Aim of the study – to assess the implementation of the right to health information of pregnant women and to analyze the differences of its practice between services of general practitioners and obstetricians - gynecologists.
Methods. The anonymous survey of women within the third trimester of pregnancy performed since August to December 2004. A sample included 120 pregnant women who were consulted by the general practitioners in the Family Clinics of Kaunas University of Medicine and 124 pregnant women within the consultations with obstetricians - gynecologists in maternity clinic of Dainava health center. Respectively, the response rate was 80% (N=96) in Family Clinics and 82.3% (N=102) in Dainava health center. The right to health information of the pregnant women was evaluated accordingly to actual Lithuanian laws.
Results. Less than half of respondents (48.5%) acknowledged the Law on Patients’ Rights and the Reimbursement of Harm. The half of respondents were familiar with ability to copy their medical documents, nearly half of respondents were in part familiar about available services and opportunities to use it. One of four respondents indicated as unsatisfied with medical information during the consultations, while feeling the lack of proper information provided by physicians and rare negotiations about health examination and procedures. One of three respondents stated that physician presented them only the most important aspects of their pregnancy and health status... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050608_132428-27635 |
| Date | 08 June 2005 |
| Creators | Kaselienė, Snieguolė |
| Contributors | Misevičienė, Irena, Bagdonas, Eugenijus, Petrauskienė, Jadvyga, Kalėdienė, Ramunė, Bučiūnienė, Ilona, Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Kaunas University of Medicine |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050608_132428-27635 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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