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Patients' Bill of Rights  

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  • In March 1977, President Clinton appointed the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry (referred to here as the Commission) to develop a “Consumer Bill of Rights” to promote and ensure health care quality and value and to protect consumers and workers in the health care system. The Commission was composed of 34 members selected from the private sector. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Patients' Bill of Rights]

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