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

The Rights of Patients: The Basic Aclu Guide to Patient Rights
ISBN-10
0896031829
ISBN-13
9780896031821
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
348
Language
English
Published
1992-04-27
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
George J. Annas

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.

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