The ABA Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law
Author | : American Bar Association |
Publisher | : Random House Reference |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2001-10-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780676793994 |
ISBN-13 | : 0676793991 |
Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Download or read book The ABA Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law written by American Bar Association and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 2001-10-02 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ABA Complete and Easy Guide to Health Care Law is a comprehensive guide to understanding your rights as a patient and knowing how to move through the health care system. This guide allows you to understand issues about health care to the fullest. Among the issues covered are: Patients’ Rights: Confidentiality, Privacy, and the Patient’s Bill of Rights; Emergency Care; Informed Consent Paying for Medical Care: Insurance and Managed Care; COBRA Reproduction: Assisted Reproductive Technology; Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Pregnancy; Sterilization; Abortion People with Disabilities: Pregnancy; Confidentiality and Disclosure; Vaccinations; Mandatory Testing; Denoting Tort Liability; Quarantine Nursing Homes: Choosing a Nursing Home; Paying for Long-Term Care; Medicaid Planning; Alternative Care and Living Regulating Medical Professionals: Licensing of Doctors, Nurses, and Hospitals; Medical Malpractice; Research on Humans Death and Dying: Right to Refuse Life-Sustaining Treatment; Hospices; Donating Your Organs; Assisted Suicid