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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2001
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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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