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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. Five Patients - Wikipedia

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    Five Patients is a non-fiction book by Michael Crichton that recounts his experiences of hospital practices during the late 1960s at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and describes the changes he anticipates in healthcare in coming years. It is his first non-fiction book.

  4. Human rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [111] In addition, the Principles of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association require medical doctors to respect the human rights of the patient, including that of providing medical treatment when it is needed. [112] Americans' rights in health care are regulated by the US Patients' Bill of Rights. [citation needed]

  5. Patient's Charter - Wikipedia

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    The charter set out rights in service areas including general practice, hospital treatment, community treatment, ambulance, dental, optical, pharmaceutical and maternity care. Various stakeholders have criticised the charter for reasons widely ranging from not offering sufficient support to transgender patients [ 1 ] to increasing attacks on ...

  6. Patients' Rights Directive 2011 - Wikipedia

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    The PatientsRights Directive 2011 is a Directive in EU law that codifies rights to receive health care across member state borders. It enables member states to require prior authority to manage outflow of patients, and permission can be refused on safety grounds.

  7. Decades-old human growth hormone treatments linked to five ...

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    All five patients received injections of human growth hormone from cadavers for several years as a treatment for very short stature, according to the study, which was published Monday in the ...

  8. 'This is crazy': Colorado hospital giant sues patients on a ...

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    Colorado's largest hospital system, UCHealth, sued more patients for unpaid medical bills over a four-month period in late 2024 than any other health-care provider in the state by a wide margin ...

  9. Medical ethics - Wikipedia

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    Medical doctors have an ethical duty to protect the human rights and human dignity of the patient so the advent of a document that defines human rights has had its effect on medical ethics. [50] Most codes of medical ethics now require respect for the human rights of the patient.