Instytucje ochrony praw pacjenta w Polsce

• Authors: Kmieciak Błażej

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Patient Ombudsman’s Institutions in Poland

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In November 2013 there we will celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Polish Patients’ Rights and the Patient Ombudsman Act. In the literature it is noted that the recalled Act is the first Polish code of patients’ rights. It is also underlined that due to this code patients are able to get familiar quickly with information on their rights. The fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Act invites us to reflect on the functioning of the Polish Office of the Patient Ombudsman. After five years since its establishment there are positive as well as negative opinions on the part of: politicians, scientists, medical professionals as well as patients. As it turns out the existence of this office did not result in elimination of other institutions acting for patients’ rights. In Poland, for example there are other statutory bodies and non-governmental organizations whose main task is to take care of people using for example hospital services. Some of these institutions also use the title: Patient Ombudsman. There should be made a more thorough analysis of these “medical stage actors”. It is also worth to consider whether this visible multitude of the Patient Ombudsman institutions is necessary in Poland.

• Publisher: Fundacja „Utriusque Iuris” i Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Forum Prawnicze
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 2 (16)
• Pages: 45-60

Contributors

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Kmieciak Błażej

• Katedra Socjologii Prawa i Praw Człowieka Instytutu Socjologii KUL.