| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 387 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
An American Civil Liberties Union handbook |
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American Civil Liberties Union handbook.
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| Bibliography |
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. |
| Subject |
Hospital patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Hospitals -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0809325152 paperback alkaline paper |
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