Safeguarding vulnerable adults and the law / Michael Mandelstam.
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TextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2008.Description: 25 cmISBN: - 9781843106920 (pbk.) :
- Social service -- Great Britain
- National health services -- Great Britain
- Community health services -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
- People with disabilities -- Abuse of -- Great Britain -- Prevention
- Older people -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Great Britain
- People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Great Britain
- Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Great Britain
- Public health laws -- Great Britain
- Mental health laws -- Great Britain
- Law
- Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
- Social welfare & social services
- Social work
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- Social security & welfare law
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- KD3306
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book focuses on vulnerable adults harmed by abuse, neglect or omission. This includes people with learning disabilities being insufficiently protected by local authorities and NHS patients suffering gross lapses in standards of care, infection control, nutrition and basic dignity in acute hospitals.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.