The Rights of Patients
The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights
2nd Edition
Published on 15. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 315 pages
978-1-4612-6743-0 (ISBN)
Description
George Annas, America's leading proponent of patient rights, spells them out for you in this revised, up-to-date edition of his groundbreaking classic. Thorough, comprehensive, and easy to follow-using a question-and-answer format in much of the text-The Rights of Patients explores all aspects of becoming an informed patient: hospital organization hospital rules emergency treatment admission and discharge the patient rights movement informed consent surgery obstetrical care human experimentation and research privacy and confidentiality care of the dying death, autopsy, and organ donation medical malpractice.
Reviews / Votes
If you want your rights to be respected when you are hospitalized, get this book! -Boston GlobeMore details
Edition
Second Edition 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
Totowa
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XVI, 315 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4612-6743-0 (9781461267430)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-0397-1
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/1992
2nd Edition
Humana Press Inc.
€53.49
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Content
I. The Patient Rights Movement.- II. How Hospitals Are Organized.- III. Rules Hospitals Must Follow.- IV. Emergency Medicine.- V. Admission and Discharge.- VI. Informed Consent.- VII. Surgery.- VIII. Pregnancy and Birth.- IX. Human Experimentation and Research.- X. Medical Records.- XI. Privacy and Confidentiality.- XII. Care of the Dying.- XIII. Death, Organ Donation, and Autopsy.- XIV. Medical Malpractice.- XV. The Patient Rights Advocate.- A Other Resources.- B. Patient Bill of Rights Act.- C. Sample Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney.- D. Right to Refuse Treatment Act.- E. How to Use Law and Medical Libraries.