title: Patient rights and medical education: clinical principles.
abstract: The rights of patients may be considered within three broad categories: (i) health as a fundamental human right, (ii) equitable healthcare provision by governments and institutions, and (iii) professional relationships with individual health practitioners. Doctors should be well prepared in medical schools to understand and uphold patient rights. A simplified framework for learning and for teaching medical students about patient rights is proposed with the acronym DROIT--dignity, respect, obligation, information and trust.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. rlewkoni@ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lewkonia
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D028701:Patient Rights; D028723:Personhood; D012962:Sociology, Medical; D035502:Trust