International Health Rights

Consumers International

The Rights of Patients – Prescription for healthy consumers
All patients have the right to:

  1. appropriate and accessible health care
  2. freedom from discrimination
  3. information and education
  4. choose a doctor or other health worker
  5. choose a health care establishment
  6. informed consent about treatment
  7. participate in their own health care
  8. respect, privacy, confidentiality and dignity
  9. complain
  10. redress in the event of injury.