Awareness and practice of patients' rights among hospitalized patients at Wad-Medani Teaching Hospital, Sudan
East. Mediterr. health j
; 23(2): 80-86, 2017-02.
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ABSTRACT
Patients' rights are a fundamental human right and an important part of modern health care practice. This is a cross-sectional descriptive analytic study, conducted amongst 263 patients at Wadi-Medani Teaching Hospital, Sudan, in March-April 2015. Most patients [95.2%] did not know about the Bill of Rights and most of them [92.8%] were not able to mention any of the patients' rights. The most practiced rights were the right to be asked for permission before examination [88.1%], proper handling [87.8%], safety of the hospital [87%], presence of a third person when examining a female by a male doctor [85.6%], and admission file confidentiality [75.5%]. The awareness of Sudan FMOH Patients' Bill of Rights was very low among patients at Wad-Medani Teaching Hospital, yet they showed a high satisfaction rate probably due to their low socioeconomic status, educational level and expectations. Therefore, awareness of patients' rights must be increased
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Main subject:
Patients
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Awareness
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Patient Safety
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Hospitals, Teaching
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Nursing Services
Language:
English
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2017
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Article