The Rights of Patients: The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights (An American Civil Liberties Union Handbook) [Hardcover]

George J. Annas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0896031829 | ISBN-13: 978-0896031821 | Edition: 2

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

About the Author

George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H., is the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law at Boston University of Medicine and chief of the health law section at Boston University School of Public Health.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Humana Press; 2 edition (April 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896031829
• ISBN-13: 978-0896031821
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,385,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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