Patient

As a patient (from Latin: patiens endure patiently, holding out, ertragend, adjectival participle 1 of pati = suffer ) is someone referred to the medical services or services of other persons who perform medical treatment and, furthermore. It can go to diseases or consequences of an accident in which the patient suffers and the medical treatment. For people group of patients but also includes healthy people.

In some psychotherapeutic treatment conditions, the term of the client (Latin cliens: the protegee ) preferred ( eg in client -centered psychotherapy or psychotherapy ). In some institutions it is called customers.

Diseased and healthy patients

Most patients suffer from an illness or the consequences of an accident.

There are also healthy patients. These include pregnant women, live organ donor, blood donors, newborns, vaccinees, recipients of preventive services and screening tests, screening tests, occupational medical checkups, children checkup, dental screening examination, prenatal care or patients who undergo medically indicated plastic surgery.

Patient - physician relationship

Under the patient - physician relationship refers to the relationship between a doctor or dentist and the patient is advised or treated by a physician. Because usually great information and competence differences in the relationship is asymmetric. These include the anamnestic and therapeutic conversation and interactions in the diagnosis or therapeutic measures. For non-medical therapists and psychological psychotherapists, psychologists, medical therapists, naturopaths, health and nurses, there is a similarly mounted, close relationship.

The show very individual patient - physician relationship with the dialogue between these two poles ( and the trialogue involving a third party nationals ) can be crucial for the kind of treatment for their progress and success. Patient satisfaction is an issue not only in medicine but also in social research and medical sociology.

Legal relations

Between the treated and the patient a treatment contract is closed explicitly or with initiation of treatment. After this, the treatment provider owes the proper conduct of the treatment according to the in force at the time of treatment scientific standard, the rules of medical science ( "Put artis " ), so his professional efforts to preserve or restore health or to the alleviation of suffering of patients, but not the success of the treatment. If the cost of treatment in the context of the Social Code (SGB V) pays the statutory health insurance, so the patient is ( more correctly, a member of a statutory health insurance ) as a cash patient referred or general patient. On the other hand is referred to as a private patient, who is not insured by law.

Patients' Rights

In recent years, the patients' rights were greatly expanded and clarified by case law, statutes and other regulations. It mediation and expert bodies were set up in 2009 and appointed a patient representative of the federal government. This office has since Wolfgang Zöller MP ( CSU) holds.

On February 5, 2013 entered into Germany the law to improve the rights of patients in force. The new regulations established by this law include the basics of the treatment contract and bundle the patients' rights in the event of treatment failure. It increased requirements were introduced to the education and information of the patient. Regulated by law was also the patient's right to insight into his medical record. The important for the patient in the litigation issue of burden of proof has been clarified, especially when it comes to a burden of proof. In addition, the health insurance companies were obliged to accelerated approval of treatments that health insurance should also assist the patient in enforcing its rights in the event of an outbreak of a treatment error.

Medical confidentiality and data protection ensures both the patients' rights, violations of these rights can be punished.

Policyholder of private health insurance may require the insurer pursuant to § 192 para 8 Insurance Contract Act (ICA ) that this them in writing information about granted prior to the start of medical treatment, their costs are expected to exceed 2,000 euros, whether the proposed medical treatment is covered by the insurance. The information must within four weeks, if the treatment is urgent, will promptly, at the latest after two weeks, granted and justified.

There are numerous associations representing the rights and interests of patients in the health system. These include the Independent Patient Counseling Germany (UPD ). Others are initiated by the pharmaceutical industry, managed and financed (pseudo - patients' associations ).

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