Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To protect these expectations, which has become law?
a. American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights
b. Self-Determination Act
c. American Hospital Association's Standards of Care
d. JCAHO rights and responsibilities of patients
A
The American Hospital Association developed the Patient's Bill of Rights.
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