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  2. Patients' rights - Wikipedia

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    A patient's bill of rights is a list of guarantees for those receiving medical care. It may take the form of a law or a non-binding declaration. Typically a patient's bill of rights guarantees patients information, fair treatment, and autonomy over medical decisions, among other rights.

  3. Nursing home residents' rights - Wikipedia

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    Nursing home residents' rights are the legal and moral rights of the residents of a nursing home. [1] Legislation exists in various jurisdictions to protect such rights. An early example of a statute protecting such rights is Florida statute 400.022, enacted in 1980, and commonly known as the Residents' Rights Act.

  4. Patient advocacy - Wikipedia

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    [24]: 190 Gadow and Curtis argue that the role of patient advocacy in nursing is to facilitate a patient's informed consent through decision-making, but in mental health nursing there is a conflict between the patient's right to autonomy and nurses' legal and professional duty to protect the patient and the community from harm, since patients ...

  5. Evidence-based nursing - Wikipedia

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    The American Nurses Association (ANA) has set up five basic rights for patient protection: Right to self-determination; Right to privacy and dignity; Right to anonymity and confidentiality; Right to fair treatment; Right to protection from discomfort and harm. These rights apply to both researchers and participants.

  6. Advance healthcare directive - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) [14] went into effect in December 1991 and required healthcare providers (primarily hospitals, nursing homes, and home health agencies) to give patients information about their rights to make advance directives under state law. [15]

  7. Patient Self-Determination Act - Wikipedia

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    The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...

  8. Health advocacy - Wikipedia

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    There were three critical elements of developing a profession on the table in these early years: association, credentialing and education. The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy was founded as an association of mainly hospital-based patient advocates, without the autonomy characteristic of a profession: it was and is a member association of the American Hospital Association.

  9. Patient abuse - Wikipedia

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    Patient abuse and neglect may occur in settings such as hospitals, [4] nursing homes, [5] clinics [6] and during home-based care. [7] Health professionals who abuse patients may be deemed unfit to practice and have their medical license removed [8]: 20 as well as facing criminal charges as well as civil cases.