... of the patient’s rights. The purpose of this study is to compare the responsiveness of the health-care system based on the hospital ownership in Mazandaran province in Iran. Design/methodology/approach The cross-sectional study design was used on 1,083 patients referred to public and private hospitals...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social care Quality of healthcare Patients’ rights Medical consultations Physician–patient relationship The quality of healthcare is a fundamental demand of patients in the healthcare...

... peer-reviewed journal articles (Finseschi, 1997; Vergallo, 2016; Suhonen et al., 2011; Reader et al., 2014). Based on the detailed literature review, 48 concepts, which were evenly, classified under two groups; professional conduct issues and patients’ rights. In the second stage, the issues were...

...–physician relationship Patients’ rights Consultation length Visit time Edris Hasanpoor can be contacted at: edihasanpoor@yahoo.com 28 05 2019 23 06 2019 03 07 2019 The quality of healthcare is a fundamental demand of patients in the healthcare delivery systems...