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The Client/Patient
Man is a being-with-others in the world.
For this reason, human life is more meaningful and worth living only in thepresence and help of others, in communion with others, and for the benefit of others.
Patient’s right
– the moral and inviolable power vested in him as a person to do, hold, or demand something as his own.
Types of patient’s rights
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Right to informed consent
– the patient has the right to receive all necessary information concerning diagnosisand treatment in order to be able to give consent based on his/her value system.
Informed consent
refers to theknowledge or information
about
and the consent
to
a particular form of medical treatment, before that treatmentis administered.
4 major elements of informed consent
1.
Competence
– refers to patients capacity of decision making
2.
Disclosure
– refers to the content of what a patient is told or informed about during the consentnegotiation.
3.
Comprehension
- refers to whether the information given has been understood.
4.
Voluntariness
– means that a consent must be voluntary.
•
Right to informed decision
– the patient must be informed about the whole process and must understand hatthis information pertains to so that an appropriate moral decision can be arrived at.
Informed decision
refers tothe necessary
information of
and
decision on
a medical treatment before the latter is carried out.
•
Right
to informed choice
– the patient has the right to be informed about all possible alternative courses of action taken, together with the possible consequences.
Informed choice
refers to the
necessary information
ona patient should know about a medical treatment or experiment so that moral choice can be made.
•
Right to refusal of treatment
– the patient has the right to refuse treatment to the extent permitted by lawand informed of the medical consequences of his action.
Limitations of patient’s rights
1.Patients’ rights do not include the right to be allowed to die2.A patient is moribund condition does not process the necessary mental or emotional stability to make an informedchoice.3.Patient’s rights are not absolute.
Types of patients need not require informed consent:
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Comatose or obtunded patients
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Blind or illiterate patients
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Underage patients or those unable to understand the circumstances
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Language-barrier patients.
Rights of patients
1.The patient has the right to considerate and respectful care.2.The patient has the right to obtain from his physician complete current information concerning his Dx, treatmentand prognosis n terms the patient can reasonably expected to understand.
3.
The patient has the right to receive for his physician information necessary to give informed consent prior to thestart of any procedure and/or treatment.4.The patient has the right to refuse treatment5.The patient has the right to every consideration of his privacy concerning his own medical care program.6.The patient has the right to expect that all communications and records pertaining to his care should be treatedas confidential.7.The patient has the right to expect that, within its capacity, the hospital must provide a reasonable response tohis/her request for services.8.The patient has the right to obtain information regarding any relationship of his hospital to other health care andeducational institutions as his care is concerned.9.The patient has the right to be advised if the hospital proposes to engage in or perform human experimentationaffecting his care or treatment.10.The patient has the right to expect reasonable continuity of care.11.The patient has the right to examine and receive an explanation of the hospital bill.12.The patient has the right to know what hospital rules and regulations apply to his conduct as patient.
Responsibilities of a patient:
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Cooperation. Cooperation of a patient to his HCP is essential for a fast recovery
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Pay hospital bills.
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this was my report in my subject bioethics..i just want to share it here! hehe
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