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• Access, request amendment to, and receive
information on disclosures of own health
information.
• Have a family member, friend, or other
individual to be present with you for emotional
support during the course of stay as well as the
right to withdraw consent for visitation at any
time.
• Request a discharge planning evaluation by
notifying your nurse of your request.
Additional Pediatric Rights:
In addition to the rights above, patients (and
as applicable, parents, guardians, or other legal
representatives) have the right to:
• Have their developmental needs met while
they are in the hospital in an environment
that is supportive of infants, children, and
adolescents.
• Have their parents recognized as partners in
decision making and care of their child, as
permitted by law.
In providing care, hospitals have the right to
expect behavior on the part of patients, their
relatives, and friends, which considering their
illness, is reasonable and responsible.
Your Responsibility as a Patient/Parent/Guardian is to:
• Ask questions about specific problems
and request information when you do not
understand your illness or treatment.
• Provide accurate and complete medical
information to your physicians and other
caregivers.
• Provide the hospital with a copy of your written
Advance Directive, if you have one.
• Follow the treatment plan recommended by the
physicians and other caregivers, or if treatment is
refused, you are responsible for your actions and
the medical consequences.
• Show respect to hospital personnel and other
patients and ensure that your visitors are
considerate in the control of noise, limiting
number of visitors, and abstaining from
smoking.
• Respect hospital property and the property of
other patients.
• Follow all hospital policies affecting patient
care and conduct.
• Provide necessary information to ensure
processing of hospital bills and make payment
arrangements, when necessary.
• Report perceived risks in your care.