patient rights
Medical care guarantees
Patient rights are the legal and ethical entitlements of people receiving medical care.
These typically include the right to informed consent, privacy of medical records, refusal of treatment, and access to one's own health information.
The hospital posted a patient rights statement in every room.
The concept emerged from broader civil rights movements and medical ethics reforms in the twentieth century.
- dignityInnate personal worth
- advance directivesDocumented healthcare preferences beforehand
- do not resuscitateOrder refusing emergency revival
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
end of life care · truth-telling · refusal · HIPAA compliance · justice · pain management · self-determination · grievance · bioethics · malpractice law · second opinion · whistleblower protections · consent · cultural competence · complaint · bedside · visiting hours · medical ethics
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- psychiatric lawinvoluntary commitment, involuntary treatment, mental health law, mental health courts, 72-hour hold
- rightscivil liberties, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees, fundamental freedoms
- bioethicsbioethics, medical ethics, genetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence
- AIDS activismACT UP, red ribbon, AIDS quilt, World AIDS Day, HIV testing
- Body Rightsbodily autonomy, medical consent, self-ownership, medical autonomy, personal space
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