Document Type : Short Communication(s)
Authors
1 Lecturer, Medical Library and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Medical Records, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Isfahan, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Statistic, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Guidelines and rules are very important in patients' behaviors’ domain but this guidelines sets aren’t used practically and coherently in Iran`s rules as a title of patients' rights prism. The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of patients' awareness hospitalized in training hospitals of Isfahan city from patients' rights prism.Methods: This study has been done as a see trial descriptive way in forth three months of 2006 in 8 hospitals of training in Isfahan city and withing it the amount of hospitalized patients a wareness of these hospitals was measured by purport of patients rights prism through interviewing by questioner and completing related checklists. So, required sample which was 385 patients corresponded to active bad numbers and average of patient’s residence during fourth 3 months of 2006, divided to ratio and each hospitals shore was marked.Results: Gained results from analysis of available information in completed checklists showed that more than percent of necessary awareness of patients dou,t have purport of patients right prison and important to inform people in this area.Conclusion: Considerable percentage of patients didn’t have necessary awareness of patients, right prism. This unawareness especially about related right to transfer during cureness to another treatment centers need to professional treatment service or about giving right or permission or not for using of medicational information in their files for different affairs, keeping secret of physicians, treating team and confidential medication information and necessary of patients, secret in hospital.Keywords: Awareness; Patients; Legislation.
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