Hi Lin
You have just made a very important point, I sometimes feel a bit frustrated that information like this seems to be available to America's citizens, but it doesn't seem to be easy to find this information in our countries (New Zealand & Australia). I know some of my rights as a patient in the public hospital system within Australia, but I'm not sure what they would be in New Zealand.
I will look in to it for both of us....because you are right, we need to know how & when we can assert our rights as citizens of our country, but also our rights regarding duty of care within the medical system.
If you happen to find some information before I get back to you, could you please let me know. Our countries are pretty similar in lots of ways, so it's possible our constitutions & healthcare laws etc could be similar also.
Love & gentle cool hugs
Jo