Legal aspects of nursing / Bridgit Dimond.
Material type: TextPublication details: Harlow : Longman, 2005.Edition: 4th edDescription: lviii, 746 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780582822788 (pbk.) :
- 0582822785
- 344.410414 DIM
- KD2968.N8 D56 2005
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 344.410414 DIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205412 | ||
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Previous ed.: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 734-736) and index.
1.Introduction: four arenas of accountability, the legal system and human rights -- 2.Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges -- 3.Liability in a civil court case for negligence -- 4.Specific problem areas in civil liability: personal liability of the nurse, vicarious liability of the employer and managerial issues -- 5.Statutory functions and management of the NHS -- 6.Progress of a civil claim: defences and compensation -- 7.Consent to treatment and informing the patient -- 8.Data protection: confidentiality and access -- 9.Record keeping, statements and evidence in court -- 10.The nurse and employment law -- 11.The nurse as registered professional -- 12.Health and safety and the nurse -- 13.Children and young persons -- 14.Midwifery -- 15.The nurse on the gynaecology ward -- 16.Intensive care, transfusion and transplant surgery nursing -- 17.Theatre and anaesthetic nursing and the recovery ward -- 18.Nurse educator and researcher -- 19.Legal aspects of the care of older people -- 20.Nursing the mentally disordered -- 21.Accident and emergency, outpatients, genito-urinary departments and day surgery -- 22.Human fertility and genetics -- 23.Community, primary care nursing and palliative care -- 24.Scope of professional practice, clinical nurse specialist and consultant nurse -- 25.Legal aspects of property -- 26.Legal aspects fo AIDS and other infection diseases -- 27.Handling complaints -- 28.Legal aspects of medicines -- 29.Legals aspects of death -- 30.Complementary or alternative therapies.
Now in its 4th edition, this text offers a comprehensive review of the legal aspects of nursing in Great Britain. It covers criminal & civil law, regulation of the NHS & also issues regarding patient rights, such as data protection, treatment consent & confidentiality.