Patient Rights:
As a patient of Middle Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic, you have the right:
- To considerate and courteous medical care in a safe environment regardless of race, age, sex, disability, or financial status.
- To participate in the development and execution of your plan of care.
- To obtain from physicians and others that care for you during your visit, meaningful and relevant information that pertain to your diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
- To discuss your treatment options and request information regarding specific procedures and/or treatments available and the risks/benefits that are involved with each option.
- To refuse treatment if it is permitted by law and be told of the consequences of this decision.
- To know the identity of physicians, nurses, and anyone else that is involved in your treatment.
- To know the financial implications of the treatment choice that is made.
- To privacy. Treatment, examination, and any ther action that pertains to a patient’s medical care, shall be conducted in such a way as to protect a patient’s privacy.
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To expect the medical staff involved in your treatment to treat all of your records and communications pertaining to your case with confidentiality, except when reporting is required by law.
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To review your medical records and have the information explained to you, except when restricted by law.
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To ask and be told of any business relationships that exist between the office and any parties that affect your treatment.
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To have family help make decisions concerning your medical care, if you desire.
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To receive quality assessment and suitable management of pain.
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To be informed of any treatment that you receive that might involve research of some kind. To be informed of all the risks, benefits, and/or discomforts that this treatment might cause.
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To voice concerns about your care and to have those concerns reviewed and, when possible,resolved.
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To not fear discrimination, abuse, or harassment of any kind because you voice your concerns.