Patients Rights Act
Resolution Text
| Category: | Human Rights | Strength: | Significant | Proposed By: | Yeldan UN Mission |
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Description:
NOTING that a healthy population is a more productive population and the better the overall health of citizens, the better a nation’s economy can thrive;
BELIEVING that all persons have the right to participate in the assessment of their needs, the development of their treatment plans and to receive information concerning their condition and treatment;
ASSERTING that medical professionals must be able to provide these services without government interference in the doctor/patient relationship or corruption;
FURTHER ASSERTING that patients have the right to expect confidential treatment of all communications and records about their care and the right to receive information concerning their condition and treatment;
The General Assembly of the United Nations declares that:
(I) Decisions concerning medical treatment, medical procedures and treatment options shall rest with the patient and his or her attending physician.
(II) All citizens of all UN member nations have the right to undergo any medical procedure, except where previous legislation by this body that is still in effect has granted them immunity from giving such rights.
(III) Patients may refuse treatment and such refusal shall be verbal or in writing provided that such refusal does not endanger the health of others.
(i) A physician may give emergency medical treatment without the patient’s consent if, because of the emergency circumstances, including the patient’s physical or mental state, it is not possible to obtain his consent.
(IV) Patients have the right to be given full and accurate information about the nature of their illnesses, diagnostic procedures, the proposed treatment and the costs involved.
(V) Patients have the right to know by name the persons directly and personally involved in their care.
(VI) Consultations between patients and physicians shall be held in the strictest confidentiality and shall not be made available to any third party without the consent of the patient.
(VII) Personal medical records and the contents of such records shall not be made available to any third party without the consent of the patient.
(VIII) No medical facility or physician shall discriminate between patients on grounds of religion, race, sex, nationality, country of birth, or other such grounds.
(IX) For the purposes of this legislation, "patient" may also refer to a legal guardian if the patient is under the age of 16, or is an adult unable to understand his or her rights under this Act.
(X) In cases involving adult conjoined twins who are both capable of exercising their rights under this act, acceptance or refusal of treatment shall be required of each twin. In cases involving minor conjoined twins or in instances where one or both twins are incapable of giving consent, decisions shall rest with the guardian or physician as per Articles III(i) and IX.
- Co-Authored by: Waterana
- Votes For: 9,124
- Votes Against: 4,176
- Implemented: Thu May 25 2006
