Medical care is to be provided in accordance with the physical and mental state of the medical care recipient, based on a relationship of trust between the physician, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, or other medical care professional and the medical care recipient, in a way which respects life and ensures the dignity of the individual, and not only the medical treatment, but including measures to prevent illness and rehabilitation measures must also be of high quality and well-suited.
医療は、生命の尊重と個人の尊厳の保持を旨とし、医師、歯科医師、薬剤師、看護師その他の医療の担い手と医療を受ける者との信頼関係に基づき、及び医療を受ける者の心身の状況に応じて行われるとともに、その内容は、単に治療のみならず、疾病の予防のための措置及びリハビリテーションを含む良質かつ適切なものでなければならない。
Medical care must be provided as a basis for efforts to ensure and improve the health of the nation, fully respecting the wishes of the medical care recipients, and seeking efficiency and organic coordination among associated services such as welfare services, in accordance with the functions of the medical institutions (hereinafter referred to as "medical institutions"), in hospitals, clinics, long-term care health facilities, integrated facilities for medical and long-term care, dispensing pharmacies, and other facilities that provide medical care, and in the homes of medical care recipients (meaning a home and other place specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter).
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