RIGHTS AND RESPOSIBILITIES

PATIENT RIGHTS

1.  You have the right to reasonable response to requests for treatment or services.
2.  You have the right to considerate and respectful care including consideration of psychosocial, spiritual, or cultural concerns.
3.  You have the right to the information necessary to make an informed decision, to consent or refuse treatemnt, referral, or transfer.
4.  You have the right to information about your rights, availability, and how to obtain services, patient responsibilities, and grievance procedures.
5.  You have the right to participate in discussions of ethical issues that arise in the course of your care.
6.  You have the right to be informed, and consent to or refuse participation in research and/or educational projects.
7.  You have the right to personal privacy.
8.  Your guardian, next of kin, or legally authorized responisble person retains all rights if you are incapacitated.
9.  You have the right to recieve care in a safe and secure environment.
10.  You have the right, in collaboration with your physician, to make decisions involving your care, including the right to Organ Donation and to formulate Advanced Directives.
11.  Interpreters are available on request.

PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES  

Every patient has the responsibility to:

1.  show mutual consideration for those who are providing medical care.
2.  provide, to the best of your knowledge, accurate and complete information regarding your medical history.
3.  ask questions about those diagnoses, procedures and treatments if you do not fully understand.
4.  follow the treatment plan recommended including medications, diet and personal habits, which affect health, or assume the responsibility for failure to do so.
5.  report changes in condition to your provider.
6.  keep appointments or notify the clinic if unable to do so.
7.  observe all hospital and clinic regulations that are designed for the comfort and safety of all patients and staff, such as fire, safety, noise, and infection control regulations.
8.  inform hospital personnel at the time of your admission if you have an advance directive (living will or durable power of attorney for health care), and provide a copy to be included in your medical file.