Health Policy Manag.  2017 Mar;27(1):3-17. 10.4332/KJHPA.2017.27.1.3.

Compare Patient Right and Consumer Right in Medical Field

• Jung Y

• KMID: 2376986
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2017.27.1.3

Abstract

In the traditional medical field, the patient was a person to receive protection from the doctor because there are vertical relationship between the patient and the doctor. But in modern medical field, patients change their role to health-care consumer to be guaranteed their rights more actively. This study compare patient's rights in doctor's vocational ethics and patient's rights in law, consumer rights. This study analyzes what is type of law-relationship between patients and doctor and how can they act health-care as health-care consumer.

Keyword

Health-care consumer; Patient rights; Consumer right; Relation between patient and doctor

MeSH Terms

Ethics
Humans
Jurisprudence
Patient Rights*