Community Grievance Decision Digest

Dignity and Respect

The decision summaries regarding this law may be found in the document:
Community Grievance Decision Digest: Decisions. (PDF, 512KB)

THE LAW:

Each patient shall... “Have the right to be treated with respect and recognition of the patient's dignity and individuality by all employees of the treatment facility or community mental health program and by licensed, certified, registered or permitted providers of health care with whom the patient comes in contact.”

ss. 51.61(1)(x), Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.]

NOTE: This is a relatively new addition to the patient rights laws (1995). See also Staff-Patient Conflicts.

Last Updated: November 10, 2009