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Assessment of patients' awareness of their rights in teaching hospitals in Iran
- Source :
- Medicine, science, and the law. 56(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Introduction Respecting patients’ rights is an essential component in health care. Passing a regulation is not a guarantee for the protection of patients’ rights. This article aimed to assess patients’ awareness of the contents of the Patient’s Bill of Rights in Iran and to determine if they had received a service compatible with their rights charter. Methods This is a descriptive study in 202 hospitalised patients. A questionnaire was used, and associations between variables were examined using Pearson’s correlation test. The significance level was p Results The patients’ ages ranged from 18 to 87 years of age, 33% were male and 79% were married. Patients’ knowledge was lowest regarding the need for consent for the treatment process and was highest regarding the patient’s right to know the expertise of the treatment team. The mean of patients’ knowledge was 77.56%. As for patients’ exercising their rights, the highest score belonged to the patient’s right for attending doctors and treatment team’s confidentiality; the lowest score belonged to the right to receive necessary information about probable complications, other treatment options and participation in the final selection of treatment method. The mean score of patient satisfaction was 8.06 (out of 11). There was no significant relationship with their education level or the number of admissions. Conclusion Health-care professionals can provide care based on patients’ rights, and their knowledge of patients’ rights needs to be evaluated. Educational programmes, leaflets, booklets and posters can be helpful in this regard. In addition, professional organisations and the Ministry of Health need to be more sensitive to this issue.
- Subjects :
- Patients' rights
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Adolescent
Alternative medicine
Patient rights
Iran
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Patient satisfaction
Nursing
Component (UML)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Psychiatry
Hospitals, Teaching
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Middle Aged
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Patient Rights
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Law
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20421818
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medicine, science, and the law
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b43abf6c3bab638718d135dc49e523dd