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Prawo pacjenta do bezpieczeństwa – regulacje europejskie i polskie
Patient’s Rights To The Safety – European And Polish Regulations

Author(s): Stefan Poździoch
Subject(s): Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Health and medicine and law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: safety of patient; safety patient incident; quality of health care; accreditation;

Summary/Abstract: The safety of the patient during the providing the health services is the main defiance for health policy and for the proper functioning of the units of the health care. The conditions of the health care system determinate the quality of the health services, and consequently cause the safety of the patient incidents. As a result, the right of patient to the safety is violated, frequently in very serious way. In this acrticle there are described two main questions. First of all, some statistical data has been cited, which illustrate the scale of the medical incidents, related to the health services in Poland and the other countries. Then there are briefly described european and polish legal acts, which regulate the procedures, areas and methods of the activities for improving the safety of the patients.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 71-87
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish