In my duties, the rights of others are included, and in my rights, the duties of others are also included. Just as we can see in the education field where the teacher's duty is to give the right education and it is the right of the learner to get the right education, in the same way, the learner's duty to respect the teacher and the teacher's right to respect of his autonomy. Duty and right are the two parts of one coin (life). Generally, there are some duties to protect human rights (education, information, health, freedom of speech and expression) same some duties (duty of care, not to harm, to benefit, to give good faculties, respect others, to speak the truth) prescribed by medical ethics towards the Patient and Physician to protect rights (right to life, respect to autonomy and dignity, right to health, right to cure, right to select the cases). So we see here, that the Physician's duties become the rights of the Patient, for example, the Physician's duty is to do best for the Patient's health, and the Patient's right is the right to health. In the medical field, the Physician's duty is to respect the Patient's choice and Patient's right is to select an excellent medical option. We always discussed the Patient's rights (Respect, dignity, and autonomy) and the Physician's duties (Doing his best for the Patient's health) and obligations ( not harming the Patient) instead of the Physician's rights (Rights to reject and select treatment and cases) and the Patient's duties ( Respecting the physician and following the physician’s suggestion, Prescriptions) and obligations ( not harming the Physician), If we start to give priority to duties of patients and the rights of physicians, then we will create an actual , mutual partnership model which will connect truly both parties and give equal importance and respect ultimately ending all the conflict related to Physician-Patient relationship. We can also fill the gap in thoughts and motives between both because if both begin to realize their responsibilities and obligations and respect each other's rights, all the clashes between them will come to an end. In this paper, I will discuss the duties and rights of doctors and patients, which can help bridge the gap between both relations and make them equal participants with each contributing actively and not just passively.
Read full abstract