Geriatrics and the law : understanding patient rights and professional responsibilities
"The updated Third Edition of Geriatrics and the Law by the leading scholar in law and old age belongs on the desk of every hospital and long-term care administrator, Director of Nursing, and Medical Director. It is the most comprehensive volume available on the topic. The book provides clearly written legal and ethical principles and their implications and applications."--Elias S. Cohen, JD, Executive Director, Community Services Systems, Inc. Significant changes in the law are affecting patients' rights and professionals' responsibilities in providing clinical services to the elde
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1 online resource (x, 317 pages)
9780826197719, 082619771X
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Preface to the Third Edition; Chapter 1 Introduction: Demography and Epidemiology of Aging; Chapter 2 Introduction to Law and the Legal System; Chapter 3 Informed Consent and Truth Telling; Chapter 4 Medical Record Keeping: Documentation, Patient Access, and Confidentiality; Chapter 5 Financing Health Care for Older Persons; Chapter 6 Disability Programs and Protections for Older Persons; Chapter 7 Elder Abuse and Neglect; Chapter 8 Involuntary Commitment, Guardianship, Protective Services, Representative Payees, and Powers of Attorney
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010