Table 1.

Setting a patient in the center of the healthcare system

Provision of social rights, which will be implemented through:

• The right to equal availability and accessibility of healthcare

• Elimination of the discriminatory barriers (economic, geographic, social, psychological), which hinder the implementation of the prior law

Provision of individual consumer rights, which include:

• The right to information

• The right to give consent for medical intervention, and the right to express their views and opinions

• The right to confidentiality of health information that is disclosed in a medical institution

• The right to privacy

• The right to healthcare that fits their needs;

• The right to quality care, which corresponds to the best standards

• The right to safety within the health system

• The right to contact the person in charge (“patient advocate”) in every health institution