Patient's Right

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Asst. Prof., Dept. of Medical EthicsKing Fahad Medical City Faculty of Medicine

King Saud Bin Adul!A"i" #ni$ersity for %ealt

Dr. Ghaiath M. A. Hussein

Saudi Commission for HealthSpecialties

Professionalism and Ethics Education forResidents (PEER)

Patients Riht


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Defnition and classifcation o patient rights

Ethical basis or patients right

Patients Right related to Treatment Access to care Choice o care Participation in decision making Privacy and Confdentiality Seek or ndopinion or reerral Compassionate Palliative and E!" care

!utline


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Patients Riht

Rihts directl" related to#reatment

Receive treatment

Consent to treatment

# accept or re$se %

Privacy

Confdentiality

Compassionate End o

"ie # E!" % Care

Riht $ot directl" related totreatment

Respect

Saety

Protection or Physical

assa$lt # specially v$lnerable %

Spirit$al care

Participation in clinicaltrials


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#he ethics %ehind care...

&s there a moral o%liation to pro'ide healthcare(


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#reatmentRelated Rihts

Access to care

Choice of Care

Participation in decision ma*in Pri'ac" + Con,dentialit"

See* -nd!pinionReferral

Compassionate Palliati'e And E!/ care

Complaint s"stem


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0 Access to Care

Patients have the right to have access to healthcarethat meets their needs at the time they need it at a

cost they can a&ord'

Patients sho$ld not be denied access to care theyneed or discriminated against based on their colo$r(race( belie( disability( etc'

This incl$des their right to transport to hospital incase o emergency #Amb$lance%'

Sa$di Commission or )ealthSpecialties


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- Choice of Care

#hese include1Receiving timely emergency care

Treatment and rehabilitation

*e seen o their doctor #o choice%Provision or special needs

Co$nseling

Palliative care

)ealth inormation #ed$cation%


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Participation in decisionma*in


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&nformed Consent to

#reatmentCAPAC

3!/4$#AR&$ESS

D&SC/!S4RE

#he patients hasthe a%ilit" to1

+nderstand medical

inormation

Appreciate the risks

,emori-e theinormation

5reedom fromundue in6uence1

,oney

Social press$re

Physical restraint

&nformation1

DiagnosisPossible prognosis*enefts and risk otreatmentE.pected o$tcome/n a lang$age$nderstood by thepatient


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7 Continued care8See*in

-ndopinion + Referral#he patients ha'e the riht to1

Receive $ninterr$pted care rom his0her doctor'

To be reerred to other health care providers

1hen

necessary'

Receive a second opinion 1hen the patient or

his0her doctor

re2$ests one'

The second opinion m$st be provided by a2$alifed health

care proessional 1ithin the same organi-ation'Sa$di Commission or )ealth

Specialties


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9 Compassionate E!/ Care

#he patient ha'e the riht to1

)ave her physical pain assessed and managed

)ave Advance Directive Plan #"iving 3ill%

Assign a amily member to be the SD,)ave her0his emotional and spirit$al needs

addressed

Ethical :ui;1 1hat to dra1 the line bet1een4allo1ing yo$r patient to die5 and 4helping yo$rpatient to die65



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Ma*e sure "ou *no> "our patient?s rihts

#rain "our colleaues on patients rihts

=no>in and pro'idin these rihts protects"ou ethicall" and leall"

Patient rihts uide "ou to achie'e "ourethical and professional oals of a'ailin the%est ser'ice to "our patients

Rihts are rihts $!# ifts that "ou ma" not

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