect for private and family life and religion and the right to seek compensation and other benefits in the event of damage to the result of medical malpractice. This classification is the basis to discuss the specifics of each of them with reference to specific examples of their implementation or violations. The chapter specifically addresses the issues such as the obligation to inform the patient of the medical procedure, the legal conditions for the effectiveness of consent to treatment and the principle of access to medical documentation. Presentation of patients' rights is made from the perspective of fulfilling the duties of medical personnel working in hospitals. The authors make extensive use of current case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The undeniable advantage of the publication is to present selected theses of Polish court rulings issued in cases of violation of patient rights.

Patients' Rights and Medical Personnel Duties in the Field of Hospital Care

2016 ◽  
pp. 282-297
Author(s):  
Bogusław Sygit ◽  
Damian Wąsik
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Patient Rights ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Medical Procedure ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Consent To Treatment ◽  
The Right

The aim of this chapter is to describe selected universal rights of the patient. The authors specify the seven types of patient rights: the right to appropriate organization of treatment on equal terms, the right to respect patient's dignity and privacy, the right to full and comprehensible information on the state of health, the right of access to medical documentation, the right to self-determination - to agree to provide health care services, the right to respect for private and family life and religion and the right to seek compensation and other benefits in the event of damage to the result of medical malpractice. This classification is the basis to discuss the specifics of each of them with reference to specific examples of their implementation or violations. The chapter specifically addresses the issues such as the obligation to inform the patient of the medical procedure, the legal conditions for the effectiveness of consent to treatment and the principle of access to medical documentation. Presentation of patients' rights is made from the perspective of fulfilling the duties of medical personnel working in hospitals. The authors make extensive use of current case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The undeniable advantage of the publication is to present selected theses of Polish court rulings issued in cases of violation of patient rights.

scholarly journals Practicing patients’ rights in Iran: a review of evidence

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahere Sharifi ◽  
Ehsan Shamsi-Gooshki ◽  
Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad ◽  
Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Patient Rights ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
The Right To Privacy ◽  
Critical Appraisal Skills ◽  
The Right ◽  
Privacy And Confidentiality

Protection of patients' rights is critical in improving healthcare quality, and hence this study aimed at reviewing patient rights’ practices in healthcare organizations of Iran. Using systematic search, this review was conducted based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). Several keywords, including "patient rights", "patient bills of rights" and "patients rights’ charter" were searched bilingually in the databases of SID, Magiran, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science from 2010 to 2021, and then, following a three-tier screening using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) checklists, 76 articles were extracted. The degree of compliance with the Patients' Rights Charter (PRC) in healthcare organizations was 60.88% on average. As to the observance of the PRC dimensions, respectively, the highest and lowest scores were related to the "right to privacy and confidentiality" (70.16%) and "right to access an efficient complaining system" (53.01 %). Respect for patients' rights in organizations was assessed at a moderate level, and some aspects of patients' rights should be attended to immediately. Therefore, discrepancies in the dimensions of patients' rights and their implementation by organizations should be on the agenda of healthcare managers and policymakers.

Pengalaman Perempuan Bekerja Dalam Melaksanakan Tugas Kesehatan Keluarga di Wilayah Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Henny Permatasari ◽  
Achir Yani S. Hamid ◽  
Setyowati Setyowati
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Professional Health ◽  
The Right

