Consent Manual

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.  

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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

CHA*, 961 pages (2009)

*California Hospital Association (CHA) books only - if CHIA member is an employee of a facility that can be a member of CHIA, but is not, CHA books must be sold at the NonMember price.