- Anatomy of The Spine
- Back Pain in Children
- Caring for your Spine
- Emerging Spinecare Trends
- Evaluation of Spinal Disorders
- Exercise and The Spine
- Intervention - Spinal Disorders
- Intervertebral Disc
- Non Surgical Options
- Nutrition and Spinecare
- Options for Spine Treatments
- Pregnancy and Back Pain
- Prevalence of Spine Disorders
- Sleep and the Spine
- Spinecare Introduction
- Spinehealth and Disease
- Surgical Interventions
- Treatment with Medications
- Understanding Back Pain
Spinecare Topics
Spinecare Introduction
Your Rights as a Patient
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Your Rights as a Patient
Effective care of spinal disorders requires collaboration between the
patient, family members and healthcare providers. The effectiveness of
spinecare is dependent upon timely intervention, continuity of care,
interdisciplinary communication and consistent expectations. The needs
and well-being of the patient should always be first in the delivery of
healthcare services.
The American Academy of Spine Physicians (AASP) has provided a Patient's Bill of Rights with the expectation that compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights will contribute to improved healthcare delivery to the patient with a spinal disorder. The AASP is committed to educating the patient and facilitating their role in decision making about diagnostic and treatment options. The AASP Patient List of Rights represents a modified version of the American Hospital Association Patient Bill of Rights. The American Hospital Association encourages healthcare institutions to tailor their patient bill of rights to their select patient community by simplifying the language of their bill.
The AASP Patient Bill of Rights acknowledges that:
1. The patient has the right to thoughtful and respectful care
2. The patient has the right to be informed of the most conservative methods of spinecare available that is thought to improve his or her condition.
3. The patient has a right to conservative and cooperative spinecare.
4. The patient has the right to obtain complete and current information concerning the diagnosis, proposed treatment, and expected prognosis in terms that he or she may reasonably be expected to understand. When it is not advisable to give such information to the patient, the information should be made available to an appropriate person (medical proxy) on the patient's behalf.
The American Academy of Spine Physicians (AASP) has provided a Patient's Bill of Rights with the expectation that compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights will contribute to improved healthcare delivery to the patient with a spinal disorder. The AASP is committed to educating the patient and facilitating their role in decision making about diagnostic and treatment options. The AASP Patient List of Rights represents a modified version of the American Hospital Association Patient Bill of Rights. The American Hospital Association encourages healthcare institutions to tailor their patient bill of rights to their select patient community by simplifying the language of their bill.
The AASP Patient Bill of Rights acknowledges that:
1. The patient has the right to thoughtful and respectful care
2. The patient has the right to be informed of the most conservative methods of spinecare available that is thought to improve his or her condition.
3. The patient has a right to conservative and cooperative spinecare.
4. The patient has the right to obtain complete and current information concerning the diagnosis, proposed treatment, and expected prognosis in terms that he or she may reasonably be expected to understand. When it is not advisable to give such information to the patient, the information should be made available to an appropriate person (medical proxy) on the patient's behalf.
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