PATIENT RIGHTS

According to WHO (World Health Organization), “Patients’ rights vary in different countries and in different jurisdictions, often depending upon prevailing cultural and social norms. Different models of the patient-physician relationship—which can also represent the citizen-state relationship—have been developed, and these have informed the particular rights to which patients are entitled.”

In Turkey, where you will have your treatment, patient rights are under state assurance by the Code of Patient Rights which was updated in 26/02/2016.

According to this regulation, which involves every private or state institution, every physician, or every staff member who involved in health care services, every patient who appeal to a medical health care service have these following rights:

Utilization of services
The principles of justice and equity within the framework of activities to promote healthy living and take advantage of preventive health services.

Equality to access services
Every patient is to take advantage of any health care service without discrimination on race, language, dialect, religion, creed, sex, political opinion, philosophical belief, economic and social conditions, depending on the principle rule which dictates that every person has the basic right of physical, mental and social wellbeing in a safe and secure environment.

Information
Every patient has the right of being informed about their own treatment and every health care institution or staff should inform the patient.

Having Choices
Anyone can choose or change the medical institution and health services to have the right and desired treatment.

Staff change
Patients may have the information on the identities and titles of physicians who provide healthcare, and may select or change them.

Privacy
Patients should have all kinds of health services in a private/personal  environment.
 
Consent
No medical interventions would apply to patient unless their consent and permission.
 
Refusal
Patients may refuse or ask to stop the procedures.
 
Religious duties
Anyone may carry out religious duties in the extent of the medical facilities where suitable.
 
Euthanasia
Euthanasia is prohibited in Turkey.