The Rights Of Patients

by Annas, George J.

• ISBN13: 9780814705032
• ISBN10: 0814705030
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

The Rights of Patients is the Bible of patient rights.--Charles Inlander, President of the People's Medical SocietyIn this remarkable book, the nation's foremost authority on health care law provides crucial advice for asserting your rights in the increasingly complex and uncaring medical bureaucracy. A must-read, this book provides a compassionate and workable blueprint for a healthy and just future for us all. --Lori B. Andrews, Chicago-Kent Law SchoolNow in its third edition, The Rights of Patients offers fully documented exposition and explanation of the rights of patients from birth to death. This concise reference covers topics such as informed consent, emergency treatment, refusing treatment, human experimentation, privacy and confidentiality, patient safety, and medical malpractice. The Rights of Patients is an invaluable resource not only for patients and their families but also for physicians, hospital administrators, medical and nursing students, and other health care workers.

Author Biography

George J. Annas is the Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights at the Boston University School of Public Health and Chair of the Health Law Department. He is also a professor at the Boston University School of Law and the Boston University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the ACLU Handbook Series
Eve Cary, General Editor	ix
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
I. Patient Rights	1	(27)
II. The Patient Rights Advocate	28	(16)
III. Reforming American Medicine	44	(19)
IV. Hospitals	63	(26)
V. Emergency Medicine	89	(24)
VI. Informed Choice	113	(28)
VII. Choices about Surgery and Children's Care	141	(27)
VIII. Reproductive Health	168	(26)
IX. Research	194	(30)
X. Medical Records	224	(22)
XI. Privacy and Confidentiality	246	(27)
XII. Care of the Dying	273	(25)
XIII. Suffering, Pain, and Suicide	298	(18)
XIV. Death, Organ Donation, and Autopsy	316	(21)
XV. Patient Safety and Medical Malpractice	337	(28)
Appendixes
A. Internet Resources	365	(4)
B. Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine	369	(6)
C. Childbearing Patient Bills of Rights	375	(6)
Index	381