Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To protect these expectations, which of the following 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. The Joint Commission's rights and responsibilities of patients
ANS: A
Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. In 1972, the American Hospital Association (AHA) developed the Patient's Bill of Rights. The Self-determination act, American Hospital Association's Standards of Care, and The Joint Commission's rights and responsibilities do not address patients' expectations regarding health care.
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