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Nursing law and ethics / edited by John Tingle, Reader in Health Law, Head of International Development, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK and Alan Cribb, Director, Centre for Public Policy Research, King's College London, London, UK.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Cribb, Alan.
Tingle, John.
Series:
New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nursing ethics--Great Britain.
Nursing ethics.
Nursing--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
Nursing.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (430 pages)
Edition:
Fourth Edition.
Place of Publication:
Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Nursing Law and Ethics explores a variety of key legal and ethical issues in nursing practice using a thought-provoking and holistic approach. It addresses both what the law requires and what is right, and explores whether these two are always the same. The book provides an overview of the legal, ethical and professional dimensions of nursing, followed by exploration of key issues in greater depth. This edition features updated legislation and new material on patient safety. Key topics are accompanied by both a legal and an ethical perspective, covering both law an
Contents:
The legal dimension: legal system and method
John hodgson
The ethical dimension: nursing practice, nursing philosophy and nursing ethics
Alan cribb
The professional dimension: professional regulation in nursing and midwifery
Fiona culley
The complaints dimension: patient and family complaints in healthcare
Peter walsh
The policy dimension: moving beyond the rhetoric towards a safer nhs
John tingle
The perspectives
Negligence
A the legal perspective
Charles foster
B an ethical perspective negligence and moral obligations
Harry lesser
Consent and the capable adult patient
Jean mchale
B an ethical perspective consent and patient autonomy
Bobbie farsides
Responsibility, liability and scarce resources
Tracey elliot
B an ethical perspective how to do the right thing
David seedhouse
Mental health nursing
Leon mcrae
B an ethical perspective compulsion and autonomy
The critically ill patient
Jo samanta
B an ethical perspective
Robert campbell
Clinical governance
Vanessa l. mayatt
Lucy frith
Clinical research and patients
Marie fox and natasha hammond-browning
B an ethical perspective nursing research
Richard ashcroft
The elderly
A older people and nursing care
Jonathan herring
B person-centred care, personal identity and the interests of people with dementia
Michael dunn.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-118-49233-1
1-118-49232-3
OCLC:
862828716

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