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The Joint Commission?s New Speak Up? Program Urges Patients to ?Know Your Rights?
Posted by: David Patton
June 08, 2007

(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. - June 8, 2007) The Joint Commission has launched a national campaign to help Americans understand their rights when receiving medical care. "Know Your Rights" is part of The Joint Commission's award-winning Speak Up^TM program that urges people to take an active role in their own health care.

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