Porterfield, Jason,

The law and personal health : your legal rights / Jason Porterfield. - 1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations. - Gale virtual reference library Know your rights . - Know your rights. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

chapter 1. Consent, confidentiality, and privacy -- chapter 2. Reproductive health -- chapter 3. Mental health -- chapter 4. Substance abuse -- chapter 5. Staying healthy at home, school, and work.

This guide will help give teens the confidence to navigate the health care system and find available services and resources. Readers will understand the scope of confidentiality and consent laws as they relate to minors and have the tools to manage their reproductive health, seek appropriate therapies, find proper recourse against abuse, and more.

9781477780527 9781477780558 9781477786147 9781477786154


Confidential communications--Physicians--United States.
Informed consent (Medical law)--United States.
Public health laws--United States.

KF3775 / .P67 2016

344.7303/21

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