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Published on: February 16, 2011
Factors affecting patients' rights practice: the lived experiences of Iranian nurses and physicians
S Joolaee1, V Tschudin, A Nikbakht-Nasrabadi
1Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. sjoolaee@yahoo.com
Background:
The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education published a 'Patient's Bill of Rights' in 2001.
Aim:
To gain insight into the perception and practice of patients' rights in Iran. This paper reports on Iranian nurses' and physicians' perceptions and lived experiences of respecting patients' rights.
Methods:
A purposeful sample of eight nurses and five physicians working in a central teaching hospital in Tehran were interviewed during 2005-2006 for a qualitative study. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.
Findings:
The emerging themes were categorized as 'barriers to patients' rights practice' and 'facilitators of patients' rights practice'. Under these themes three subgroups were discussed: awareness, resources and accountability.
Conclusion:
Healthcare professionals' lived experiences are an important source of data if managers and policy makers are to make changes and legislate for protecting and promoting patients' rights.
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