Patient rights have been developing in parallel with the development of health services in recent years. Increased competition among health institutions has given importance to the satisfaction status of patients. Disease is a condition that reduces or destroys an individual's psychosocial and physical functioning. In case of illness, people may not be able to communicate well and may experience various problems with healthcare workers. Patient rights are the practices that are guaranteed by the international and national legislation, for the protection of the rights of the person requesting medical assistance and applying for this purpose to a health institution within the entire service process given to him / her in that health institution. Although patient rights have improved in recent years among the application areas of the social work profession, they have gained importance over time. The aim of this paper is to discuss the development of patient rights and social work profession, which has gained a new place by breaking out of basic rights.