The Rights of Patients: The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights

Annas, George J.

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.

Details

Published by: Humana

Publication Date: 2012-12-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781461267430

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0397-1

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 315