The Rights of Patients: The Basic ACLU Guide to Patient Rights 2nd ed. 1992 edition

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.