Patients as consumers of health care in South Africa: The ethical and legal implications

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rowe, Kirsten ^a   Moodley, Keymanthri ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Commodification; Consumerism; Consumers; Ethical; Health care; Legal; Patients; Rights; South African

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMODIFICATION; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUST;

COMMODIFICATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRUST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875199659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-14-15     Document Type: Article

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