Patient Rights Basics
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Facing a medical crisis can be a daunting experience. Patients are often shuffled between doctors and forced to make serious medical decisions quickly and with a limited understanding of the medicine involved. It can be easy to forget that patients are not merely human bodies that need to be mended, but people with emotional needs and rights. Health care laws grant patients the right to control their own care, even in the face of a medical crisis.
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