Correlates to Shared Decision Making in Healthcare In Uganda

The
Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, chapter 272, provides for the
‘right to treatment based on clinical need regardless of one’s ability to pay;
participation in health care decisions; accessing information about Health care
worker providing care, patients’ diseases and treatment; respect, dignity and
privacy’. Additionally, The Uganda Patients’ Charter of 2009 describes a ‘set
of rights, responsibilities and duties under which a person can seek and
receive health care service and empowers patients to responsibly demand for
quality health care and actively participate in their care at public
facilities’