The Rights of Patients/Services Users, Practitioners, and Society This week we’ll explore human rights and how they apply to health & social care Human rights are a set of universal, non- political, binding international standards They’re usually understood as inherent to all human beings, irrespective of nationality, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other status Human rights are indivisible, interrelated & interdependent This means that all rights have equal status, & the fulfilment of one right depends – either in part or wholly – on other rights There are various international human rights treaties. If national governments sign Read More …