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HEPATITIS
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| Answers to all of your questions regarding Hepatitis C. Click here to see a list of Frequently Asked Questions. |
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- Patients can expect appropriate medical care without regard to such considerations as race, color, religion, national origin, or the source of payment for their care.
- Patients can expect to be treated respectfully by others, to be addressed by their proper names and without undue familiarity, to be listened to when they have questions or desire more information and to receive an appropriate response.
- Patients can expect privacy and confidentiality in all aspects of their care. When they are examined, they are entitled to privacy--to have any observers unrelated to their care identified to them. They may ask anyone to leave if they so desire and restrict their visitors.
- Patients can expect to know the name of the doctor who is responsible for their care, to talk with that doctor and to receive the information necessary for them to understand their medical problem. They can expect to be informed of the planned course of treatment, including an appropriate explanation about procedures or operations. Patients have the right to ask their doctor any questions that concern their health and future medical outlook.
- Patients can expect efficient and courteous attention from all personnel when they request help, with the understanding that other patients may have similar or more urgent needs.
- Research activities involving patients are to be carried out only with their written consent and the approval of their personal physician. After the details of the program have been explained, they have the right to refuse to participate. Moreover, they retain the right to cancel their participation at any time.
- Every patient shall have the right to unrestricted communication with any person or persons of his choice.
- Patients may elect not to follow the advice of their doctors. If they elect to take such action while hospitalized, they will be asked to sign an "Against Medical Advice" form, and the physicians will not be responsible for any harm which may result.
- Patients may inquire about their charges and obtain information about payment of their medical bills.
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