Promotion of the Rights of Patients in Europe
Proceedings of a WHO Consultation
Published on 1. September 1995
164 pages
978-90-411-7638-7 (ISBN)
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Promotion of the Rights of Patients in Europe contains authoritative briefings from members of the drafting group and from leading representatives of various physician, patient and citizens' groups, as well as from the Council of Europe.
Patients' rights are placed in the context and perspective of other significant emergent trends and issues: patient education and health education, provider-patient relationships, and social rights and citizen views on health care reforms.
The various strategic options for furthering the implementation of patients' rights are formulated, the emphasis being on options which could be selected and adapted to fit the respective contexts of different countries, underlining the different roles of different organizations, including international ones.
Patients' rights are placed in the context and perspective of other significant emergent trends and issues: patient education and health education, provider-patient relationships, and social rights and citizen views on health care reforms.
The various strategic options for furthering the implementation of patients' rights are formulated, the emphasis being on options which could be selected and adapted to fit the respective contexts of different countries, underlining the different roles of different organizations, including international ones.
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Part I Setting the Agenda
- 1 Patients· Rights: Our Common Concern A Welcome Address
- 2 The Rights of Patients in Europe: Progress and Prospects
- Part II Results of the Consultation
- 3 The Rights of Patients Report on a WHO Consultation Amsterdam, 28-30 March 1994
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- 4 A Declaration on the Promotion of Patients· Rights in Europe
- Strategies for the Promotion of Patients' Rights
- International Action
- Appendix Principles of the Rights of Patients in Europe: A Common Framework
- Part III Background to the Principles of the Rights of Patients in Europe
- 5 The Study and the Principles of Patients' Rights in Europe
- Introduction
- WHO Health Legislation Programme
- Development of Patients' Rights between 1983 and 1988/1989
- Individual and Social Rights
- Regulation of Patients' Rights
- The Common Framework
- Conclusion
- 6 The Issues
- Information and Consent -
- Confidentiality and Privacy -
- Care and Treatment -
- Part IV Understanding the Challenges
- 7 The Context of Patients' Rights within the Health Care System
- The Health Professional-Patient Relationship
- Consumers' Views on the Health Care System
- Patient Health Education and Public Health Education
- 8 Patient and Doctor Autonomy
- 9 Health Professionals and the Rights of Patients
- Professional Codes and Relationships and the Promotion of Patients' Rights
- Health Professionals' Information-giving to Patients
- Confidentiality and Health Professionals
- Health Professionals and Access to Medical Records
- Health Professionals and Formal Proceedings
- Should There Be a Law on the Professional Patient Relationship?
- Conclusion
- 10 Citizens' Views on Health Care Systems
- Background
- Citizenship - a Definition
- Why Should Citizens' Views Be Heeded?
- Why Should Users' Views Be Heeded?
- Citizen-led Approaches
- Conclusion
- 11 Patient Education and Health Education
- The Patients' Standpoint
- Participation of Patients in Health Care
- Information for Patients
- Quality of Care and Patient Education
- Patient Education as a Bridge between Ethics and Rights
- Part V The Netherlands Experience
- 12 Patients' Rights in the Netherlands
- 13 Involvement of the Royal Dutch Medical Association
- Introduction
- The Viewpoint of the RDMA
- Involvement of the RDMA
- Conclusions
- Part VI Where Do We Go from Here?
- 14 Working Groups' Conclusions and Recommendations
- Working Group 1
- Working Group 2
- Working Group 3
- 15 Strategy for the Promotion of the Rights of Patients
- 16 Chairman's Closing Address
- 17 Future Developments
- Patients' Rights In Europe
- Preparing the Declaration
- Promoting the Amsterdam Declaration
- Monitoring Progress in Patients' Rights
- An Open Mind for Change
- Back Cover
