Patients' Rights
Consent, Informed Consent, Right To Treatment, Medical Experimentation, Advance Medical Directives, Right To Die
The legal interests of persons who submit to medical treatment.
For many years, common medical practice meant that physicians made decisions for their patients. This paternalistic view has gradually been supplanted by one promoting patient autonomy, whereby patients and doctors share the decision-making responsibility. Consequently doctor-patient relationships are very different now than they were just a few decades ago. However, conflicts still abound as the medical community and those it serves struggle to define their respective roles.
Additional topics
- Patients' Rights - Consent
- Patients' Rights - Informed Consent
- Patients' Rights - Right To Treatment
- Patients' Rights - Medical Experimentation
- Patients' Rights - Advance Medical Directives
- Patients' Rights - Right To Die
- Patients' Rights - Privacy And Confidentiality
- Patients' Rights - Federal Patients' Bill Of Rights
- Patients' Rights - Further Readings
- Patients' Rights - Cross-references
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