Patient Bill of Rights

It is important to treat every patient with what?

• The idea that they are like every other

• Courtesy and Respect

• quick treatment

• Empathy

Who should have access to your health care records other than yourself?

• Parents

• Friends

• All medical professionals

• Those authorized by you

Finacial resources should be made by the choice of who?

• Doctors

• Patients

• Family members

• Insurance companies

If a patient does not want medical treatment offered by a doctor, they should what?

• Leave

• Refuse treatment

• Ask for another doctor

• Accept treatment

Having written documentation stating you do not want to be on a ventilator if needed is an example of what?

• An advanced directive

• Living will

• Medical after summaries

• Medical prescriptions

Before a procedure a doctor should inform the patient of what?

• The length of the surgery

• Possible unanticipated outcomes

• Length of recovery time

• Medications prescribed for healing

It is important that the patient needs to have an estimate of charges for medical care by receiving a copy of what?

• An itemized bill

• A doctor's written note

• Insurance plans

• medical after summaries

When needing questions or request answered, they should receive what?

• Prompt and reasonable responses

• An estimated time of response

• Written documentation within a week

• An immediate answer by phone

If a deaf patient is receiving care, they should have a right to know if what is available to them?

• A special nurse

• A home health aid

• A service dog for hospitalization purposes

• An interpreter

If medical treatment is for experimental research, a patient is to be what?

• Treated special

• Informed

• Negotiated with

• Cared for in a private room