Assesments of Patient Rights Applications at the Hospitals of Ministry of Health

This research has been performed for the purpose of assessing the conformity of the applications conducted in hospitals under Ministry of Health in Turkey to accreditation standards for rights of patients and their relatives, created by JCI. The research implemented n the patient's rights unit of hospitals under the Ministry of Health. Survey form consisted of three parts that are some socio - demographic features of patient rights unit officers, application status of JCI standards and problems that patient rights unit officers have faced, methods they found to solve those problems and their suggestions about the subject aimed at improving the quality of patient rights applications. According to the results of the study patients' rights practices in hospitals under the Ministry of Health are in conformity with JCI standards.