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1. Intent of Bill of Rights: to promote the interests and well-being of the patients of health care facilities
2. PCA duties: patient cares, more frequent vital signs, more frequent ambulation, a lot of PCA to nurse commu-
nications
3. Information About Rights: patient shall be told that there are legal rights for their protection during
their stay at the facility or throughout their course of treatment and maintenance in the community
4. Courteous Treatment: patients have the right to be treated with courtesy and respect for their individual
by employees of or persons providing service in a health care facility
5. Appropriate Health Care: patients have the right to appropriate medical and personal care based on
individual needs
6. Physicians Identity: patients shall have or be given in writing, the name, business address, telephone
number and specialty, of any, of the physician responsible for coordination of their care.
7. Relationship with Other Health Services: patients who receive services from an outside provider
are entitled, upon request, to be told the identity of the provider
8. Information about Treatment: patient shall be given by their physicians complete and current info
concerning their diagnosis, treatment, alternatives, risks ad prognosis as required by the physician's legal duty to
disclose
9. Participation in Planning Treatment: patients shall have the right to participate in planning of their
health care,
10. Continuity of Care: patients shall have the right to be cared for with reasonable regularity and continuity
of statt assignment as far as facility policy allows
11. Right to Refuse Care: competent patients shall have the right to refuse treatment based on the info
required in Right #6
12. Experimental Research: written informed consent must be obtained prior to patient's participation in
experimental research
13. Freedom from Maltreatment: patients shall be free from maltreatment as defined in the Vulnerable
Adults Protection Act
14. Treatment Privacy: patients shall have the right to respectfulness and privacy as it relates to their medical
and personal care program
15. Confidentiality of Records: patients shall be assured confidential treatment of their personal and
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, medical records and may approve or refuse their release to any individual outside the facility
16. Responsive Service: patients shall have the right to a prompt and reasonable response to their questions
and requests
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