Authors: Aslak Syse

Topics: Humans; Norway; Patient Rights

PubMed: 22353817
DOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0076

Authors: Meropi Mpouzika, Maria Karanikola, Elena Panayiotou...

OBJECTIVE

To synthesize current evidence on nurses' attitudes and/or knowledge on the entire spectrum of patient rights.

METHOD

A systematic search of the literature was performed in Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and CINAHL. Studies were selected according to pre-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria. The Cochrane and PRISMA guidelines, including templates for systematic reviews, were applied. For rigor assessment, the Critical Appraisal Skills Program Qualitative Research Checklist, and the Center for Evidence-Based Management tool were employed.

RESULTS

Thirteen studies were included, that exhibited important methodological limitations, such as convenience sampling, mediocre response rates and inadequate instrument validity. Findings indicated: a) low level of awareness regarding patient rights among nurses, b) knowledge discrepancies on specific aspects of patient rights, c) low priority ascribed to a patient's right to access information, and d) insufficient evidence on formal educational sources of knowledge on the topic of patient rights.

CONCLUSION

Narrow geographical localization, heterogeneity and methodological limitations render generalizability of the conclusions difficult. Further research based on robust methodology is proposed.

Topics: Attitude; Humans; Nurses; Patient Rights; Qualitative Research

PubMed: 33825782
DOI: 10.1590/S1980-220X2019037603678

Authors: Florence Michon

Topics: Emotions; Empathy; Human Body; Humans; Informed Consent; Meaningful Use; Nurse-Patient Relations; Nursing Care; Patient Rights; Treatment Refusal

PubMed: 29439786
DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2017.12.001

Review

Authors: Karine Bréhaux

Raising the question of a person's free will means questioning their freedom and capacity to make choices. Therefore, being free, means being able to judge between the possibilities which are offered to us, and deciding of our own accord what is acceptable to us. The concept of free will is associated with the notion of consent, in particular during care.

Topics: France; Humans; Informed Consent; Patient Rights; Personal Autonomy

PubMed: 27596494
DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2016.07.001

Authors: Marco Akerman, Glória Lúcia Alves Figueiredo, Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins...

Topics: Brazil; Human Rights; Humans; Patient Rights; Public Health

PubMed: 29267700
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320172212.24382017

Authors: Osnat Roth-Cohen, Shalom Levy, Avi Zigdon...

Although patient rights are an important issue, this remains an understudied research area. Patients are unaware of their rights, lacking control of health care treatments they might deserve. This can contribute to sustaining inequality as well as failure in achieving welfare policy goals. Drawing on channel complementarity theory, the current study explored patients' awareness toward their rights, and the credibility of information sources related to patient rights. In a web-based survey, 994 Israeli participants, suffering from chronic illness and using health services, were recruited. To examine the study's theoretical framework and relationships among the constructs and test the hypotheses, a path analysis was conducted using Structural Equation Modeling. The research model depicts direct and indirect relationships between constructs, and the relevant coefficients. The results show a direct and positive interaction between information credibility and patient rights awareness (β = 0.10, = 0.019). Information credibility partially mediates the relationship between public service information sources and patient rights awareness (bootstrap with 95% CI: 0.01-0.07; = 0.015). The mass media information sources construct is directly and positively related to information credibility (β = 0.36, = 0.000). Age was found as a moderator, indicating that information credibility is a factor only at lower ages. Therefore, patient rights should be systematically and reliably accessible in order to raise the awareness and trust of chronic patients regarding information about patient rights. Using planned health communication campaigns mainly via public service sources that are perceived as trustworthy can help contribute to approach patients more effectively and provide them with accessible and detailed information about their rights.

Topics: Chronic Disease; Communication; Humans; Patient Rights; Surveys and Questionnaires; Trust

PubMed: 34444377
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18168628

Authors: Sara Mohammadnejad, Afsaneh Raiesifar, Zoleikha Karamelahi...

BACKGROUND

Ethical behavior of health workers is an important part of health services. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between ethics and professional commitment and its relationship with the level of respect for patient rights in medical students.

MATERIAL & METHODS

A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with the participation of nursing, midwifery and emergency medicine students of Ilam University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was done by stratified random method. The data was collected using Demographic, Professional Commitment, Professional ethics and a researcher made questioner on compliance with patient rights questionnaires.

RESULTS

300 students were participated. The results showed that the average score of professional ethics in middle school students is high (64.07 ± 8.01), the average score of professional commitment is also high (64.07 ± 8.01) and the score of respect for patient rights is also high (10.74). ± 83.46) was obtained. The professional ethics score it showed a positive and statistically significant relationship with the patient's rights compliance score. only professional commitment is related to gender, but the average of all three variables in different age groups and the type of residence (dormitory, private home, etc.) have meaningful statistical difference.

CONCLUSION

The findings of the study show that the level of ethics and professional commitment and respect for patient rights among nursing, midwifery and emergency medicine students was good. It is hoped that the results of this research will provide a basis for better planning for the development of knowledge and respect for patient rights among students.

Topics: Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Male; Patient Rights; Surveys and Questionnaires; Students, Medical; Adult; Young Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Midwifery; Students, Nursing; Emergency Medicine; Respect

PubMed: 39095823
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-024-01084-2

Review

Authors: Moli Paul

This article provides an overview of different types of rights to aid consideration of, and debate about, children and young people's rights in the context of paediatrics and child health. It demonstrates how children's rights may or may not differ from adult rights and the implications for practice. It shows that applying a children's rights framework can be more helpful in pursuing a public child health agenda than in reducing ethical or legal conflicts when interacting with child patients and their families.

Topics: Adult; Child; Child Advocacy; Child Health Services; Child Welfare; Family; Human Rights; Humans; Parents; Patient Rights; Pediatrics; Public Health; Terminology as Topic; United Kingdom

PubMed: 17642486
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.091629

Authors: Shimon M Glick

Jewish medical ethics is a term coined by the late Lord Rabbi Immanuel Jacobovits in the mid-20th century. Its principles and emphases differ in some significant ways from the currently accepted axioms in Western secular ethics. The emphasis is lesser on autonomy and more on the value of human life and on communitarianism. The Israel Patient's Rights Law reflects these differences from the Western norms.

Topics: Ethics, Medical; History, 20th Century; Humans; Israel; Judaism; Patient Rights; Personal Autonomy; Social Responsibility; Value of Life

PubMed: 28471614
DOI: No ID Found

Review

Authors: P Gleyze, H Coudane

Providing information to surgery patients is a form of health-care governed by clearly defined therapeutic and medicolegal rules, and in particular in France by the Act of March 4, 2002 and the Code of Good Practice. The patient's right to information is implemented in a face-to-face consultation, which should be fully codified, and in a specific clinical examination, followed by information regarding the affected organ, pathology, treatment options, possible surgery, and the preconditions, risks and results associated with the procedure. Information should be personalized and as complete as possible, communicating the state of knowledge as validated by scientific societies and medical institutions. State of the art technology (dedicated website, on-line information suites, etc.) is indispensable but needs to be mastered and to adhere to the guidelines of the Council of the National Order of Medicine. Information traceability, the retraction period and proof of content of the information are essential. A signed document delivered in an informative atmosphere optimizes the exercise. Patient information is an ethical and medicolegal obligation, but above all is the expression and demonstration of the health-care potential of the practitioner and our contribution to reducing the information gap, reinforcing the cement holding our society together.

Topics: Access to Information; France; Humans; Orthopedics; Patient Education as Topic; Patient Rights; Perioperative Care; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Traumatology

PubMed: 26826803
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2015.06.028