My Views on Patient's Rights by Lynda Appell

4. Refuse treatment or services if one truly believes one

can not tolerate such treatment.

5. If surgery is recommend to know the risks, the benefits and if there are any alternative treatments to surgery.

6. Know the name, the reason for taking, possible side effects, adverse reactions, when to call the doctor and how to take medication.

7. Refuse to take prescription medicines if you truly feel you can not tolerate them and ask about alternatives if any.

8. Have your family involved or not.

9. No participation in experimental treatment unless permitted by you and only with full disclosure of risks and benefits.

10. No verbal, physical abuse, harsh, unfair treatment.

11. To have complaints heard, a quick response and no mistreatment as a result of such complaint. This especially applies to HMOs.

12. File a grievance if complaint not resolved to one's satisfaction.

13. Review hospital, health records and decide who can see them.

14. All rights of being of being a citizen of what ever country you are f rom should be upheld.

Well that's it. Now it's your turn to let me know what you think.

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BIO:

Disabled disability activist for over twelve years in the greater Phila. area for various disability rights agencies.

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