Patient Rights

**Definition:** Fundamental claims of patients, as expressed in statutes, declarations, or generally accepted moral principles. (Bioethics Thesaurus) The term is used for discussions of patient rights as a group of many rights, as in a hospital's posting of a list of patient rights.

**Tree numbers:** - I01.880.604.473.650 - N03.706.437.650

**Synonyms:** - Patient's Rights - Patients' Rights