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Your Patient Rights
Knowing your rights can help you make better decisions about your care. As a patient, you have the right to:
• BE INFORMED about the healthcare you will receive.
• Get important information about your care in your PREFERRED LANGUAGE.
• Get information in a way that meets your needs, if you have VISION, SPEECH, HEARING OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS.
• MAKE DECISIONS about your care.
• REFUSE care.
• Be LISTENED to.
• KNOW the names of your caregivers.
• SAFE care.
• Have your PAIN addressed.
• Care that is FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION. You should not be treated di erently because of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, nancial status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
• KNOW if something goes wrong with your care.
• Get a LIST of all your current MEDICINES. • Be treated with COURTESY and
RESPECT.
• Have a personal representative, also called an ADVOCATE. Your Advocate can make decisions for you if: They are your LEGAL GUARDIAN or if
you signed a legal document giving them the power to make decisions for you. This document may be called a HEALTHCARE POWER OF ATTORNEY. Ask if there is a form to name your Advocate and about your state’s Advocate laws.
• ASK for WRITTEN INFORMATION about all of your rights as a patient.
• PRIVACY. Healthcare providers must keep some details about your health private. You can sign a form if you want healthcare providers to share information with others.
Questions? Call Ext. 1234!
PATIENT RIGHTS