Patient’s and visitor’s guide

Patient rights and responsibilities

IVCH recognizes the following patient rights and responsibilities: 

• Individuals shall be accorded impartial access to treatment and care. 
• Respect and dignity for themselves as well as for others. 
• Privacy and confidentiality.
• Consideration for personal values and beliefs. 
• Personal safety and security.
• Access to protective services.
• Identification of individuals providing service. 
• Receipt of information concerning your diagnosis (to the degree known), treatment, and any known prognosis; as well as the responsibility to provide any past or current medical information about yourself. 
• Communication with people outside the hospital. 
• Informed consent. 
• Consultation with a specialist. 
• Refusal of treatment. 
• Transfer and continuity of care and the obligation to follow the recommended plan of treatment and care. 
• Pain assessment/management.
• Participation in ethical questions that arise in the course of your care, including issues of conflict resolution, withholding resuscitatives services, forgoing or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and participation in investigational studies or clinical trials. 
• Itemized and detailed explanation of hospital charges. 
• Information regarding hospital rules and regulations. 

For more detailed information, refer to the patient rights handout located in your patient education folder.

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