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

ISBN-13: 9781461267430 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 315 str.

George J. Annas

Opis

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.

Recenzje

If you want your rights to be respected when you are hospitalized, get this book! -Boston Globe

Spis treści

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.