TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dimond,Bridgit
TI  - Legal aspects of nursing
SN  - 9780582423596 (pbk.) :
AV  - KD2968.N8 
U1  - 344.410414 DIM 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Harlow
PB  - Longman
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Medical laws and legislation
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - thema
KW  - Law as it applies to other professions & disciplines
KW  - Medical ethics & professional conduct
KW  - Medicolegal issues
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -