2.) You have the responsibility to make choices in your own best interest based on a clear understanding of your medical care, its cost, risks and alternatives.
3.) You have the responsibility to ask for information on your illness, to learn what you can and to do what you can to help maintain the best health possible.
4.) You have the responsibility to give your physicians and health care providers accurate and complete information about your illness, medical history and medications.
5.) You are responsible for following your physicians and health care providers orders to the best of your ability, to ask questions if you have problems and concerns and work out alternative plans.
6.) You have the responsibility for keeping appointments, filling prescriptions and following through on health care instructions, to adhere to the guidelines of hospitals and clinics.
7.) You have the responsibility to keep a written account of your personal health history, signs and symptoms, medications, treatments, outcomes and concerns.
8.) You are responsible for covering the costs of your health care.
9.) You have the responsibility to accept or decline to participate in research activities.
10.) You are responsible for treating physicians and health care providers with respect, to call with questions during reasonable hours (unless it's an emergency), to address them by their preferred name, to listen to and respond appropriately to their questions, concerns and professional guidance.
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[ From: Injured Workers of America (IWA)...Injured Workers' Uniting For Fair Unbiased Medical Evaluation, Timely Treatment, & Patient Rights Worldwide... http://www.medakate.org/pt-right.html ]