Rights of Patients

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.