Undang-Undang Jagaan Kesihatan Ibu Di Malaysia: Hak Pesakit Wanita di Hospital Kerajaan
- Author:
Anisah Che Ngah
1
Author Information
1. Faculty of Law, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
- Collective Name:Anisah Che Ngah; Azlinda Baroni and Noraihan Mohd Nordin
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Healthcare laws;
Ministry of Health Malaysia;
Obstetrics and gynaecology;
Women patient;
Government hospital maternity ward.
- From:International Journal of Public Health Research
2019;9(1):1025-1042
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Introduction Women as patients is a normal situation. However, women patients of the
obstetric and gynaecology category are of a different category. This is because
obstetric and gynaecology patients will be warded in the maternity ward and
labour room according to the needs of their care and treatment. The care and
treatments in the maternity ward and labour room involving the care and
treatments by a special team of trained medical doctors, midwives and nurses
in obstetrics and gynaecology areas of expertise. Hence, the importance of
scutinising the relevant laws and legislations pertaining to the protection of
female patients’ rights when they are utilising the maternity ward and labour
room are fundamental in determining whether such rights existing in our
healthcare services pertaining to pregnant women. Healthcare laws relating to
women’s healthcare and government health policy on pregnant women are
scrutinised to ascertained whether the laws and policy give impact or effect to
the healthcare services rendered, including scrutinising the qualification,
capability and the quantity of obstetric and gynaecology doctors on whether it
fulfils the requirement of the government hospitals’ maternity ward and labour
room.
Methods Doctrinal research method is adopted with applying the empirical approach
whereby interviews and a focus group discussion were held with the O&G
specialist doctors and selected medical officer and staff nurses of Maternity
Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
Results The finding shows that there are already in placed a policy of the Ministry of
Health Malaysia outlining the women patients’ rights in maternity ward and
labour room. However, there are deficiencies from the aspect of law and
government policy wherein there is no specific laws in relation to pregnant
patient rights nor is there a clear policy on women health.
Conclusions The writing concludes that there is a need for a new policy to re-establish
governance in maternity ward and to further enhance health care quality for
women patients hence, to appropriately define the position of women patients’
rights in the government hospital’s maternity ward.
- Full text:21.2019my0219.pdf
