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Patient
Rights
As a patient, you have the right to:
- privacy and confidentiality regarding your medical care.
- expect that your medical records will be kept confidential
and that access to information about you will be limited
to those
legitimately involved in your care. Your medical records
will be released only in cases of medical emergencies,
in response
to court-ordered subpoenas or to persons you specify
with your written consent.
- receive the necessary information to participate in decisions
about your care, including cost, risk benefits, limitations
of and alternatives to diagnostic and therapeutic modalities.
- give your informed consent before any diagnostic or therapeutic
procedure is performed.
- information concerning diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
of an illness or health-related condition.
- request a health care professional of either gender or particular
treatment approach.
- be treated in a professional, courteous and caring manner
that does not discriminate because of age, race, disability,
handicap,
national origin, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation
or veteran status.
- information regarding fees for services. This includes being
notified of services that may be involved, additional
charges, the nature of the charges and methods of payment.
- a second opinion or appropriate referral.
- express suggestions
and concerns in an appropriate manner.
- know the names and positions of people involved in your care
by official name tags or personal introduction.
- a full explanation of any research or experimental procedure
proposed for evaluation or treatment, and the opportunity
to give your informed consent before participating in a
research
study.
- request that health care services be communicated in your
native language and that efforts will be made to accommodate
that
request.
- appropriate assessment and effective management of pain.
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