What formal and informal mechanisms exist to insure the protection of patients’/clients’ rights?

Alternative Assignment B: Clients’ Rights
and Empowerment (5-7 pages)

1.
First,
introduce topic and paper.
2.
Analyze
the ways in which your agency demonstrates its accountability to its
patients/clients/consumers at the micro and macro level.
3.
What
formal and informal mechanisms exist to insure the protection of
patients’/clients’ rights? From which policies do they derive?
4.
Do
patients/clients serve in governance, planning, and service delivery or
evaluation roles? If yes, how and if not, why (at least speculate).
5.
How
does your agency obtain feedback from clients? How is that feedback utilized?
Is it effective?
6.
What
dilemmas/challenges arise in their development, application or
enforcement?
7.
How
could patients’ rights be strengthened at the case and policy level in your
setting?
8.
What
are or could social work roles be in promoting these policies. Provide examples.
9.
Identify
and briefly describe an organization doing client/class advocacy for your
population or constituency. Use of relevant course and outside readings is
required.

Use of SIX (6) relevant course and/or outside
readings is required, either from the Syllabus or other Social Work sources). (Attach any documents from your agency, which
identify patients’ rights, protections, etc.).

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