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Author:

Annas, George J.

Title:

The rights of patients : the authoritative ACLU guide to the rights of patients / George J. Annas.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxi, 387 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Hospital patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Hospitals--Law and legislation--United States.
Patient Rights--ethics--United States.
Patient Rights--legislation & jurisprudence--United States.
Liability, Legal--United States
Safety--legislation & jurisprudence--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Patient rights -- The patient rights advocate -- Reforming American medicine -- Hospitals -- Emergency medicine -- Informed choice -- Choices about surgery and children's care -- Reproductive health -- Research -- Medical records -- Privacy and confidentiality -- Care of the dying -- Suffering, pain, and suicide -- Death, organ donation, and autopsy -- Patient safety and medical malpractice.

Series:

An American Civil Liberties Union handbook

ISBN:

9780814705032 (pbk.)
0814705030 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57125133

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)