Patients ́ Rights and the National Health Service in Britain, 1960s–1980s

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ID11033977
AutoresAlex Mold (0000-0001-9674-9953, Alex Mold is with the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK., autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen102
Número11
Páginas2030-2038
Fecha de publicación2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.300728
PMID22994184
PMCIDPMC3477976
OpenAlexW2158497285
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas5

The language of rights has long permeated discussions about health care in Britain, but during the latter half of the 20th century, patients’ rights achieved a level of unprecedented prominence. By the end of the 1980s, the language of entitlement appeared to have spread into many areas of the National Health Service: consent to treatment, access to information, and the ability to complain were all legally established patients’ rights. Patient organizations played a critical role in both realizing these rights and in popularizing the discourse of rights in health care in Britain. “Rights talk,” however, was not without its drawbacks, as it was unclear what kinds of rights were being exercised and whether these were held by patients, consumers, or citizens

Bill of rights · Business · Economics · Entitlement (fair division) · Environmental health · Health care · Health services · Human rights · Patient Rights · Patients' rights · Political science · Right to health · Service (business) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Research · Medicine