Background & Objective: With the aim to clarify the rights of the patients on the basis of medical ethic norms, Patient Bill of Rights in five categories was developed in Iran for the first time, during 2002. The main objective of this study was to determine the views of patients, physicians and nurses about this aspect of medical ethics and its necessary to comply in Rasht public hospitals. Ma...

One of the main issues in hospitals is evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness. For this purpose, several indicators are presented, which are known as functional indicators. If the performance of hospitals depends on the patient's demographic characteristics, overlooking effect of hospital indicators, as an effective factor at a higher level on the patient rights, may lead to inaccurate conc...

Objective: increase of patient's rights observance is one of the important goals of therapeutic group activities which will have useful role in improving health of the patient. Meanwhile, many physicians play important role in providing better services. Most of the physicians imagine themselves in a position that they are authorized to determine destiny of their patients. In some cases, the...

In the legal terminology, right is a power that is given to a person by the law and for this meaning the word Solteh is used also in Feqh (Islamic Jurisprudence). Right, in this meaning, enjoys the sanction and has also been referred to as the vindicatory right, statutory rights and positive rights (Ja'afari Langeroudi, 1997, p.21). Under Article 19 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic, ...

Objective: increase of patient's rights observance is one of the important goals of therapeutic group activities which will have useful role in improving health of the patient. Meanwhile, many physicians play important role in providing better services. Most of the physicians imagine themselves in a position that they are authorized to determine destiny of their patients. In some cases, the...

Introduction:Efficient health system needs active participation and good relationship between health care providers and health care recipient. The fundamental reason for the importance attached to patient’s rights and the corresponding increase in legislation is that respecting patient’s rights is an essential part of providing good health care. Existence of patient rights prism doesn't mean it...

The cultural competence, responsibility and ethical beliefs are influential factors in providing quality services by nurses and pay an important role in patient's right. The purpose of this research was to illustarte a predictive model of patient's right based on cultural competence, responsibility and ethical beliefs. The research method was correlational study conducted in 2016 among 300 nurs...

Introduction: Patient rights include the duties that medical team has towards him and the total privileges, abilities or special permissions granted to patients by law. The aim of this study was to assess Qom University of Medical Sciences students’ awareness about patients’ rights. Methods: This descriptive and analytical study was performed in 2010. Subjects included 192 medical sciences stu...

Objective: Although considerable research has been conducted on awareness of and respect for patients;#39 rights in the country, few have been implemented in the rehabilitation field. The aim of this study was to investigate about the awareness rate of rehabilitation clients and therapists, about the “patients;#39 rights charter" in the phase of treatment. Materials & Methods: This descripti...