title: Patients, not unions, first concern of hospitals.
abstract: Although the law regarding employee organizational rights in health care institutions has been in a state of flux since 1974, it is now clear that patient care generally takes precedence over employees' rights to organize on hospital premises.
mesh_terms: D006272:Health Facility Environment; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States