%P 21-33 %O Bibliogr.: 32. p. ĂŠs a jegyzetekben: p. 31-32.; ĂsszefoglalĂĄs; The regulation of patients' rights from the beginning until today : the summary of the habilitation lecture %T A betegjogok szabĂĄlyozĂĄsa a kezdetektĹl napjainkig : habilitĂĄciĂłs elĹadĂĄs anyaga %J Acta Sana %A PogĂĄny Magdolna %N 1 %D 2010 %L acta30430 %K JogtudomĂĄny %V 5 %X The study reviews the regulation of patientsâ rights from the time of the civil rights movements of the 1960âs and 1970âs until the recent developments in Hungary. First, it deals with the necessity of the regulation of patientsâ rights and the tendencies in their progress, and also analyses the doubts that arise in connection with patientsâ rights approaches. Examining the changes in domestic regulations, it explains the role of medical ethical norms and also those ethical and legal roles that led to the codification of the Hungarian patientsâ rights. With reference to analysing the period since the endorsement of the Health Act (1998), it points out the role of the Constitutional Court and the actions of the parliamentary commissioners in forming the prevailing regulations of patientsâ rights. It gives full details of the place of the patientsâ rights regulation in the legal source hierarchy, the force of patientsâ rights, and it describes the connections between patientsâ rights and the duties of health care providers. The paper classifies the nine patientsâ rights identified in the Law as three groups and explores the everyday practice in connection with the enforcement of each identified patientsâ right. It reports on the knowledge of patientsâ rights and the experiences on their enforcement. Finally, it summarizes own teaching experiences and outlines the prospects that give hope that peopleâs, citizensâ and patientsâ rights are respected and enforced.