the patients’ rights status is one of the essential elements in defining norms related to the concept of clinical governance system. in addition, the patients’ rights status is an important index for quality of care offered in the health care system. however, the lack of a coherent instrument makes it difficult to evaluate patients’ rights status in hospitals and clinics. the aim of this study ...

abstract background: delivery is one of the most important crises with mental, social, and deep emotional dimensions in women’s life. health providers’ respect to pregnant women’s bill of rights, as an important component of providing humanistic and ethical care, is of utmost importance. this study aimed to determine health providers’ compliance with the pregnant women’s bill of rights in labor...

Background & Objective: Patient’s rights seem to be accepted theoretically, but often neglected in practice. Respect to patient’s rights by health care providers may optimize health outcomes and quality of life and create a perfect connection between health care services and patients needs as well as their expectations. This study was aimed to identify deficits in respect to patientschr('39') r...

at the aim of explaining the rights of health care recipients and upgrading ethical observance in the field of treatment-the most important field of health care-, the patient's rights charter was declared by ministry of health and medical education to all medical universities in september 2009. this paper provides a report of strategic planning for implementation of patient's rights charter and...