RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR ME, AS THE PATIENT Everyone has the need to be treated with dignity and respect. The places where it is needed the most, it's lacking the most. This is, especially true of my many experiences of being in the hospital. (I have serious, life threatening medical conditions that require the acute care of the hospital more than I, or anyone would like). Doctors, nurses and many other medical personnel have made my conditions better, have stabilized me, and have even, on occasions, saved my life. I love life and I am very grateful to these amazing people. Many times, in my hospital career , as a patient, they lack in giving me, as the patient, the respect and dignity, I, as a competent, intelligent adult have the right to. I Want To Tell The People In The Medical Field This: 1) I'm not just a body, disease and/or patient. I'm a person, with just as much value and worth as people giving me