Background Considering the effect of human right observance on patients’ satisfaction from the treatment process, in Iran the Patient Rights Charter (PRC) was developed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) in 2001 and enforced to all hospitals across the country. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate patients’ awareness of their rights based on PRC in two tertiary ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 1997 European Parkinson's Disease Association's (EPDA) Charter for People with Parkinson's disease (PD) outlines their rights in terms of standards of care. It states that all patients have the right to: be referred to a doctor with a special interest in PD; receive an accurate diagnosis; have access to support services; receive continuous care; and take part in manag...

The unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to order the Federal Minister of Health to exempt Vancouver’s supervised injection site from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is a major public health victory for Canada. It will save lives, decrease crime, improve health services, decrease transmission of HIV and hepatitis C, reduce the health and social burden and most likely the so...