Patient Rights and Responsibilities – Dr. Mariam Habib Dental Center

To get high quality of health care.
To have personal privacy.
To be assured of the confidentiality of patient’s information.
To receive care in a safe environment.
To be safeguarded from any form of verbal abuse by dental staff or other professionals.
To know the name of the attending consultant and the healthcare team.
To be informed about decisions regarding healthcare
To be treated with respect and dignity to the patient’s spiritual, cultural and philosophical beliefs.
To participate in the development and implementation of the patient’s treatment plan.
To have the patient’s family participates in treatment decisions where appropriate.
To have information about pain and pain relieve measures.
To refuse treatment or medications.
To ask for another medical opinion.
To receive the services of a translator or interpreter to facilitate the communication between the patient and the Dental Center’s healthcare professionals.
To complain about any aspect of the Dental Center’s services.
To have a unified standard of healthcare.
A patient over the legal age has the right to choose his companion.
The guardian has the right to appoint a companion for their child, provided that to give the reception staff the companion’s information.

To provide information about your medical history.
To treat the staff with dignity and respect.
To obligate attending appointments or provide notice of nonattendance in advance.
To actively participate in decisions regarding your healthcare.
To ask for clarification about any aspect of your healthcare that you do not understand.
To notify us of any issues that may affect your healthcare.
To accept the consequences and outcomes of failing to follow the recommended course of treatment or using other treatments.
To know that any breach of the charter, such as violence towards staff, may affect your right to be treated in the center.
To inform about any changes in circumstances that may impact their treatment and care.
To report complaints or concerns.