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简介：Overthepastyear,theLegalCounselingHotlineopenedbytheBeijingAizhixingHealthEducationInstitutehasreceivedmorethan200callsandactedasalawagentfor87cases.ProblemscoveredincludetheseekingoflegalaidsforcasesofAIDSinfectionbybloodtransfusionandtheuseofbloodproductsandforcasesofvirushepatitis,theprotectionofprivacyofAIDSpatients.

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简介：Publicsafetyprovidesnewstatutoryprotectionsforwhistleblowers:Legislationenactedinordertoaddressmedicalerrorandfailuresofhospitalqualitysystemshasparadoxicallycreatedmechanismsthatareusedtosilencephysiciansandothercaregiverswhoseektoprotectpatientsafetybyreportingbreachesofprofessionalqualityandintegrity.Thelawsenactedtoprotectpatientscanbeandarecurrentlymisusedtosilencewhistleblowersthroughpunitivelegalproceedingsagainstpatientsafetyadvocates.Summarysuspensions,deprivationofdueprocess,andtransferofadjudicativeauthoritytothehandsoftheinstitutionsthatmostrequireoversightunderminestransparencyandpatientadvocacy.Amodestsetofstatutoryamendments,prophylacticandremedial,especiallytopreventprematurereportingofsummarysuspensions,cancounteracttheseinequitiesandrebalancetheHouseofMedicinesoastoprotectbothpatientsandthosewhowouldseektoensuretheirsafety,soitmaydonoharm.