Health Rights

As women there are many times in our lives when we come into contact with individuals and organisations that provide health care, health information, education and health promotion. We may have contact with them in a hospital (public or private), health professionals’ rooms, community health centres, neighbourhood houses, schools or on the phone - just to mention a few.

As consumers we are entitled to have access to quality health care and information, to be treated with dignity and respect ensuring privacy of ourselves and also information about us, to be active participants in any decisions made regarding our treatment and to control our own bodies in every aspect of health care.

The following publications and web sites provide more information:

• My Health My Privacy My Choice - a consumer's guide to privacy and health information

• Mental Health Patient Rights

• Office of the Health Services Commissioner

• Professional Boundaries: A Guide for Patients and Doctors

• Public Hospital Patient Charter

• Private Hospital Patient Charter

• Electronic copies of our documents are provided in Adobe PDF format.
• They are clearly marked PDF and include the file size.
• You will need the Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer to view this file.
• The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available free of charge from Adobe's website.

Go to specific health issues introductory page.