Patients' Awareness and Perception of Rights at Educational and Non- Educational Hospitals In Zagazig City | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 78-85 PDF (448.75 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2021.144078 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Patient’s rights, is an important part of modern healthcare practice and considered a reflection of human rights in the modern-day society. Promoting patient’s rights is a priority of healthcare policy makers and health care providers in clinical practice especially in Low- and Middle-Income Countries where healthcare ethics is neglected. Objective: The current study was conducted to assess patients' awareness about their rights in educational and non-educational hospitals. Method: An observational cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of six months; from March to September 2017, at Internal medicine and Surgical departments. A sample size of 360 patients were randomly selected (240 from Zagazig University hospitals/educational hospital and 120 from General Zagazig hospital & Ahrar hospital/non-educational) selected randomly and respectively. Data was collected using an interview-based questionnaire. Results: There was significant difference in perception of rights between patients in educational and non-educational hospitals, moreover, between surgical and internal medicine departments mainly in the non-educational hospitals. The most practiced rights from the patients’ perspective were asking for permission prior to examination, exposure of any part of the body and confidentiality of the admission file. Conclusion: The difference between hospitals in the implementation of ehtics and patient rights is highly linked to the attitude of the doctors in treating the patient and being trained to respect privacy and confidentiality of patients. Educational hospitals are more practing patients’ rights than noneducational ones. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Medical ethics; Rights; confidentiality | ||||
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