Legal and Ethical Principles Related to Patient Care in Cheewabhibaln Center

Abstract

Cheewabhibaln center is an important health policy of the government. The assisted living facility will provide care for elderly people stuck at home, bedridden patients and terminally ill patients of all age groups. Care in this Cheewabhibaln center will include care for the elderly long- term care and palliative care. These matters are becoming more and more important in Thai society because Thai society is an aging society. There are people with chronic diseases. More and more severe and incurable. Medical technology is being used beyond necessity to save patients' lives. In addition, people are aware of their rights to physical life and want to make decisions about their care and to decide what to do for the end of their life. These factors result in the shift of the paradigm of public health care to change from the individual to state laws and policies levels. The matters of Cheewabhibaln center involve various aspects of legal, ethical and government policy issues which lawyers, health personnel and the public should understand.

This article aims at presenting various factual, legal and ethical issues relating to the employment of Cheewabhibaln center policy, which includes the facts about biopharmaceutical care, legal and medical ethics issues, as well as guidelines for solving problems relating to the principle of informed consent, misconceptions about relatives in medical practice, deciding on medical care for patients with no relatives and LGBTQ patients, reporting diagnosis results and prognosis based on reality, truth telling and breaking bed news.  The purpose of this presentation is to prepare for the legal policy of the Thai government regarding Cheewabhibaln center.