The general discussion, caselaw, and practical guidance in Patient Care Decision Making: A Legal Guide for Providers, now in a new softbound format, combine to help your clients achieve a proper balance between their responsibilities to a patient and the patient's individual rights. Covering both procedural and substantive aspects of the law, the author addresses key patient care issues such as: • Consensual treatment • Forced treatment of the mentally ill • The right to refuse treatment • Brain death • Autopsies • Anatomical gifts • Privacy • Confidentiality