TY  - BOOK
AU  - McHale,Jean V.
AU  - Tingle,John
AU  - Peysner,John
TI  - Law and nursing
SN  - 9780750648066 (pbk.) :
AV  - KD2968.N8 M34 2001
U1  - 344.410417 MCH 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Butterworth-Heinemann
KW  - Nurses
KW  - Malpractice
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - England
KW  - Wales
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Law as it applies to other professions & disciplines
KW  - thema
KW  - Medicolegal issues
N1  - 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
N2  - 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?
ER  -