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Nursing negligence : analyzing malpractice in the hospital setting / Janet Pitts Beckmann.
Holman Biotech Commons RT85.6 .B43 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beckmann, Janet Pitts, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing errors--Case studies.
- Nursing errors.
- Nurses--Malpractice--Case studies.
- Nurses.
- Nursing.
- Malpractice.
- Nurses--Malpractice.
- United States.
- Nursing Staff, Hospital.
- Medical Subjects:
- Nursing.
- Malpractice.
- United States.
- Nursing Staff, Hospital.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 282 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1996]
- Summary:
- This is the first book to describe the etiology of nursing malpractice and the morbidity and mortality associated with it. The author examines the legal aspects of malpractice and provides a comprehensive picture of common nursing malpractice in a variety of settings. She not only defines nursing malpractice but also demonstrates how it can be identified and prevented.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761902252
- 0761902260
- OCLC:
- 33359129
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