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Patient Rights

While you are a patient at our hospital, we want you to know what to expect from us and what we can do to help you and your family.

As a patient, you are entitled to the right to:

• considerate and respectful care
• be well informed about your health and care
• make informed decisions
• participate in your care plan
• consent to or decline treatment
• consent to or decline participation in research studies
• privacy and safety
• confidentiality
• access information in your medical records
• contact the patient representative
• have a family member, representative or your physician notified of your admission
• be free from unnecessary or inappropriate restraints
• receive hospital services without discrimination on the basis of any factor as to which discrimination is prohibited by applicable law
• appropriate assessment and management of pain