Despite the fact that patients‘ participation has become an integral part of health care system in health problem solving, it is little known, however, about the preparation of society for these changes.
Aim of the study – to evaluate patients‘ role in health care decision-making in primary health care system.
Methods. Research instrumentation was developed by using descriptive-analytical method of literature analysis. 464 questionnaires returned out of 550 questionnaires provided. The frequency of response is 84.4 %. Independence of two features was examined by (2 chi-square test of independence. Spearman correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the level of dependence. The data were analyzed by SPSS 9.0 programme.
Results. More than a half (56 %) of respondents, especially women (87.8 %) and respondents with university education (88.1 %) know the rights of patients. Respondents with university education (90.8 %) and medical workers (95 %) mostly know about The Act of Patients‘ Rights and Harm Recompense. According to patients, independently from sex, age etc., the most secured rights to health care are the following: to know diagnosis, methods of treatment, risk factors, the right to patients‘ inviolability of private life and confidentiality of health state. From the point of view of medical workers, the most secured rights to health are the following : the right to choose a doctor, a nurse, an institution of health care; the rigth to information about... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060615_102757-88815 |
| Date | 15 June 2006 |
| Creators | Stasiulienė, Giėnė |
| Contributors | Tamošiūnas, Abdonas, Bučiūnienė, Ilona, Kalėdienė, Ramunė, Petrauskien��, Jadvyga, Misevičienė, Irena, 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.02~2006~D_20060615_102757-88815 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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