Review protecting the rights of the patient as a consumer of health services: International standards and national legislation

Abstract

In the article the questions of protection of patient's rights are studied in a complex way, where the patient's status is defined as a consumer of medical services. International instruments and mechanisms of patients' rights protection are considered in detail. The comparative legal analysis of the experience of protecting the rights of patients in such countries as Greece, Iceland, Israel, Lithuania, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Ireland, Portugal, Great Britain and CIS countries is made. Critical analysis of the protection of patient's rights as a consumer of medical services under the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan is made. As a result of the study, proposals were developed to improve legislation on the protection of patients' rights.