Extent of implementation of the international bioethical standards on protection of the patients’ rights in the national legislation of Azerbaijan
Regulation of the patients’ rights in the legislation of Azerbaijan Republic is analyzed in the article. The patients’ rights issue is not only of interstate character, they are reflected in numerous international documents. Nowadays the universal bioethical principles developed on international level, which found reflection in the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, became one of sources for improvement of the modern legislation in the field of medicine. The author specifies relevant laws and articles concerning the patients’ rights. Articles of medical laws and the provision of the main law - Constitution in the field are compared to the international standards. On the basis of the carried-out analysis the conclusion about extent of implementation of bioethical standards in the national legislation is drawn.