Citation

Agarwal SK. Indian J. Nephrol. 2019; 29(4): 221-231.

Affiliation

Department of Nephrology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Indian Society of Nephrology)

DOI

10.4103/ijn.IJN_238_19

PMID

31423054

PMCID

PMC6668318

Abstract

... Finally, most patients in India are on the receiving end, and taken granted at least in public hospitals. It looks that illness is due to some fault of patient. Most cannot afford to take treatment as their right. One who asks relevant but more questions regarding illness or treatment is labeled as “irritating patient.” While on one side these patients do need minimal standard of care, on the other side doctors in public sector are working with many odds such as lack of infrastructure, manpower, facilities, and increasing expectations of patients. There is a need to have a balance between the two, for which policy makers have to work hard if violence against doctors is to be avoided in future ...

Language: en