ABSTRACT

Linden-Laufer, S, ‘A code of health rights and responsibilities: the adequacy of existing recognition and protection’ (1993) 1 Journal of Law and Medicine 168

Rights

… Today, with the availability of more information, the public are becoming better educated. In the context of health care, people are challenging the accuracy of many long-held assumptions regarding the medical and health care community. The position of health care professionals on the ‘professional pedestal’ is no longer secure and today they are treated in much the same way as any other provider of goods or services.