Legal aspects of nursing / Bridgit Dimond.
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TextPublication details: Harlow : Longman, 2002.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xliii, 612p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780582423596 (pbk.) :
- 0582423597
- 344.410414 DIM
- KD2968.N8
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Previous ed.: London: Prentice Hall, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-601) and index.
Part I: General principles affecting all nurses --1. Introduction: four arenas of accountability and the legal system --2. Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges --3. The professional liability of the nurse in a civil court case for negligence --4. Specific problem areas in civil liability: the personal liability of the nurse --5. More specific problems in negligence liability --6. Progress of a civil claim: defences and remedies --7. Consent to treatment and informing the patient --8. The law on confidentiality, and the exceptions --9. Statements, medical record-keeping and evidence in court --10. The nurse and employment law --11. The nurse as a registered professional --12. Health and safety and the nurse Part II: Specialist area --13. Paediatric nursing --14. Midwifery --15. The nurse on the gynaecology ward --16. Intensive care and transplant surgery nursing --17. Theatre nursing and the recovery ward --18. Nurse educator and researcher --19. Legal aspects of the care of the elderly --20. Nursing the mentally disordered --21. Accident and emergency, out-patients and genito-urinary medical department-- 22. Reproductive medicine --23. Community nursing --24. School, clinic and practice nurses Part III: General areas --25. The legal aspects of property --26. Legal aspects of AIDS --27. Handling complaints --28. Legal aspects of drugs --29. Legal aspects of death--30.Complementary therapies.
This edition seeks to ensure that registered practitioners understands the changing context within which they work and that they have a knowledge of the law and its implications so that they can better protect their patient/client and themselves.