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Patient and Guest Services
Patient Rights
Assuring
appropriate respect for a patient's rights is the responsibility of all
hospital employees and members of the medical staff. A copy of the
patient's rights is given to each patient by the Admitting Department.
These rights include but it not limited to:
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Considerate
and respectful care, provided in a safe environment, free from all
forms of abuse and harassment
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Obtain
from their physicians complete and current information concerning
their diagnosis
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Exercise
these rights without regard to sex, culture, economic, educational or
religious background, or the source of payment for care
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Formulate
advance directives
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Remain
free from seclusion or restraints that are not medically necessary
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Full
consideration of privacy
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Proper
pain management
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Right
to voice of complaint
As part of Mercy
Memorial Health Center's commitment to ethical excellence, two services
have been implemented: The Ethics Committee and the Corporate Integrity
Program.
The Ethics
Committee was created to provide education in current bioethical concepts
and issues to the hospital staff, patients, families and communities. The
committee assists in developing guidelines, policies and procedures
regarding bioethical issues and provides options and recommendations for
resolution of ethical conflicts in actual cases.
The Corporate
Integrity Program is a comprehensive plan to commit all Mercy Memorial
Employees to making right and just choices in all professional endeavors.
The four areas of the program consist of clinical ethics and doing what is
right in clinical practices; business ethics and doing what is right in
the way we conduct our external affairs; organizational ethics and doing
what is right in working with each other; social ethics and doing what we
are committed to do to promote a better society and a better environment. |
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