Healthcare Report: Patient Rights, Responsibilities, and Errors

This report examines the rights and responsibilities of patients within the healthcare system. It emphasizes the legal protections afforded to patients, as well as the corresponding duties they have to ensure their own well-being and the quality of their care. The report highlights key aspects such as the right to refuse treatment, the importance of informed consent, and the necessity of reporting medical errors to prevent future harm. It also addresses the issue of reportable abuse in healthcare settings, underscoring the importance of awareness and prompt reporting. The report references scholarly articles to support its claims and provide a comprehensive overview of the patient's role in healthcare.

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Some certain rights of patients are there which are protected by the state as well as
federal laws. The responsibility of the caregivers is to exercise these rights and if they fail to
do so, the caregivers are liable for non-compliance. In the same way, some responsibilities
are also enshrined on the patients. If the patients are failed to adhere to these properties then
they might be deprived of the best medical care. A reportable abuse is defined as the act that
means unreasonable use of force or sexual abuse on a resident of aged care home. The
patients should be aware of the laws and policies against such actions. Patient must know
about the reportable abuses and must inform the nurses or the others if experience any.
Approved providers are required to report any allegation to the police within 24 hours
(Heath-Kelly & Strausz, 2019).
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Every patient has the right to refuse treatment or medication that are in contrary to the
religious beliefs or can violate any kind of rights of the patient. According to the patients’
rights to informed consent and human dignity, it is their right to refuse any medical treatment
if they want (Azzopardi-Muscat et al., 2018). The hospitals or healthcare organizations must
accept the rights of the patient to refuse the treatment procedure and the healthcare providers
should not force them in receiving treatment. In case, if a caregiver is unable to secure the
rights of the patients, then it can violate the right of self-determination of the patients against
which they can take legal action as well. Therefore, it is the duty of the healthcare providers
to provide care considering the rights of the patients. However, it is the duty of the healthcare
professionals to inform the patient about the consequences of refusing the treatment proposal.
If patients are properly informed about the harmful facts of refusing the treatment then they
can change their view and opinion which may lead to an improved health outcome.

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Medicine and nursing is a complex subject and it involves several kinds of complexity
in the practices. Therefore, patients should be very careful when they are receiving treatment
and under medication. Even in the small change in the dosage of medicine can create hazards
and hence, supervision is highly essential. Effective communication plays an instrumental
role throughout the healthcare experience of a patient. Studies indicated that error reporting is
fundamental for the error prevention (Howell et al., 2017). In order to effectively avoid any
kind of future errors that might harm the wellbeing and safety of the patients, it is important
to report them and patients should be aware of this. Again, just because an error did not harm
the patients or did not result any serious event, does not negate the fact that it was an error.
Thus, error reporting is necessary and it is possible with an effective communication between
the patients and the healthcare providers (Daker-White et al., 2015). Therefore, the
responsibility of reporting any error also lies upon the patients and they should communicate
to the staffs if any symptoms of error are found.

References
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Daker-White, G., Hays, R., McSharry, J., Giles, S., Cheraghi-Sohi, S., Rhodes, P., & Sanders,
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