title: Awareness and practice of patients' rights among hospitalized patients at Wad-Medani Teaching Hospital, Sudan.
abstract: Patients' rights are a fundamental human right and an important part of modern health care practice. This is a cross-sectional descriptive analytic study, conducted amongst 263 patients at Wadi-Medani Teaching Hospital, Sudan, in March-April 2015. Most patients (95.2%) did not know about the Bill of Rights and most of them (92.8%) were not able to mention any of the patients' rights. The most practiced rights were: the right to be asked for permission before examination (88.1%), proper handling (87.8%), safety of the hospital (87%), presence of a third person when examining a female by a male doctor (85.6%), and admission file confidentiality (75.5%). The awareness of Sudan FMOH Patients' Bill of Rights was very low among patients at Wad-Medani Teaching Hospital, yet they showed a high satisfaction rate probably due to their low socioeconomic status, educational level and expectations. Therefore, awareness of patients' rights must be increased.
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Abobaker A H
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Younis
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Amal H A
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Eylaph M E H
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dmyatti
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Mehad A H
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elmubarak
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Rahma A A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Alterife
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Rawan E O
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Salim
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Samar A B
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Gezira, Sudan.
authors.forename: Wefag S A M
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001364:Awareness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D028701:Patient Rights; D013397:Sudan