Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation

Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

Patient Rights and Responsibilities

Right: To receive considerate and respectful care

Responsibility: To treat other patients and staff with courtesy:

• Speak to others with courtesy and respect
• Respect other people's privacy
• Observe smoking regulations
• Use televisions, telephones, radio and lights in a manner that's not disturbing to others

Right: To receive complete information about diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

Responsibility: To make your needs known

Right: To participate in all decisions about your treatment and discharge

Responsibility: To be knowledgeable about your medical plan of care

Right: To refuse treatment and be told what the effect will be

Responsibility: To ask questions if you do not fully understand information given to you

Right: To receive considerate and respectful care

Responsibility: To keep appointments on time, physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc. If you are going to be absent, please notify the appropriate persons in a timely manner

Right: To know the names, positions, and function of all hospital staff involved with your care

Responsibility: To speak to the staff who will assist you to correct or remedy a situation—the nurse, the social worker, the therapist, or someone else on the unit