How is patient care a human rights issue? What is patient care? Patient care refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of physical and mental well-being through services offered by health professionals.1 Patient care consists of services rendered by health professionals (or non-professionals under their supervision) for the benefit of patients.2 A patient is a user of health care services whether he or she is…
Table 1.1 Codification of Patients’ Rights
What are the current practices in the area of patient care? Methods for applying human rights to patient care are diverse and occur on multiple levels of government and through engagement with private actors. A common approach to incorporating human rights norms into patient care is through the development of a code or declaration of patient rights. It is important to keep in mind that this approach does not cover the…
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