Author	Annas, George J. author
Title	The Rights of Patients [electronic resource] : The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights / by George J. Annas
Imprint	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1992
Edition	Second Edition
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0397-1
Descript	XVI, 315 p. online resource

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: โข hospital organization โข hospital rules โข emergency treatment โข admission and discharge โข the patient rights movement โข informed consent โข surgery โข obstetrical care โข human experimentation and research โข privacy and confidentiality โข care of the dying โข death, autopsy, and organ donation โข medical malpractice

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

1. Medicine
2. Medical ethics
3. Medicine & Public Health
4. Theory of Medicine/Bioethics