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  2. Patients' rights - Wikipedia

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    These principles play an essential role in guiding medical decisions, helping healthcare providers care for the well-being of patients while maintaining their decision-making capacity, thus achieving a fundamental balance between medical ethics and the commitment of health professionals to patients [18]

  3. Medical law - Wikipedia

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    Medical law is the branch of law which concerns the prerogatives and responsibilities of medical professionals and the rights of the patient. [1] It should not be confused with medical jurisprudence , which is a branch of medicine , rather than a branch of law .

  4. Human right to health care - Wikipedia

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    The inextricable link between Health and Human Rights. Lisa Murkowski at 2019 Alaska State of Reform Health Policy Conference. Jonathan Mann was a Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights and Professor of Epidemiology and International Health at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He was known for being a ...

  5. Health care - Wikipedia

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    Life expectancy vs healthcare spending of rich OECD countries. US average of $10,447 in 2018. [33] In most countries, there is a mix of all five models, but this varies across countries and over time within countries. Aside from financing mechanisms, an important question should always be how much to spend on health care.

  6. Rights - Wikipedia

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    Natural rights are rights which are "natural" in the sense of "not artificial, not man-made", as in rights deriving from human nature or from the edicts of a god. They are universal; that is, they apply to all people, and do not derive from the laws of any specific society.

  7. Conscience clause in medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Appel, Jacob M. 'Conscience' vs. Care: How Refusal Clauses are Reshaping the Rights Revolution, Medicine and Health, Rhode Island, August 2005. Appel, Jacob M. Physicians, 'Wrongful Life' and the Constitution, Medicine and Health, Rhode Island, February 2004. A Pro-Choice Litmus Test for Obstetricians

  8. Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities - Wikipedia

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    The focus of DHDR Article 8 is the duty and responsibility of humanitarian assistance and intervention to those in need. In a globalised world with millions of displaced people, it is claimed for the adequate provision of food, shelter, health care and other essential requirements for survival to ensure the right to life for everyone in the world.

  9. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    States play a variety of roles in the health care system including purchasers of health care and regulators of providers and health plans, [169] which give them multiple opportunities to try to improve how it functions. While states are actively working to improve the system in a variety of ways, there remains room for them to do more.