title: What patients know about their rights in Turkey.
abstract: Patients' rights issues are currently being discussed in health care at both the private and public levels in Turkey. In this study, 317 patients were interviewed upon hospital discharge and asked what they knew about their "rights" as patients. According to the collected data, 63% of the patients were not aware that they had any rights in receiving health care services at all. Since this is the first study of its type in Turkey, further research in this area is needed. In closing, it is recommended that hospitals in Turkey adapt routine policies similar to those in the United States for informing customers about their rights for safe, effective and efficient health care provision.
authors.affiliation: School of Allied Health, Gazi University, Teknikokullar, Ankara-Turkey.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tengilimoglu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kisa
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Dziegielewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey