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St. Barnabas Hospital fully supports your right to make
decisions concerning your medical care, including the right
to accept or refuse medical/surgical treatment and the right
to execute an Advance Directive.
Advance Directives are
legal written or verbal
instructions made by you
before an incapacitating
illness or injury. One type
of Advance Directive is
a Healthcare Proxy. A
Healthcare Proxy is a
document that enables you
to appoint another adult
(18 years old or over) to
make medical decisions
for you in the event that you are unable to do so. If you would like to
execute an Advance Directive, please ask your nurse to contact a
Patient Representative or call
(718) 960-6121
or
6353
.
You can also make your wishes known with regard to organ, eye or
tissue donation. You may document your wishes in your Healthcare
Proxy or on a Donor Card, available from the Patient Representative.
Advance Directive forms and information are contained in the booklet
“
Your Rights as a Hospital Patient in New York State,
” which is part of
your admission package.
Advance Directives
During the course of a patient’s illness, the healthcare team and the
patient’s family and/or friends may be confronted with some difficult
healthcare decisions. The Ethics Committee of St. Barnabas Hospital,
a team of healthcare professionals, explores various approaches to
decision-making and offers recommendations for resolving ethical
issues of patient care.
The primary purpose of this committee is to give counsel and advice to
the physicians responsible for the medical case under consideration.
Members of the Ethics Committee also make themselves available to
meet with patients, family members and/or designated representatives
as well as with the patient’s healthcare team members in an effort to
clarify and resolve ethical problems that may arise.
Consultations with the Ethics Committee can be arranged by contacting
the
Patient Relations Office
at
(718) 960-6121
or
6353
,
or your
attending physician.
The hospital encourages all individuals, including patients, visitors and
the general public to notify the Compliance Officer about any potential
or actual violations of hospital policy and procedures, and/or illegal or
unethical behavior. SBH Health System does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, citizenship
status, age, disability, ethnic predisposition, carrier status, marital status,
sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, pregnancy,
veteran status or any other characteristics.
Calls to the Compliance Hotline may be raised anonymously and will
be held in the strictest confidence possible, consistent with the need to
investigate any allegations of wrongdoing.
The Compliance Hotline
number is
844-239-0567
. You may also
report online at
Ethics Committee
Compliance Hotline
