Title of article
Respecting patients’ rights in hospitals: patients’ and health-care workers’ perspectives
Author/Authors
Moosavi ، Soolmaz Department of Medical Surgical - School of Nursing Midwifery - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Mousavi ، Maryam Sadaat Shariati Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Ahmadi ، Ayat Knowledge Utilization Research Center - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Mardani ، Amirhossein Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Parsapoor ، Alireza Department of Medical Ethics - Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Shamsi Gooshki ، Ehsan Department of Medical Ethics - Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Abstract
Considering the importance of respecting and observing patients’ rights, this study aimed to assess the level of observance of hospitalized patients’ rights from both patients’ and health-care workers (HCWs) perspectives. This cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study reports the responses of 486 patients and 887 HCWs in a public referral university hospital. The study illustrates that patients and HCWs think patients’ rights are respected at a medium level; however, HCWs reported lower levels of respect for patients’ rights than patients, and senior HCWs reported even lower levels than their younger colleagues. Older patients and those hospitalized in internal medicine wards reported lower respect for autonomy and responsiveness, and patients’ companions reported lower levels of respect for patients’ rights than the patients themselves.
Keywords
Clinical ethics , Health , care providers , Health , care workers , Patients rights
Journal title
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Journal title
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Record number
2767807
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