Unit 7 Lesson 2: Patient Rights

Question 1

Because patients are vulnerable, healthcare professionals have many legal responsibilities to patients. What do these laws do

Answer 1

. These laws are there to protect patients, and in this, they also protect medical professionals from being sued. Following the letter of the law and respecting the rights of patients is the way to go when you work in healthcare.

Question 2

To make sure that patients are safe and respected when under the care of medical staff, the American Hospital Association (AHA) came up with the

Answer 2

Patient’s Bill of Rights

Question 3

Patient’s Bill of Rights

Answer 3

a set of guarantees given to people receiving health services.

Question 4

When did the Patient’s Bill of Rights come out

Answer 4

The first version was adopted in 1973, and it was revised in 1995

Question 5

What’s the purpose of the Patient’s Bill of Rights

Answer 5

The purpose was to improve medical care by spelling out the rights that must be given to patients who receive healthcare services.

Question 6

Are the rights on the Patient’s Bill of Rights offered by the state or federal law

Answer 6

Some of these rights are similar to rights guaranteed by state and/or federal law, but many are promises that do not have laws behind them.

Question 7

In many hospitals and other medical establishments, a Patient’s Bill of Rights is posted and states that it is based on the

Answer 7

AHA document.

Question 8

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: Respect, elaborate

Answer 8

Patients have the right to be treated with consideration and respect.

Question 9

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: information, elaborate

Answer 9

Patients have the right to relevant and clear information about their diagnosis. Patients also have the right to ask for and receive information about proposed treatments, including specific information about possible risks and benefits.

Question 10

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: identiy of Medical staff, elaborate

Answer 10

Patients have the right to know the identities, titles, and status (student, trainee, or staff) of all physicians, nurses, and others involved in their care.

Question 11

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights:Financial Considerations, elaborate

Answer 11

Patients have the right to know the projected costs of treatment options. In addition, patients have the right to know the business relationships between institutions and physicians that may affect their care.

Question 12

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: Consent or Refuse Care, elaborate

Answer 12

Patients have the right to make decisions about their treatment, including the right to refuse recommended treatments. In the case of an emergency, where delaying treatment to give information and gain consent would endanger the life of the patient, medical staff may treat the patient until their life is no longer threatened.

Question 13

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: Privacy, elaborate

Answer 13

Patients have the right to every possible consideration of their privacy during consultation and treatment. Further, patients have the right to expect that medical records and communications will be kept confidential, except when required for public health.

Question 14

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: Emergeny Treatment, elaborate

Answer 14

Patients have the right to expect medical treatment in an emergency. In fact, it is the law that doctors and hospitals can’t refuse to treat a seriously ill patient, whether or not the patient will be able to pay them.

Question 15

Common Provisions of a Patient’s Bill of Rights: appeal, elaborate

Answer 15

Patients have the right to know the grievance and complaint processes available to them, as well as avenues for an appeal of their bills, treatment, and institution policies.

Question 16

Does each healthcare institution have the same set of patient’s rights

Answer 16

Each healthcare institution may have a slightly different set of patient’s rights, but the basic idea is to lay out the principle rights that the institution extends to all patients.

Question 17

There was an effort to pass a Patient’s Bill of Rights into law in the US Congress, what happened to it?

Question 18

Every time you receive healthcare, you can find a copy of that institution’s Patient Bill of Rights and review it to see exactly what it contains. What will i find there

Answer 18

. You will also find some language related to patient rights and choices in forms that you may be asked to sign to consent to treatment. It is always a good idea to read these documents carefully.

Question 19

On the flip side of patient’s rights are patient responsibilities. what are the patients responssiblites

Answer 19

Patients are responsible to tell their complete and truthful medical complaint and history to healthcare staff. Patients are also responsible for cooperating with the agreed-upon plan of care and meeting their financial responsibilities.

Question 20

What are patients expected to do

Answer 20

Patients are expected to refrain from actions that could put the health of other people at risk, be considerate of other patients and staff, and refrain from disrupting the clinical setting.

Question 21

What if a doctor needs to perform a complex operation on a patient? They will need to make an incision, use tools to hold the skin back, cut through a layer of muscle, clamp off a vein to keep it from bleeding, and then they can finally get to the internal organ that needs to be worked on. While this efficient surgeon is doing their work, the patient will be under anesthesia. How then, could the doctor ask the patient for permission to do each of these actions that go well beyond just “touching” the body?

Answer 21

Enter the idea of informed consent:

Question 22

informed consent:

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the process in which patients are given detailed information about a medical procedure, including the possible risks and benefits, and the patient agrees to the procedure.

Question 23

What happens when a patient is given enough information about the treatment

Answer 23

If the patient is given enough information about the treatment, then they can make a decision for their own body on whether to take the risks of this treatment to hopefully receive the benefits.

Question 24

What happens if th patient is not given enough info on th etreatment

Answer 24

. If the patient is not given all that information, they can come out of the procedure feeling like something was done to their body that they did not agree to have happen. A patient can feel like their rights to their own body have been violated.

Question 25

The process of gaining informed consent has steps.

Answer 25

First, the doctor, nurse, or other member of the health team needs to explain the purpose and process of the treatment. The alternatives to this treatment should also be explained as well. The risks and benefits of performing the treatment need to be explained, as well as the risks or benefits of not performing this treatment. Patients should have the time to ask any questions they have. Before asking for the patient’s consent for the treatment, the professional needs to assess the patient’s understanding of all of this information.

Question 26

If the patient doesn’t understand, even if they consent is it consiered informed consent?

Answer 26

If the patient doesn’t understand, even if they consent, it is not informed consent.