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Assuring safety in long-term care / Marshall B. Kapp, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 9.
- Ethics, law, and aging review, 1076-1616 ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Long-term care of the sick--United States--Safety measures.
- Long-term care of the sick.
- Public health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Springer, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume explores the concept of safety as applied in the long term care context. Chapters examine the way in which the quest for safety may work either synergistically or adversely upon other worthy social goals. Among the initiatives considered are promoting the decision-making autonomy of patients/clients and their surrogates, enhancing the quality of care and quality of life available to long term care residents, and providing fair compensation for injured victims when serious harm occurs. Questions addressed that are of concern to legal and ethical theorists, social science researchers
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Part I. Assuring Safety in Long-Term Care: Ethical Imperatives, Legal Strategies, and Practical Limitations; Chapter 1. Assuring Safety in Long-Term Care: The Albatross of Historical Experience; Chapter 2. At Least Mom Will Be Safe There: The Role of Resident Safety in Nursing Home Quality; Chapter 3. Assuring Quality Nursing Home Care: A Case of ""Market Failure""; Chapter 4. Assisted Living: Safety vs. Autonomy; Chapter 5. Safety, Self-Determination, and Choice in Long-Term Care: The Consumer and Ombudsman Experience
- Chapter 6. Hazardous to Our Health: Competing Values, Conflicting Agendas, and Mixed MessagesChapter 7. Assuring Safety for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Focus on Staffing; Chapter 8. Improving Resident Safety Through Quality Medical Care; Part II. Independent Articles; Chapter 9. When Value and Meaning Become Monetary Rather Than Moral: Issues in Geriatric Health Care Allocation; Book Reviews; Books Received; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-80674-9
- 9786611806743
- 0-8261-1637-X
- OCLC:
- 437109868
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