Introduction
Understanding someone’s medical rights in important so that way the appropriate care isprovided and the person is not taken advantage of. It provides the appropriate care but it alsoprevents things such as act of malpractice and it is important to have the knowledge for the patients’ medical rights because it gives a better experience for the patient and the health caregiver themselves.
Patient Consent & Medical Rights
In order to understand how a professional healthcare facility works it is important torespect the dignity of the patients and the rights that they have as they walk into medical placesto get the help that they need. “Self-governance is known to be a personal autonomy which isreferred to as an individual free to provide their own decisions without the control of the opinionof others” (Paola, 2010). Respecting the autonomy of patients gives the health care providers abetter grasp of making a decision that would be best for the patient. Patients have medical rightsand by law they have the rights to know any type of medical condition, they have the right todecide what they feel is best for their health when faced with a situation that calls for this. Forexample if a patient were to be told that they have cancer and the doctor tells them that theyrecommend starting chemotherapy as soon as possible, this is when the patient has the right to