title: Faith, belief, fundamental rights and delivering health care in a modern NHS: an unrealistic aspiration?
abstract: This paper considers the way in which English law safeguards fundamental rights to respect for faith and belief in relation to the delivery of health care. It explores the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010. It explores some of the challenges in attempting to reconcile fundamental rights to faith and belief and the delivery of health care, both now and in the future and whether this is a realistic aspiration in a state funded health care service.
authors.affiliation: School of Law, University of Birmingham, UK. j.v.mchale@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jean V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: McHale
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004739:England; D006296:Health Services / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014852:Wales
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