YOUR RIGHTS &
RESPONSIBILITIES
As our patient, we respect and honor your rights.
Please review the Patient Rights & Responsibilities
form in the Reference section to understand your
rights and responsibilities as a patient at UAB
Hospital.
Advance Care Planning
It can be difficult for doctors and loved ones to
know what kind of treatment you want if you are
unable to tell them. The best way to make sure
Physicians and
Advanced Practice Providers
your wishes are respected is to discuss them
with your health care provider and your loved
ones while you’re healthy and then fill out an
Advance Directive form. Please refer to the
Advance Care Planning page in the Reference
OUR MISSION
To improve the health and well-being
section for information about how to develop an
advance care plan.
of Alabama, by providing innovative
WHY UAB
health services of exceptional value
UAB Medicine is committed to providing the highest
that are patient- and family-centered,
quality health care and is rated among the best
a superior environment for the
medical centers in the nation. Among our outstanding
education of health professionals, and
programs are:
of society, particularly the citizens
support for research that advances
medical science.
• Nationally ranked cardiovascular center offering the
full spectrum of heart and vascular services
• National Cancer Institute