Health insurance in Turkey and ethical dilemmas

Preface: Health insurance have modern characteristics in turkey, today. But, we see some ethical problems in health insurance from the point of view of the medical ethics. Modern insurance laws are present, today. We know two kinds of health insurances in Turkey. One of them is the health insurance with regard to the Official Foundations. Another one is the special health insurance. Ethical dilemmas between patient, insurance company and hospital can cause to some difficulties in the patients' therapies. For example, the hospitals of social insurances are very crowded in Turkey. The physicians cannot have the time for the therapies of the patients. Sometimes, physicians cannot behave to their as emphatic because of their economical, social and professional problems. Some modern laws try to prevent these problems in Turkey. Moreover, today, many special insurance companies are present in Turkey. Some ethical problems with regard to insurance policy, insurance premium etc. are very important. In this book, all of these problems have been stressed and some scientific results have been obtained. This book is the first study in the world which shows ethical dilemmas on Turkisch health insurance.