Common use of RIGHTS OF PATIENTS Clause in Contracts

RIGHTS OF PATIENTS. In addition to rights to the information under sub. (1), each patient shall have the following rights: (a) To participate in planning care and in planning changes in care; (b) To select or refuse services; (c) To confidential treatment of personal and health care record information and to approve or refuse release of information to any individual outside the hospice, except in the case of transfer to another health care facility, or as required by law or third party payment contract; (d) To request and receive an exact copy of one’s health care record; (e) To be free from chemical and physical restraints except as authorized in writing by the attending physician to provide pallia- tive care for a specified and limited period of time and docu- mented in the plan of care; (f) To be treated with courtesy, respect and full recognition of dignity and individuality and to choose physical and emotional privacy in treatment, living arrangements and the care of personal needs; (g) To privately and without restrictions communicate with others by mail, telephone and private visits; (h) To be permitted to receive visitors at any hour, including small children, and to refuse visitors; (i) To be free from mental and physical abuse incurred from acts or omissions of hospice employees; and (j) To prepare an advance directive.