title: [Transitions in public health from the legal perspective].
abstract: The rules and regulations of the health system reflect the basic ideas of the health system itself. Taking a closer look at the regulations, we encounter the increasingly dominating idea of autonomous responsibility of the health services' clients. On the other hand, however, we find many regulations that express the lack of confidence in the health consumer's ability to make proper judgements regarding offers made by certain health providers. Thus, the whole health system is as ambivalent as the whole society. Today, no profound basic ideas seem to exist, with one exception: the economic power over the demands of most of the people.
authors.affiliation: Bergische Universität, Gesamthochschule Wuppertal.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borchert
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends