HIE Library Projects

Patients' rights in the Slovak Republic

This proposed twelve month project is to analyze the condition of , compare it with several other countries, find out what the general perception of the state of patients' rights in the Slovak Republic are by conducting a brief inquiry in all regions. A project outcome will be the publication of a brochure consisting of the analysis, comparison, results of the inquiry and proposed solutions - a proposal of a declaration of patients' rights and a proposal for changes in existing relevant legislation.

In the first phase, the project team will collect all relevant information on patients' rights in the Slovak Republic. This will include published documents, such as ratified international declarations, conventions and covenants on patients' rights; national materials, such as ethical codes of professional healthcare organizations, working papers on patients' rights from professional healthcare associations and patients' advocacy groups, bibliography and comments on the current state of patients' rights and needs for change.
The project team will collect significant international documents on patients' rights, such as declarations, conventions and covenants, proclaimed and approved by leading world organizations, such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Several national declarations of patients' rights will be collected from several European countries, the U.S.A. and Canada.

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