Patient Bill of Rights
Purpose
To encourage awareness of patient rights and provide guidelines to assist patients in making decision regarding care and for active participation in care planning.Policy
Each patient will be an active, informed participant in his/her plan of care. To ensure this process, the patient will be empowered with certain rights as described. A patient may designate someone to act as his/her representative. This representative, on behalf of the patient, may exercise any of the rights provided by the policies established by the organization.View full patient bill of rights