The Health Law Department of Boston University School of Public Health created the Patient Rights Program to improve and promote the rights of patients throughout the United States. Protecting the health of patients often requires protecting their rights. The Patient Rights Program offers news and information about your rights as a patient or research subject.

For a brief summary of the legal rights of patients in the United States, click on Patient Rights at Your Fingertips. Click on Publications and Reports for articles and analyses of specific patient rights issues. If you have had an experience involving patient rights that you would like to share with others, visit our Real Life Experiences with Patient Rights page. Other resources can be found in Links.