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New Challenges in the Domain of Health Care Decisions
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Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (2000): “The Rights of Patients”, position paper.
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Patient’s rights can only be ensured by being incorporated into the laws of the country and not left to the code of conduct of the medical profession, argues this paper. These rights include the right to refuse treatment, the right to know, or not to know, about one’s health, and the right to die in dignity. The authors examine the right to adequate health care regardless of the ability to pay for that service and which optional, high cost services can be legitimately withheld. As information technology and medicine make further advances there is a need for further legislative action following international norms in order to protect data about the patient. The paper calls for training programs and public information services to educate the public on the rights of patients.
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“European Charter on Patient’s Rights”, Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network, Rome, April 2002.
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Based on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the authors of this document assert that fourteen basic patient’s rights: the right to preventive measures, access, information, consent, free choice, privacy and confidentiality, respect of patients' time, observance of quality standards, safety, innovation, avoidance of unnecessary suffering and pain and personalized treatment, and the right to complain and to receive compensation, are currently at risk within national health care systems. They argue that without a European Charter, the spectrum of national and local policy regarding interpretation and enforcement of these rights will undermine rather than harmonized commitment to universal rights. The authors call for discussion and reform as a necessary element of EU enlargement, especially in light of freedom of movement within the EU.
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Hungary. Law No. 154 of 15 December 1997 on public health, Magyar Közlöny, 23 December 1997, No. 119, pp. 9503-9558.
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This document outlines the Hungarian constitutional provisions concerning health, general health codes, public health laws, human rights and other fundamental provisions.
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