沙特阿拉伯吉达阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医学院学生的健康权利知识。

Health rights knowledge among medical school students at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

作者信息

Al-Amoudi Samia M, Al-Harbi Abdullah A, Al-Sayegh Nasser Y, Eldeek Basem S, Kafy Souzan M, Al-Ahwal Mahmoud S, Bondagji Nabeel S

机构信息

Health Empowerment and Health Rights Unit, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

出版信息

PLoS One. 2017 May 1;12(5):e0176714. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176714. eCollection 2017.

DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0176714

PMID:28459869

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5411029/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Health care is a basic human right, and Saudi Arabia affirms these rights for all its citizens.

OBJECTIVES

To assess the knowledge of medical students regarding health rights in Saudi Arabia.

METHODS

This cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) from September 2015 through November 2015. A questionnaire written in English collected demographic data and included questions about reproductive health care and health rights of women and patients with cancer, senility, or special needs.

RESULTS

Of the 267 participants, 184 (68.9%) were female, and 252 (94.4%) were Saudi. Regarding consent, 87 (32.6%) and 113 (42.3%) participants believed a female patient required the consent of a male guardian to receive medical treatment or surgery, respectively, in Saudi Arabia, and only 106 (39.7%) knew that a female patient could provide consent for a caesarean section. Sixty-six (24.7%) believed that abortion is never allowed in Islam. Only 93 (34.8%) were aware that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients had health rights, about half (144, 53.9%) knew that cancer patients have a right to full information, and most (181, 67.8%) believed that a patient had the right to withhold health information from his/her family. Approximately half were aware that cancer patients have the right to free medical treatment (138, 51.7%) or that health rights applied to special needs patients (137, 51.3%) and senile patients (122, 45.7%).

CONCLUSIONS

The knowledge of KAU medical students regarding health rights of certain patient populations highlights the importance of health rights education in medical school.

摘要

背景

医疗保健是一项基本人权，沙特阿拉伯向其所有公民保障这些权利。

目的

评估沙特阿拉伯医学生对健康权利的了解情况。

方法

这项横断面研究于2015年9月至2015年11月在阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学（KAU）开展。一份用英文编写的问卷收集了人口统计学数据，并包含有关生殖保健以及女性、癌症患者、老年患者或特殊需求患者的健康权利的问题。

结果

在267名参与者中，184名（68.9%）为女性，252名（94.4%）为沙特人。关于同意问题，87名（32.6%）和113名（42.3%）参与者分别认为在沙特阿拉伯女性患者接受医疗治疗或手术需要男性监护人的同意，只有106名（39.7%）知道女性患者可以为剖宫产提供同意。66名（24.7%）认为伊斯兰教绝不允许堕胎。只有93名（34.8%）意识到获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）和人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）患者享有健康权利，约一半（144名，53.9%）知道癌症患者有权获得完整信息，大多数（181名，67.8%）认为患者有权向其家人隐瞒健康信息。大约一半的人意识到癌症患者有权获得免费医疗（138名，51.7%），或者健康权利适用于特殊需求患者（137名，51.3%）和老年患者（122名，45.7%）。