Know by name the physician, nurse and other staff members responsible for your care.
Talk openly with your physician about your diagnosis, the treatment prescribed for you, the prognosis of your illness, and any instructions required for follow-up care.
Request that your physician communicates in terminology you may reasonably expect to understand.
Have your request courteously received and properly considered as quickly as circumstances permit.
Be informed of the reason you are given various tests and treatments, and who the people are who give them to you.
Be informed of the general nature and inherent risk of any procedure for which you have given your consent.
Change your mind about any procedure for which you have given consent, to refuse treatment, and to be informed of the medical consequences of this action.
Expect your personal privacy to be respected to the fullest extent consistent with the care prescribed for you and applicable to UAE laws.
Expect all communications and other records pertaining to your care to be kept confidential to the extent required by law.
Request through your attending physician a second opinion by another physician, to change physicians, or to change hospitals and/or facilities.
Participate in ethical discussions that arise in the course of your care.
