Woods & Water Medical Center

Patient Rights
Woods & Water Medical Center wants every patient to receive the best possible care. To that end, want you to know what
your rights are. For example, it is your right to receive care without discrimination, have your family involved, participate
in planning your medical treatment, complete an advance directive outlining your healthcare wishes, and have your
healthcare kept confidential. Specific rights are listed below.
As a patient at Woods & Water Medical Center, I, or my legal authorized representative, have the right to:
 Receive care without discrimination due to my  Receive evaluation and provision of protective
race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, services.
religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status,  Designate who is permitted to visit me during my
age, newborn status, handicap, or source of hospitalization.
payment.
 Receive care and treatment that respects my
 Have my family and physician notified promptly values, beliefs, and life philosophy.
of my admission and have my family participate
 Address ethical questions that arise in my
in my care decisions.
healthcare.
 Know the name of the physician or other
 Receive emotional and spiritual support for my
practitioner who has primary responsibility for my
family and me.
care and know the identity and professional status
of the people caring for me.  Complete an advance directive outlining my
wishes regarding my healthcare should I become
 Receive from my physician, in terms I can
unable to express my wishes regarding organ and
understand, current information about my
tissue donation.
diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
 Refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law
 Receive from my physician, except in
and be informed of the medical consequences of
emergencies, information that allows me to give
my actions.
informed consent before beginning any procedure
or treatment.  Be informed of the need for, alternative to, and
acceptance by another facility when transfer to
 Participate in the planning of my medical
that facility is planned.
treatment and to decline to participate in
experimental research.  Have all communications and records pertaining
to my healthcare kept confidential.
 Receive care for symptoms that will respond to
treatment, even if they are not related to my  Have access to my medical record within a
primary healthcare condition. reasonable timeframe.
 Receive evaluation and management of pain.  Examine and receive an explanation of my bill
regardless of the source of payment and receive
 Receive considerate and respectful care in a safe
information regarding financial assistance.
and private environment free of neglect,
harassment, and abuse.  Receive information regarding the relationship of
Woods & Water Medical Center to other
 Be free from restraints of any form that are not
healthcare or educational institutions involved in
medically necessary or are used as a means of
my care.
coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by
staff.  Receive complete language translation free of
charge.
 Be free from seclusion and restraints of any form
that are not necessary for emergency behavior
management or are imposed as a means of
coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by
staff.

I have read and understood my rights.

Patient Signature Date

Date Created: 4/12/2024