Publications by authors named "Michael Penz"

Background: Every person who is in the need of long-term care (according to German Social Code SGB XI §14) fulfills the requirements of disability according to German Social Code SGB IX, § 2. The right of participation and autonomy must be specially protected and realized for persons with long-term care needs because these persons have a limited capacity to advance their interests. The rights of people in the need of long-term care or assistance are protected not only by the national constitution but also by the UN Disability Rights Convention.

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In addition to the consideration of individual medicine, social medicine focuses on the social references of health and sickness. In this context, it reflects the structures of the entire health care system, its functions and its functional deficits. It deals with the specific interaction between medicine and society and functions such as a link to the classical social sciences (1).

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