BCNU Patient's Bill of Rights

Patient's Bill of Rights

Webcast of the February 13, 2004
BC Nurses' Union announcement of a Patient's Bill of Rights that proposes "specific, far-reaching improvements in services and quality of care that patients receive under our publicly-funded health care system"

BCNU NEWS RELEASE

February 13, 2004

Nurses issue Patient�s Bill of Rights

RNs propose specific, far-reaching improvements in services and quality of care that patients receive under our publicly-funded health care system

On the eve of a new provincial budget, BC nurses are proposing specific and far-reaching improvements in the services and quality of care available to patients under our publicly-funded health care system.

The nurses have issued a Patient�s Bill of Rights which proposes significant improvements in what patients can expect when they go to an emergency room, require surgery, seek community health services such as home care, need a bed in a nursing home, require palliative care in the last days of their lives and want access to information about their care.
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Debra McPherson, President, BCNU RT: 4:32

Anne Shannon, Campbell River Long Term Care nurse, Pacific-Rim Chair BCNU RT: 2:17

Rosa Shieh, Emergency Room nurse, Vancouver General Hospital RT: 3:13

Media Questions RT: 15:43