AbstrakPenelitian fenomenologi yang berperspektif perempuan ini bertujuan mendapatkan gambaran pengalaman perempuan bekerja berkeluarga dalam melaksanakan perawatan keluarga. Partisipan ditetapkan dengan metode purposif berjumlah enam orang. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam dan dianalisis dengan metode Collaizz’s. Hasil penelitian mengidentifikasi delapan tema utama dan satu tema tambahan yaitu alasan perempuan bekerja, kekhususan perempuan bekerja, kemampuan manajerial perempuan bekerja, dukungan sosial, kemampuan melaksanakan tugas kesehatan keluarga, kesenjangan antara harapan pekerja dan dukungan institusi kerja, diskriminasi gender, kebutuhan pekerja terhadap pelayanan kesehatan. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa perempuan bekerja mampu melaksanakan tugas kesehatan keluarga dengan dipengaruhi pengetahuan tentang masalah kesehatan, dukungan dari keluarga dan tenaga kesehatan profesional serta hak pekerja untuk mendapatkan jaminan pelayanan kesehatan. Perempuan bekerja juga memiliki kebutuhan khusus terhadap pelayanan kesehatan. Perawat kesehatan kerja diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pelayanan keperawatan yang bersifat promotif untuk memelihara dan meningkatkan derajat kesehatan perempuan bekerja. AbstractThere is evident that the working women experience numerous problems. The purpose of this feminine perspective phenomenological research was to describe the experience of married working women in carrying out family’s health tasks. There were six women purposively selected to participate in this study. Data was collected using in-depth-interview, exploring the experience of working women in carrying out family’s health tasks and issues related to the experience. Collaizz’s method was utilized to analyse the corrected qualitative data. The result of this study revealed nine themes were the reason for women to work, specification of social support, ability to carry out family health tasks, gap between expectation and insitution’s supporting, working women perception of gender discrimination, women’s need to health care. The research concluded that the working women were capable to carry family health taks which is influenced by their knowledge on health problems, the support of family and professional health providers and the right of providers to have health insurance. The working women also have the special needs of health care services. It is recommended that occupational health nurses should provide nursing care including health promotion and maintenance of health status of working women.

Post-Fordism's Contradictory Trends: The Case of the Israeli Health Care System

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANI FILC
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Care Services ◽  
National Health Insurance Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Care System

The transition from the Fordist hegemonic model to post-Fordism is a complex process. It is not the unavoidable result of technological changes, but the contingent consequence of a hegemonic, political, struggle taking place at the different spheres of the social. This article studies the transformations that took place in the Israeli health care system during the last two decades in order to exemplify the political and contradictory character of the transition to post-Fordism. The article emphasises the contradiction between the partial commodification of financing and the privatisation of certain health care facilities, and the legislation of the National Health Insurance Law, which guaranteed the right to access to public health care services.

Forwards or Backwards? New Directions in Danish Patients’ Rights Legislation

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-374
Author(s):  
Mette Hartlev
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Professions ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Care Services ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Legislative Activity

AbstractThe Danish Patients’ Rights Act from 1998 was the first comprehensive piece of legislation addressing the basic legal values and principles governing the relation between patient and the health care services. Since the adoption of the Act there has been continuous legislative activity in the field, and the objective of the article is to discuss how recent developments in Danish patients’ rights legislation shall be interpreted in terms of balancing interests of patients towards interests of society and the health care professions.

scholarly journals A Human Rights-Based Approach to Maternal and Child Health in Ethiopia: Does it Matter to Promote Health Equities?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Tekle Abegaz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Child Health

A rights-based approach to health helps to address health equity gaps. While several aspects of health as a human right exist, this chapter highlights particular indicators relevant to shaping a human rights approach to maternal and child health in Ethiopia. These indicators include recognition of the right to health; national health plan; accessible and acceptable health-care services; accountability; and a civil society that draws on the agency of vulnerable groups. Probing the extent to which the Ethiopian health system includes these features, this chapter identifies that the Federal Constitution does not adequately recognize maternal and child health as a human right. While identifying the positive developments of increased access to women’s and children’s health-care services in Ethiopia, the chapter also charts problems that limit further improvement, including health workers’ inability from making the right health-care decisions; extreme gaps in ensuring accountability; and a restrictive law that restrains social mobilization for a proper health rights movement. The chapter concludes by providing recommendations to the government of Ethiopia that addressing these problems using a rights-based approach offers an alternative pathway for the progressive realization of the right to health of women and children, and it thereby improves health inequities in the country.

scholarly journals Some thoughts on socio-economic rights

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
GE Devenish
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Comprehensive Treatment ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Rights ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social And Economic Rights

One of the manifest differences between the Bill of Rights in the interim and the 1996 Constitutions is the more comprehensive treatment of social and economic rights in the latter.1  In addition to the social and economic rights of children contained in section 28(1)(c), education in section 29 and detained persons' rights in section 35(2)(e), Chapter 2 of the 1996 Constitution encapsulates "an entirely new set of rights not foreshadowed in the interim Constitution".2  These relate essentially to housing rights, set out in section 26, and rights protecting health care services, food, water and social security contained in section 27. Certain other provisions also contain socio-economic rights.  So, for example, section 25(5) redistribution of land, section 28, children's rights, section 29, education, section 35(2)(c), the right to a legal practitioner, section 35(2)(e), detainees rights to adequate accommodation, nutrition, reading material and medical treatment.

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