Be interviewed and examined in surroundings designed to assure reasonable privacy. Have their medical records read only by individuals directly involved in their treatment or the monitoring and assessment of care. Patients have the right to know the identity and professional status of individuals providing service to them and to know which physician or other practitioner is primarily responsible for I heir care. Patients have the right to obtain from the practitioner responsible for coordinating their care, in terms they can reasonably be expected to understand, complete and current information concerning their diagnosis, treatments, and prognosis. When it is not medically advisable to give such information to patients, it should be made available to a legally authorized individual.
Patients have the right to timely access of their medical records.
Patients have the right to reasonably informed participation in decisions involving their health care. They have the right to refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law and to be informed of the medical consequences of their actions. They have the right to formulate or have an existing advance directive in their medical record. The wishes communicated by these directives will be honored. Patients have the right to participate in ethical questions that arise during the course of care, including issues of conflict resolution, withholding resuscitative devices, and foregoing or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.