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BL
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666487
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Annas, George J
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| Title & Author
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The rights of patients : : the basic ACLU guide to patient rights /\ by George J. Annas
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition
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| Publication Statement
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[S.l.] :: Springer Science+Business Media,, 2013
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| Series Statement
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An American Civil LIberties Union handbook
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xvi, 314 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1461267439
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: 9781461267430
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| Notes
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"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 2nd edition, 1992."
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"Originally published by Humana Press in 1989, 1992" --t.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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Hospital patients-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- United States
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Hospitals-- Law and legislation-- United States
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Patient Rights-- ethics
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Patient Rights-- legislation jurisprudence
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Liability, Legal
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Safety-- Legislations jurisprudence
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United States
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