Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran, Trivedi Divya, Kanchan Tanuj, Rekha Thapar, Mithra Prasanna, Kumar Nithin, Kulkarni Vaman, Holla Ramesh, Talish Mishaal
Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2017 Feb;23(1):203-214. doi: 10.1007/s11948-016-9776-z. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
Respecting patients' rights is a fundamental aspect of providing quality healthcare. The present investigation attempts to explore the awareness among patients about their rights in a coastal township in India. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 215 patients admitted to the wards of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Mangalore. Awareness among patients regarding their rights varied for various issues and ranged between 48.4 and 87.4 %. Awareness about patients' rights was independent of gender, socio-economic and educational status. Doctors were found to be the most common source of information for patient's about their rights in the study. Doctors must conform to the relevant legislations and involve patients in all aspects of healthcare. There is a need to increase awareness among patients about their rights to ensure informed decisions and better health care services.
尊重患者权利是提供优质医疗保健的一个基本方面。本调查旨在探究印度一个沿海城镇患者对其权利的认知情况。在芒格洛尔一家三级护理教学医院病房收治的215名患者中开展了一项基于问卷调查的横断面研究。患者对其权利在不同问题上的认知各不相同，范围在48.4%至87.4%之间。患者对权利的认知与性别、社会经济和教育状况无关。在该研究中，医生被发现是患者了解其权利最常见的信息来源。医生必须遵守相关法律，并让患者参与医疗保健的各个方面。有必要提高患者对其权利的认知，以确保做出明智的决定并获得更好的医疗服务。
