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Consent Manual - 2008 edition

From basic principles to specific procedures, the Consent Manual is your one-step resource for all legal requirements related to patient consent for medical treatment, release of medical information, reporting requirements and more. This easy-to-use manual doesn't just repeat the law, it explains it.

The manual starts with basic principles of consent and moves to specific situations and patient types including minors, mental health treatment, advance health directives, research and more. Broader content issues such as release of information, mandatory reporting requirements and refusal of treatment are also addressed.

Learn exactly what the law requires and what you need to do to comply. This nearly 1000-page manual contains 24 chapters and more than 100 forms, many translated into Spanish.

From basic principles to specific procedures, the Consent Manual is your one-stop resource for all legal requirements related to patient consent. 961 pages (35th edition, 2008)

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Manual Price:
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Nonmember: $495

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Patients' Rights and the Basic Principles of Consent
  • Who May Give Consent
  • Advance Health Care Directives
  • Procedures that Require Special Consent
  • Refusal of Blood, Drugs or Other Medical Treatment
  • Medical Procedures and Interrogations Requested by Law Enforcement
  • Research on Human Subjects
  • Conditions of Admission, Arbitration and Liens
  • Patient Transfer, Discharge or Temporary Absence
  • Maternity/Newborn Issues
  • Patient Deaths
  • Detainment for Mental Health Treatment
  • Rights of Mental Health Patients
  • The Medical Record
  • Privacy Rights and Patient Access to Records
  • Release of Medical Information to Third Parties: General Patient
  • Release of Mental Health and Developmental Disability Information Covered by the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act to Third Parties
  • Release of Substance Abuse Information to Third Parties 
  • Assault and Abuse Reporting Requirements
  • Other Statutory Reporting Requirements
  • Incident and Quality Assurance Reports
  • Hospital Liability for Patients' Belongings
  • HIV and Other Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Other Issues
  • Index

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