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PATIENT RIGHTS


The health institution you are chosen to achieve your health has the responsibility of healing you and informing you about how to do it. Being aware of your own responsibilities and patient rights will help you in the process.

Purposes of Patient Rights

  • Support and social strengthening of patients
  • Helping the patient to get full advantage of health care
  • Support and improve patient-health worker relationships
  • Increasing the effectiveness of health services by making patient education a general practice
  • Creating business alliance and communication opportunities, to strengthen existing ones and thus to create a more effective and reliable model among the patients and institutions
  • Providing internal control in the health care environment by creating referral mechanisms for patient rights

Patient Rights

  • Taking Preventive Measures
  • Benefit
  • Information
  • Consent
  • Free Choice
  • Privacy
  • Respect for Patient’s Time
  • Respectability
  • Implementing Religious Vicarious
  • Visit and Companion
  • Quality Standards
  • Security and Safety
  • Changing the doctor or institution
  • Avoiding Unnecessary Pain
  • Personal Treatment
  • Complaints and Litigate
  • Compensation

Patient Responsibilities

  • To comply with the rules and procedures of the health institution
  • Acting with the awareness that he/she is a part of the treatment team
  • Providing as much complete and accurate information as possible about complaints, previous illnesses, treatments and medical interventions, any medications and health information
  • Providing feedback on the progress of the treatment and going to post-operation controls
  • Respecting appointment date and time and notifying if there are any changes
  • Respect the rights of other patients who are given priority according to the relevant legislation and personnel
  • Respecting healthcare personnel and not avoid behavior that can humiliate her/him
  • Contact the patient communication unit if you think your rights are being violated or if you have problems
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