"Magna Carta of Patient's Rights

and Obligations Act of 2017"

"Magna Carta of Patient's Rights and
Obligations Act of 2017"
• SEC. 4. Individual Rights of
Patients.
a. Right to Good Quality Health
Care and Humane Treatment
b. Right to Dignity
c. Right to be Informed of His
Rights and Obligations as a
Patient
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Act of 2017"

d. Right to Choose His Physician

/ Health Institution
e. Right to Informed Consent
f. Right to Refuse Diagnostic and
Medical Treatment
"Magna Carta of Patient's Rights and
Obligations Act of 2017"
g. Right to Refuse Participation in
Medical Research
h. Right to Religious Belief and
Assistance
i. Right to Privacy and Confidentiality
Case: Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The Tuskegee Study of Untreated
Syphilis in the Negro Male was a
clinical study, conducted between
1932 and 1972 in Tuskegee,
Alabama, in which 399 (plus 201
control group without syphilis) poor
and mostly illiterate African
American sharecroppers were
denied treatment for Syphilis.
"Magna Carta of Patient's Rights and
Obligations Act of 2017"
Cont.. • Case:
By the end of the study, only 74 of Blood Transfusion – Religious
the test subjects were still alive. beliefs
Twenty-eight of the men had died Tubal Ligation/Artificial
directly of syphilis, 100 were dead Contraception- Magna Carta for
of related complications, 40 of Women vs. Religious Beliefs
their wives had been infected, and
19 of their children had been born
with congenital syphilis.
"Magna Carta of Patient's Rights and
Obligations Act of 2017"
• Case:
A husband diagnosed with HIV is
skeptical in telling her wife about
his condition
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Obligations Act of 2017"
o. Right to Express Grievances.

j. Right to Disclosure of, and

Access to. Information
k. Right to Correspondence and
to Receive Visitors
l. Right to Medical Records
m. Right to Health Education
n. Right to Leave Against Medical
Advice
"Magna Carta of Patient's Rights and
Obligations Act of 2017"
• Section 5 - Societal Rights of
Patients.
a. Right to Health
b. Right to Access to Quality
Public Health Care
c. Right to a Healthy and Safe
Workplace
d. Right to Medical Information
and Education Programs
e. Right to Participate in Policy
Decisions
f. Right to Access to Health
Facilities
g. Right to an Equitable and
Economical Use of Resources
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Obligations Act of 2017"
h. Right to Continuing Health Care
i. Right to Be Provided Quality
Health Care in Times of
Insolvency
• Section 6 - The Obligations of
Patients
a. Know Rights
b. Provide Adequate, Accurate and
Complete Information
c. Report Unexpected Health
Changes
d. d. Understand the Purpose and
Cost of Treatment
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Obligations Act of 2017"
e. Accept the Consequences of
Own Informed Consent
f. Settle Financial Obligations.
g. Respect the Rights of Health
Care Providers, Health Care
Institutions and Other Patients
h. Obligation to Self
i. Provide Adequate Health
Information and Actively
Participate in His/Her
Treatment.
j. Respect the Right to Privacy of
Health Care Providers and
Institutions
k. Exercise Fidelity on Privileged
Communication
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Obligations Act of 2017"
SEC. 7. Grievance Mechanism
SEC. 8. Second-Tier Mediation
l. Respect a Physician's Refusal to
Treat Him
m. Respect the Physician's
Decision on Medical Reasons
based on his/lier Religious Beliefs
n. Ensure Integrity and
Authenticity of Medical Records
o. Participate in the Training of
Competent Future Physicians