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

Annas, George J.

ISBN 10: 0896031829 / ISBN 13: 9780896031821

Published by Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Humana Pr Inc, 1992

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hardback in fine condition with very good+ dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rights of Patients: The Basic Aclu Guide to Patient Rights
• Publisher: Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Humana Pr Inc
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896031829
• ISBN 13: 9780896031821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law

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Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

Written for patients, their families, and care-givers to enable them to understand and exercise their legal rights, The Rights of Patients, by George J. Annas, covers such subjects as informed consent, emergency treatment, admission and discharge, human experimentation, privacy and confidentiality, medical records, and surgery.