Chapter 18. Your Legacy Wills: Your Safety, Your Rights, and Your Records

You might be wondering why, in a book about medical and legal planning, we’re writing about your safety, privacy, and records. It’s because, just like your leg bone being connected to your knee bone, your safety, privacy, and records are integral parts of your health care. And because doctors and lawyers have played a role in improving health care quality, it seemed a natural fit to fill you in on these important topics, along with your rights as a patient.

A Guide to Medical Safety

Whether we’re boarding an airplane, jumping onto the country’s most extreme rollercoaster, or buying ground beef, we want to know that we’re safe—that the service or product we’re purchasing is ...

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