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Recent Developments, Mark J. Mathiesen
Recent Developments, Mark J. Mathiesen
Vanderbilt Law Review
Under the existing statute Congress has attempted by legislation to encourage the development of HMOs as a viable alternative for the health-care consumer. As is often the casein the political world of Congress, the fanfare accompanying a legislative response has obscured the deficiencies of the answer. This act with its limited appropriations, restricted preemption language,and failure to support profit-making HMOs constitutes an experimental approach to the HMO concept, and therefore, only illusionary support for its development.
The Patient Rights Advocate: Redefining The Doctor-Patient Relationship In The Hospital Context, George J. Annas, Joseph M. Healey, Jr.
The Patient Rights Advocate: Redefining The Doctor-Patient Relationship In The Hospital Context, George J. Annas, Joseph M. Healey, Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
To change the traditional doctor-patient relationship in the health facility context, one must begin with a complete statement defining the rights, both those legally recognized and those granted as a matter of hospital policy, that should be afforded to all patients. This document should then be made available to all patients and hospital staff and to members of the community in general. Its first purpose is educational. To perform its second purpose-the assurance that rights are afforded--a patient rights advocate system should be adopted in the hospital. The advocate must have the power to exercise, on behalf and at the …