Human Rights and Patients’ Privacy in UK Hospitals

The European Convention on Human Rights has been incorporated into UK domestic law. It gives many rights to patients within the National Health Service (NHS). This article explores the concept of patients’ right to privacy. It stresses that privacy is a basic human right, and that its respect by hea...

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Main Author: Woogara, Jay (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2001
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 234-246
Further subjects:B National Health Service
B Privacy
B Human Rights Act 1998
B Litigation
B European Convention on Human Rights
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