The rights of patients the authoritative ACLU guide to the rights of patients

"The Rights of Patients also addresses contemporary health care issues that continue to be disputed, including how to reform American medicine, improve patient safety, provide adequate pain management, honor the wishes of currently incompetent patients, reform medical research rules, and increa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Annas, George J. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press [2004]
Edición:Third edition
Colección:American Civil Liberties Union handbook
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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