PATIENT BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
We want to encourage you, as a patient at UAB, to communicate openly with your health care team,
participate in your treatment choices, and promote your own safety by being well informed and actively
involved in your care. Because we want you to think of yourself as a partner in your care, we want you to
know your rights as well as your responsibilities during your stay with us. We invite you and your family to join
us as active members of your care team.
All UAB Medicine patients shall have the RIGHT:
1. To receive considerate, respectful and compassionate care regardless of your age, gender, race, religion,
culture, language, disabilities, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
2. To receive information in a manner that is understandable and have access to sign or foreign language
interpreter services. We will provide an interpreter as needed.
3. To be called by your proper name and to be told the names of the health care team involved in your
care.
4. To receive care in a safe environment free from all forms of abuse, neglect or harassment.
5. To have a family member or representative of your choice and your own physician/dentist notified
promptly of your admission to the healthcare