Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patient's rights law is intended to secure good medical practice, but it can also serve to improve understanding between patients and medical staff if both were aware of their rights.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p&g...
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| author | Kalediene Ramune Vladickiene Jurgita Ducinskiene Danute Haapala Irja |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patient's rights law is intended to secure good medical practice, but it can also serve to improve understanding between patients and medical staff if both were aware of their rights.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Awareness and practice of the new patient's rights law in Lithuanian health care institutions was explored through a survey of 255 medical staff and 451 patients in the four Kaunas city medical units in 2002. Participation rates were 74% and 66%, respectively.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Majority of the medical staff (85%) and little over one half of the patients (56%) had heard or read about the Law on Patient's Rights (p < 0.001). Only 50% of professionals compared to 69% of patients thought information for patients about diagnosis, treatment results and alternative treatments is necessary (p < 0.001). A clear discrepancy was indicated between physicians informing the patients (80% – 98% of physicians) and patients actually knowing (37% – 54%) their treatment prognosis, disease complications or possible alternative treatment methods.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These results suggest a need for awareness-raising among patients to improve the practical implementation of the Patient's Rights Law in Lithuania.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa625c35edce45fab14fa2dacbfab43e2022-12-21T23:11:44ZengBMCBMC International Health and Human Rights1472-698X2006-09-01611010.1186/1472-698X-6-10Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in LithuaniaKalediene RamuneVladickiene JurgitaDucinskiene DanuteHaapala Irja<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patient's rights law is intended to secure good medical practice, but it can also serve to improve understanding between patients and medical staff if both were aware of their rights.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Awareness and practice of the new patient's rights law in Lithuanian health care institutions was explored through a survey of 255 medical staff and 451 patients in the four Kaunas city medical units in 2002. Participation rates were 74% and 66%, respectively.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Majority of the medical staff (85%) and little over one half of the patients (56%) had heard or read about the Law on Patient's Rights (p < 0.001). Only 50% of professionals compared to 69% of patients thought information for patients about diagnosis, treatment results and alternative treatments is necessary (p < 0.001). A clear discrepancy was indicated between physicians informing the patients (80% – 98% of physicians) and patients actually knowing (37% – 54%) their treatment prognosis, disease complications or possible alternative treatment methods.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>These results suggest a need for awareness-raising among patients to improve the practical implementation of the Patient's Rights Law in Lithuania.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/6/10 |
| spellingShingle | Kalediene Ramune Vladickiene Jurgita Ducinskiene Danute Haapala Irja Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania BMC International Health and Human Rights |
| title | Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania |
| title_full | Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania |
| title_fullStr | Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania |
| title_short | Awareness and practice of patient's rights law in Lithuania |
| title_sort | awareness and practice of patient s rights law in lithuania |
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