The physician charter on medical professionalism creates standards of ethical behaviour for physicians and has been endorsed by professional organisations worldwide. It is based on the cardinal principles of the primacy of patient welfare, patient autonomy, and social welfare. There has been little discussion in the bioethics community of the doctrine of the charter and none from a Jewish ethic...

The unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to order the Federal Minister of Health to exempt Vancouver’s supervised injection site from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is a major public health victory for Canada. It will save lives, decrease crime, improve health services, decrease transmission of HIV and hepatitis C, reduce the health and social burden and most likely the so...

BACKGROUND Implementation of the Charter to protect patients' rights is an important criterion to achieve patient-centered approach and receive financial support from the Global Fund. Our study aims to explore the knowledge of tuberculosis (TB) patients about their rights and responsibilities at the Chest Disease Unit of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. METHODS This was a ...

Social rights protection in the European Union has undergone significant development. Currently their is regulated by relevant treaty provisions and Charter of Fundamental Rights (Charter), both a primary law nature, as well non-binding Pillar (Pillar). The aim paper assessment social EU, whether all provided CFR have counterparts EPSR, hence what way EPSR assists actual exercise CFR. Comparing...

results awareness of the majority of nurses about the rights of the patients with mental disorder and respect for their rights from their perspective were at a good level. using pearson correlation coefficient test, a statistically significant correlation was found between the level of awareness of and the respect for their rights from the perspective of nurses (p ≤ 0.002). conclusions this stu...