Table 1 Patient rights in policies for government health facilities in Karnataka, India

There is no legislation that provides a consolidated legally recognized list of patient rights in one place. It is scattered in multiple policies such as administrative laws concerning government employees, health professional laws and other general grievance redressal related laws. The government health facilities endorsing national quality assurance programme are provided with the following list of patient rights to display in health facilities [63]. The list includes

 •Right to information

 •Right to access care that is sensitive to gender, religious and cultural needs

 •Right to privacy, confidentiality, and dignity

 •Right to informed decision making

 •Right to defined framework for ethical management including dilemma confronted during delivery of services at public health facilities