Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D028701
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D028701
Preferred Name

Patient Rights

Definitions
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. In law, the claim of persons involuntarily institutionalized on the ground of mental disability to receive appropriate care for their conditions or diseases. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Synonyms
Patients Rights
Treatments, Right to
Treatment, Right to
Patient Right
Rights, Patient's
Right, Patients'
Patients' Right
Right to Treatment
Rights, Patients'
Right to Treatments
Right, Patient
Rights, Patient
Right, Patient's
Patient's Rights
Patients' Rights
Patient's Right
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