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VOL. 3, ISSUE 4 (2016)
Level of observance of patient rights and duties- A Comparative study of a public sector teaching hospital and corporate hospital.
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Dr. Prabhjot Kaur Dilawari, Dr. Shyamal Koley
Abstract
Like basic human rights, there are set of patient-rights, securing interests of sick. Implementation of rights by healthcare-workers secures good medical-practice & strengthens doctor-patient relationship by avoiding medical-malpractice. Alongside there are set-of-duties accompanying rights, observing which will facilitate treatment-delivery, thereby resulting in better health-outcomes, reduced-failures and relapses, and prevention of economic-losses of citizens and country. Lack of respect to patients-rights and observance-of-duties may lead to hazards in health-status and ruined doctor-patient-relationship consequently decreasing efficiency, effectiveness, trust and optimal-care of patients. Present paper compares level of observance of patient rights and duties in public and corporate-sector hospital through randomly-selected 282 patients from one hospital of each type. It revealed quality-observance of patients-rights and equally high-sense-of-responsibility in healthcare decision-making in corporate-hospital as compared to public-hospital. High-level-of-dissatisfaction was seen in long waiting-times, rushed-attitude of doctors and usage of medical-terms in both hospitals. High level of ignorance for laws safeguarding rights was noticed in corporate-hospital patients as compared to public-hospital.
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Pages:255-261
How to cite this article:
Dr. Prabhjot Kaur Dilawari, Dr. Shyamal Koley "Level of observance of patient rights and duties- A Comparative study of a public sector teaching hospital and corporate hospital.". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 255-261
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