[The causes of unauthorized termination of specific treatment by patients with tuberculosis].

The article deals with the issue of unauthorized termination of chemotherapy by patients with tuberculosis. Some characteristics of present legal base in the aspects of social support of tuberculosis patients are discussed. The results of sociologic survey of patients in the TB dispensaries of Nijegorodskaya oblast related to the issues of TB awareness as a social important and social dangerous disease and its treatment as well.

[The medical legal ensuring of tuberculosis control].

The article deals with the issue of spreading of tuberculosis on the territory of Nijegorodskaya Oblast. The difficult epidemiological situation related to this socially dangerous disease demands urgent resolution of problems closely involved with the examination and treatment of certain groups of patients independently of their consent. The article presents the review of actual normative base of non-voluntary medical care provision in the Russian Federation and some countries of CIS.