Law and nursing /
McHale, Jean V. 1965-
Law and nursing / Jean McHale, John Tingle. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. - xxii, 282p. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 1998. Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: the nurse and the legal environment--2. Nursing negligence: general issues--3. Patient complaints--4. Legal aspects of expanded role and clinical guidelines and protocols--5. Consent to treatment 1: general principles--6. Consent to treatment 11: children and the mentally ill--7. confidentiality and access to health care records--8. clinical research and the nurse--9.reproductive choice--10. The end of life.
This book sets out the scope of the nurse's legal obligations and rights, highlighting certain ethical dilemmas in practice. When can a nurse 'blow the whistle' on poor standards of care? When does a patient have the right to die?
9780750648066 (pbk.) : £17.99 0750648066
2001277299
Nurses--Malpractice--Great Britain
Nursing--Law and legislation--Great Britain
Nursing--Law and legislation--England
Nursing--Law and legislation--Wales
Law.
Law as it applies to other professions & disciplines
Medicolegal issues
Nursing
KD2968.N8 / M34 2001
344.410417 MCH
Law and nursing / Jean McHale, John Tingle. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001. - xxii, 282p. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 1998. Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: the nurse and the legal environment--2. Nursing negligence: general issues--3. Patient complaints--4. Legal aspects of expanded role and clinical guidelines and protocols--5. Consent to treatment 1: general principles--6. Consent to treatment 11: children and the mentally ill--7. confidentiality and access to health care records--8. clinical research and the nurse--9.reproductive choice--10. The end of life.
This book sets out the scope of the nurse's legal obligations and rights, highlighting certain ethical dilemmas in practice. When can a nurse 'blow the whistle' on poor standards of care? When does a patient have the right to die?
9780750648066 (pbk.) : £17.99 0750648066
2001277299
Nurses--Malpractice--Great Britain
Nursing--Law and legislation--Great Britain
Nursing--Law and legislation--England
Nursing--Law and legislation--Wales
Law.
Law as it applies to other professions & disciplines
Medicolegal issues
Nursing
KD2968.N8 / M34 2001
344.410417 MCH