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THE PATIENT AS CONSUMER' A LEGAL ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND MARKET REGULATION
(SGEM WORLD SCIENCE (SWS) Scholarly Society, 2024, Francesca Ferretti)
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The valorisation of a healthcare model centred on the active role of the patient has allowed its assimilation, from a legal perspective, to the figure of the consumer, characterised by ontological vulnerability and information asymmetry. This analogy is convincing in the hypothesis of the patient-direct user of medical devices, while it is more problematic in the presence of a therapeutic relationship between the patient and the healthcare provider, in particular medical facility. The assessment of compatibility b...
Law and Society2024
