McHale, Jean V.  1965- <br/><br/>
Law and nursing / 
Jean McHale, John Tingle. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Edinburgh :  Churchill-Livingstone Elsevier,  2007. 
 - xxi, 263 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.  Previous ed.: 2001.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the nurse and the legal environment; Nursing negligence: general issues; Patient safety, litigation and complaints in the NHS; Legal aspects of expanded role, clinical guidelines and protocols and nurse prescribing; Consent to treatment I: general principles; Consent to treatment II: children and the mentally ill; Privacy, confidentiality, and access to health care records; Clinical research and the nurse; Reproductive choice; The end of life 
<br/><br/> 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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780750688680 (pbk.) :  £23.99 9780750688680 (pbk.) :  Đ23.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Law and legislation--England<br/>Nursing--Law and legislation--Wales<br/>Law.<br/>Medicolegal issues<br/>Nursing<br/>Law as it applies to other professions & disciplines
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KD2968.N8  / M34 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.0414 MCH