Ethical DB

Patients have a bill of rights. Patients also consent to care and have a right to self-determine their care. Those who care for patients are to keep information protected.  

 Select one of the patient rights (ethical or legal issues) from readings this week. Discuss with your colleagues the right, the legal and/or ethical basis for this right and how this translates into responsibility for a specific health service organization setting. Provide two specific real life case examples that you find on the internet or in the print media. Examples: assisted living facilities for disabled, long term care facility, a home care nursing association, a small physician practice, a hospital, a rehabilitation center, or a first responder/ambulance. Remember:

1. The patient right (with proper legal citation);

2. The setting; and

3. The health care organization’s responsibility.

Peer comments should compare and contrast the impact of the patient rights on each setting. Read the background articles but this discussion will take research beyond the above articles. Provide citation of authority to support your initial response to conference questions. 

Background Readings this week:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/healthcare-fact-sheets/patients-bill-rights.pdf  [The White House]

• http://www.nrc-pad.org/images/stories/PDFs/fedaddirectives2a.pdf  [ Federal Law on Advance Directives]  
  • http://www.aha.org/content/00-01/pcp_english_030730.pdf  [Website may say no there but just click on the heading above notice. Many articles on patience rights]
  • http://www.healthsourceglobal.com/docs/patient%20bill%20of%20rights_merged.pdf [patient's rights, protections and the law]
  • http://partnershipforpatients.cms.gov/  [gov website partnership for patients]
  • http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1209500 [shared decision making]