introduction: delivering bad news is a stressful moment for both physicians and patients. the purpose of this investigation was to explore the patients’ preferences and attitudes toward being informed about the bad news. methods: this cross-sectional study was done on patients admitted to imam khomeini hospital, sari, iran, from september 2014 to february 2015. patient attitude regarding breaki...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 1997 European Parkinson's Disease Association's (EPDA) Charter for People with Parkinson's disease (PD) outlines their rights in terms of standards of care. It states that all patients have the right to: be referred to a doctor with a special interest in PD; receive an accurate diagnosis; have access to support services; receive continuous care; and take part in manag...

The institutionalization of patients' rights is a recent phenomenon in Kenya. In 2006, Kenya's Ministry of Health initiated policy measures to improve patient satisfaction through a charter of patients' rights. The aim was to change the longstanding public perception that nurses in public hospitals routinely ignored patients' right to respectful treatment. This paper focuses on linguistic indic...

The recent pandemic seriously affected national health systems worldwide. focus of the 2021 edition European Patients’ Rights Day was on patient organizations’ concrete reactions to it, offering answers people and actions that should be put in place order have more resilient healthcare systems, starting from 14 rights stated Charter Rights. From their experiences emerged great reforming force c...

abstract background: assessment of patients’ views about the observance of their rights and obtaining feedback from them is an integral component of service quality and ensures healthcare ethics. the aim of this study was to assess patients’ awareness of their rights and their satisfaction with observance of their rights, and provide effective strategies to improve the management of patients ‘r...

background and purpose: in some patients, invasive radiology procedures by using anesthetics and contrast may lead to certain reaction. therefore, consent must be obtained from patients. at the moment, some radiology centers obtain the consent from the patient in some of invasive radiology procedures in iran. due to the importance of consent and its position in patients' ethics, and becaus...