Issues of Legal Organization of the Patient-Health Care Professional Relationship

Nowadays increasing attention is paid to the issues of legal organization of the patient-health care professional relationship.
One of the issues in this field is the institution of the rights and obligations of the patients and the medical practitioners. Cases
when the doctor restricts the rights of the patient while fulfilling his duties or vice versa are rare. Interaction of the scope of
rights and obligations of the patients and medical practitioners causes complicated situation. The author believes that solution
to such situation is to be found in the human rights standards. The article discusses the issue regarding the grounds, on which
the legal relationship of the patient and the health care professional are created, and how they are organized. The issues of
the patient-health care professional relationship are viewed from the perspective of the human rights. Rights to life and health
form the fundamental principle of the human rights, which is integrated in the national and international legal acts. The aim of
the article is to provide insight to the role played by fundamental principle of the human rights, principles in the relationship of
the patients and medical practitioners. Analyses show that human rights in relations between patients and health care
professionals are absolute