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Given that rights have dominated several healthcare debates, how would you define rights as a healthcare provider and why?
What are the consequences of your definition?
What type of patient-provider model would best accommodate your definition of rights?
If rights also produce obligations - how can both patients and providers claim professional or personal rights over the same issue?

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Given that rights have dominated several healthcare debates, this solution explains how to define rights as a healthcare provider; explains the consequences of your definition and the type of patient-provider model that would best accommodate your definition of rights. And, if rights also produce obligations, it also explains how both patients and providers can claim professional or personal rights over the same issue. Supplemented with an article on protecting the Health Care provider's rights.

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Interesting questions! Let us take a closer look through definition, discussion and examples, which you can draw on for your final response. I also attached a highly informative article for further research.

However, it is also important for you to follow the instructions for this assignment (e.g. to complete the activity in "Classroom Materials" in order to complete this assignment. Go to "Classroom Materials," click on the Unit 2 tab, click "View Unit 2," click "Activity," and follow the directions in the activity). Then, after completion of the activity, add your own ideas to the following questions.

1. Given that rights have dominated several healthcare debates, how would you define rights as a healthcare provider and why? (1 Paragraph)

The rights of healthcare provider's are often dictated (or so it seems) by the rights of the patient and the law, which sets up an obligation for the health care provider to meet the needs of the patient and the law. However, by informing prospective patients prior to entering into the patient-health care provider relationship that certain procedures or therapies will not be provided, doctors and hospitals often are protected against later claims that they either are wrongfully denying patients appropriate therapies or abandoning the patients. Thus, by setting such limits at the outset of the relationship, both the patient and the health care ...

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