Patients' healthcare, education, engagement, and empowerment rights' framework: Patients', caretakers' and health care workers' perspectives from Oromia, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Successful health care and clinical services essentially depend on patients' realization of ones' rights, and health workers' and facilities' fulfillments and protections of these rights. However, little is documented about how patients and health workers perceive patients' rights during care-seeking practices.

Methods

A qualitative study was conducted in four hospitals in Ethiopia through 8 focus group discussions with patients and 14 individual interviews with diverse groups of patients, caretakers, and 14 interviews with health workers. Participants were recruited through a purposive sampling method to meet the saturation of ideas about patients' rights. The sampled patients, caretakers, and professionals were enlisted from various departments in the hospitals.

SUBMITTER: Birhanu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360507 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature