A STUDY ON THE LEVEL OF HOSPITAL STAFF’S AWARENESS ON PATIENT’s RIGHTS

The assurance given to the patients that their rights are protected needs more, than educating policy makers and healthcare providers; this requires educating patients or their relatives about what they should expect from their healthcare providers, about the kind of treatment they are receiving and treatment’s possible side effects. The effectiveness of patient’s rights depends on the knowledge of the patient and their relatives along with the awareness of the ethical, social and legal issues surrounding them. It is also the duty of the patient or his/her relatives to get information about the treatment given. Successive cooperation of both, patient and healthcare providers is required to achieve fruitful outcome in patient’s treatment and hospital growth. The purpose of the study is to analyse the awareness of patient rights and education among patients, hospital staffs and physicians. This study involves collection of information from patients of various hospitals from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Sample size is 150. Questionnaire framed about patient rights and education were circulated among patients/relatives, hospital administrators and physicians.