As a patient, understanding your rights is crucial to making informed decisions about your medical care, ensuring fair access to healthcare services, and safeguarding against exploitation and discrimination within the healthcare system.
Examples of Patient Rights Violations
- Informed Consent Issues: Understand your right to be fully informed about your medical condition, treatment options, risks, and benefits before consenting to medical procedures.
- Confidentiality Breaches: Learn how healthcare providers must protect your sensitive medical information.
- Physical or Emotional Abuse: Recognise your right to receive care in a safe and respectful environment, free from abuse or mistreatment.
- Negligence and Medical Errors: Know that you have the right to competent medical care and recourse if you experience harm due to medical errors or negligence.
- Discrimination: Be aware of your right to receive care without discrimination based on personal characteristics.
- Access to Medical Records: Understand your right to access and correct your medical records.
- Financial Exploitation: Learn about your right to transparent and accurate billing information.
These examples show some ways patient rights can be violated. It’s important for you as a patient to be informed about your rights and where to get help if something goes wrong.
At the Human Health Project, we offer free resources to help you understand your rights as a patient:
- Join our Free Zoom Workshops: Boost your confidence, learn about your patient rights, and access healthcare resources in a supportive community. Sign up today.
- Tune in to our Free Panel: Learn about your patient rights, with a focus on ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). Watch the video: Understanding Your Patient Rights with a Focus on ME/CFS
- Read More About Your Rights: Explore patient rights and actions if violated – Human Health Project Blog
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