Patient Rights
As an adult patient, you have the right to:
• Care that is considerate and respectful of your values, beliefs, and cultural practices
• Be treated with respect and dignity
• Be informed about and participate in decisions regarding your care
• Participate in ethical questions that arise in the course of care, including conflict resolution,
withholding resuscitation services, forgoing or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and
participation in investigational studies
• Security, personal privacy, and confidentiality of information
• Designate a decision maker in case you are incapable of understanding a treatment or procedure, or are unable to communicate
• Know what facility rules and regulations apply to your conduct as a patient
• Be free from restraints and seclusion of any form used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience or retaliation by staff
• Expect emergency procedures to be implemented without unnecessary delay
• Appropriate assessment and management of pain;
• Be given the names, upon request, of the attending physician, and the names and functions of other persons having direct contact during your care
• Safe, good quality and high professional standards that are continually maintained and reviewed
• Full information, in layman’s terms, concerning diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and outcomes
• Informed consent (general nature, risks, and alternatives) prior to the start of any procedure or treatment
• Refuse any drug, treatment, or procedure
• Assistance in obtaining consultation with another physician at your request and expense
• Medical and nursing services without discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual
preference, national origin, or source of payment
• Access to an interpreter, when possible, if you do not speak English
• Right to request your medical records
• Examine your bill and receive an explanation of the items on the bill if requested
• Leave the hospital, even against your physician’s advice
• Expect reasonable continuity of care after discharge
• A safe hospital environment
• Speak to your physician, nurse, or to contact the Nurse Manager or Patient Liaison
Pediatric patients have the following additional rights:
• To be respected as a unique individual;
• To have the normal physical, physiological, and social needs of a growing child met;
• To be allowed play, educational and social activities needed by all children;
• To be given information in an easy to understand way about what to expect before, during, and
following a treatment or procedure;
• To be given compassionate support in dealing with a treatment or procedure; and
• To allow the child and the family to participate in decisions affecting the child’s medical treatment.
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Beaufort Regional Health System
628 East 12th Street, Washington, NC 27889