Patients Bill of rights.
1. Right to Appropriate Medical Care and Humane Treatment. - Everyone has the right to health and medical treatment that is appropriate for his or her condition of health, without discrimination, and within the resources, manpower, and expertise available for health and medical care now. The patient has a right to adequate and high-quality health and medical care. His human dignity, principles, integrity, unique needs, and culture will all be honored throughout this time. If a person cannot receive medically essential treatment immediately, he will either be ordered to wait for care or referred or sent for treatment elsewhere, depending on his condition of health. If a patient must wait for care, the reason for the delay must be explained to him. Without any deposit, pledge, mortgage, or other kind of upfront payment for treatment, patients in an emergency will be given prompt medical attention and treatment.
2. Right to Informed Consent. - The patient has a right to a clear, truthful, and substantial explanation of all proposed procedures, whether diagnostic, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, or therapeutic, in a manner and language understandable to the patient, including the name and credentials of the person who will perform the procedure, the possibility of any risk of mortality or serious side effects, problems related to recovery, and probabilities. Informed consent to medical treatment is required by both law and ethics. Patients have the right to obtain information about proposed treatments and to ask questions so that they may make well-informed decisions regarding their care.
3. Right to Information. - The patient or his or her legal guardian has the right to be informed of the results of the evaluation of the type and degree of his or her ailment during his or her treatment and hospitalization. Any other extra or planned medical treatment on surgical operation or procedures, including any other additional drugs to be provided and their generic counterparts, as well as any other relevant information, data, or research. Any changes in the plan of care for his or her disease must be made before the alteration is made. The extent to which payment may be expected from Phil health or any payor and any charges for which the patient may be liable, the disciplines of health care practitioners who will provide the care, and the frequency of services that are proposed to be furnished are all factors to consider before the plan of care is implemented.
4. Right to be Informed of His Rights and Obligations as a Patient. - Every patient has the right to be informed about his or her rights and responsibilities. The Department of Health, in collaboration with health care providers, professional and civic organizations, the media, health insurance corporations, people's organizations, and local government organizations, shall launch and maintain a nationwide information and education campaign to inform people about their rights as patients, as defined in this act. Patients' rights and duties must be put on a bulletin board prominently displayed at a health care facility. It is the responsibility of health care institutions to advise patients of their rights as well as the institution's laws and regulations that apply to the patient's behavior while in their care.
5. The Right to Choose Health Care Provider and Facility. - The patient has the freedom to pick the health care professional who will serve him as well as the facility, except when he is under the care of a service facility, when public health and safety require it, or when the patient expressly waives this right in writing. At the patient's request and expense, the patient has the right to confer with a consultant specialist about his condition. They also have the right to obtain second and subsequent views from another health care provider/practitioner, if necessary. Patients have a common-law right to choose who provides their treatment, as well as who provides it. As a result, when patients actively express preferences for providers, regardless of payer source or kind of treatment, their decisions must be respected.
6. Right to Refuse Participation In Medical Research. - The patient has the right to know if his health care practitioner intends to include him in medical research, which includes but is not limited to human experimentation, which can only be done with the patient's written informed permission. Provided, however, that the Department of Health ensures the ongoing training and education of future health care providers/practitioners in order to guarantee the country's health care delivery develops. The terms of the Declaration of Helsinki, as well as its associated guidelines, must be made known to the patient engaging in human research. Individuals have the option of participating or not participating. An individual who agrees to engage in a study at the outset has the freedom to withdraw at any time, as well as the right to decline to answer any specific question(s) or participate in a certain set of procedures.