Journal of Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacoproteomics

Awareness and practice of doctors and nurses about patients' rights at Wad-Madani Teaching Hospital in Sudan in 2015

4^th International conference on Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine & Molecular Diagnostics

September 22-23, 2016 Phoenix, USA

Samar Mohamed

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Pharmacogenomics Pharmacoproteomics

Abstract:

This is a cross-sectional descriptive analytic study, conducted among 101 doctors and 70 nurses in Wad-Madani Teaching Hospital during the period from March to April 2015. Data was collected by using a self-administrated questionnaire based on the Sudan FMOH Patientsâ?? Bill of Rights and analyzed using SPSS program. Most health workers (doctors 60.4% and nurses 74.3%) were not aware about the Patients' Bill of Rights. Doctors agreed that the most practiced rights were: Explaining cause of referral to the patients, taking permission prior to physical examination, privacy of the examination and giving adequate information about the diagnosis. While nurses agreed that the most practiced rights were providing proper handling and hospitality, explaining nursing services and giving after-discharge. The doctors and nursesâ?? awareness about the Patients' Bill of Rights was low. Health workers must be aware about legal issues and patients' rights through seminars and workshops as a part of continuous professional development.

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