A National Bill of Patients' Rights
- 5 March 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (10) , 695-700
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199803053381020
Abstract
In one of the most enthusiastically received proposals in his January State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton called on Congress to enact a national bill of rights in health care. The President said, “You have the right to know all your medical options, not just the cheapest. You have the right to choose the doctor you want for the care you need. You have the right to emergency room care, wherever and whenever you need it. You have the right to keep your medical records confidential.”1 The President's proposal is a follow-up to his November 1997 announcement that . . .Keywords
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