Patient Privacy in Environmental Context of General Hospitals , Assessment Local Reality

Abstract

Abstract:The Environmental Context of General Hospital is one of The Composite andComplex Physical Environments , Which Integrate and Combine Multifunctionand Diverse forms of Human Behavior , Patient Privacy as Concept , Determinedby Surrounding Social / Physical Therapeutic Environment .This Article Represent The Effects Both of Social Environment WhichInterface Patient and Physical Characteristics of Therapeutic Environments , byTesting Three Types of Wards in AL-SALAM General Hospital in Mosul , TheResults Indicates The Manipulation of Physical Environment to Get AcceptedLevel of Patient Privacy Dose not Works Without Consider Social InteractionBetween Patients Together , Medical Staff and Visitors Where Those HaveAffects in Patient Assessment of Privacy Level.Key words: privacy, general Hospital