Patient Rights

Fundamental claims of patients, as expressed in statutes, declarations, or generally accepted moral principles. (Bioethics Thesaurus) The term is used for discussions of patient rights as a group of many rights, as in a hospital's posting of a list of patient rights.

Year introduced: 2002

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Tree Number(s): I01.880.604.473.650, N03.706.437.650

MeSH Unique ID: D028701

Entry Terms:

• Patient Right
• Patient's Right
• Patients Rights
• Right, Patient
• Right, Patient's
• Rights, Patient
• Rights, Patient's
• Patient's Rights
• Patients' Rights
• Patients' Right
• Right, Patients'
• Rights, Patients'
• Right to Treatment
• Right to Treatments
• Treatment, Right to
• Treatments, Right to

Previous Indexing:

• Patient Advocacy (1974-2001)

See Also:

• Patient Advocacy
• Bioethical Issues

All MeSH Categories
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Category
Social Sciences
Sociology
Social Control, Formal
Human Rights
Patient Rights
Confidentiality
Genetic Privacy
Informed Consent
Informed Consent By Minors
Patient Access to Records
Right to Die
Therapeutic Misconception
Treatment Refusal
Vaccination Refusal +

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Social Control, Formal
Human Rights
Patient Rights
Confidentiality
Data Anonymization
Genetic Privacy
Informed Consent
Informed Consent By Minors
Patient Access to Records
Right to Die
Treatment Refusal
Vaccination Refusal +