%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia de problemas ¨¦ticos en Servicios de Medicina, desde la perspectiva del paciente Ethical problems in medical services from the patients' point of view
%A Tom¨¢s Le¨®n R
%A Paula Bedregal
%A Beatriz Shand B
%J Revista m¨¦dica de Chile
%D 2009
%I Sociedad M¨¦dica de Santiago
%X Background: There is a paucity of information on the perception of patients about ethical issues in medical practice. Aim: To determine the type and frequency of ethical problems perceived by patients hospitalized in public and private hospitals. Material and methods: Eighty eight subjects aged 65years (48% women), admitted to a public hospital and 44 subjects aged 59 years (52% women) admitted to a private clinic answered a survey about ethical problems. The main issues covered were medical information management, participation in decision making and intimacy of patients. Results: Fifty three percent of patients perceived at least one ethical problem. Patients admitted to the public hospital perceived more communication and intimacy problems than their peers admitted to a private clinic. Conclusions: Approximately half of the interviewed patients acknowledged the presence of ethical problems, especially in the communication and intimacy areas).
%K Confidentiality
%K Ethics
%K Physician-patient relations
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872009000600005