 Patient
Rights & Responsibilities
Patient Rights
1. You may expect considerate care that respects your
personal values and beliefs.
2. You may take part in religious and social activities
unless your physician feels it would interfere with your
care.
3. You may obtain information regarding your diagnosis,
treatment, and prognosis from your physician. If you do
not understand, ask questions. You may refuse treatment
or care to the extent permitted by law; however, refusing
care/treatment, or not following instructions makes you
responsible for the results.
4. You may expect a reasonably safe environment during
your hospitalization.
5. You have the right to expect all communications
and records pertaining to your care to be treated as confidential.
6. You may ask the names of the people caring for
you and their role in your treatment.
7. You may ask for another physician's or specialist's
opinion of your case if you pay the cost involved.
8. You may have private discussions with anyone
you wish, but you do not have to speak to anyone not having
direct involvement in your care.
9. You have the right to participate in the consideration
of ethical issues that arise in the provision of your care.
10. If you are not satisfied with any aspect of
your care, you may raise questions. If you do not understand
English, you may ask for an interpreter. The hospital will
try to provide the service you request.
11. You should be informed when students or others
from outside the hospital are involved in your case.
12. In most circumstances, you have the right to
look at your medical records or obtain a copy for a fee.
13. When you leave the hospital, you should have
information to help you continue your recovery at home.
If you do not understand, ask your physician.
14. You may expect reasonable access to care if
you must be transferred to another health care facility;
you may expect someone to explain the reason and/or other
choices available.
15. You have the right to be interviewed, examined
and treated in surroundings designed to give reasonable
privacy.
16. You may review or receive a copy of your hospital
bill regardless of who pays for your care, unless otherwise
stated by law. You may ask about financial help and you
should be told when insurance benefits or payment by others
will end.
17. You will not be discriminated against in your
care on the basis of race, religion, sex, color, national
origin, age, marital status, sexual preference, or the ability
to pay or disability to pay.
 18.
You have the right to complete a document known as an "advanced
directive." This document says in advance what kind
of treatment you want or do not want under special, serious
medical conditions_conditions that would prevent you from
telling your physician how you want to be treated. You also
have the right to designate a representative to make decisions
about your care should you become unable to make your wishes
known.
19. The patient has the right to make basic decisions
about the medical services they receive from their physician
or other healthcare providers. The patient has the right
to accept, refuse or take away any treatment. The patient
has the right to give informed consent before diagnosis
or treatment.
20. Any patient admitted to Laughlin Memorial Hospital
has the right to expect a quick response to the reports
of pain. As a patient at this hospital, your can expect
information about pain and pain relief measures, a concerned
staff committed to pain prevention and management, health
professionals who respond quickly to reports of pain, reports
of pain will be believed. You can expect state of the art
pain management.
Ethics Committee
An Ethics Committee has been established to consider and
discuss ethical issues arising from patient care. The committee
is comprised of members of various hospital departments, as
well as, medical staff members.
These professionals participate in the discussion and resolution
of ethical issues and have educational resources necessary
to assist them in the evaluation of the alternatives available.
The committee has also established a means of educating
patients in the ethical issues surrounding their healthcare.
The patient or patient's representative may be included
in discussions concerning ethical issues surrounding his/her
care.
Patient Responsibilities
1. You should follow hospital rules and regulations
as they are told to you.
2. You should answer questions about your medical
history as well as you can when asked by your physician
and the hospital staff.
 3.
You should report to your physician and hospital staff
any change in your condition or problems resulting from
your treatment.
4. You should tell the physician and hospital staff
if you do not understand your treatment or any instructions
given about your care.
5. You should follow the instructions of your physician
as part of your medical treatment.
6. You should inform the hospital of your insurance
company and who is responsible for payment of your bill.
7. You should be considerate of other patients,
the hospital staff, and the hospital property.
As a patient at this hospital, we expect that you will:
• ask your doctor or nurse what to expect in regards
to pain and pain management,
• discuss pain relief options with your doctors
and nurses,
• work with your doctor and nurse to develop a pain
management plan,
• ask for pain relief when pain first begins,
• help your doctor and nurse to assess your pain,
• tell your doctor or nurse if your pain is not
relieved, and
• tell your doctor or nurse about any worries you
have about taking pain medication.
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