Law and Nursing
Author:   Jean McHale, Professor, LLB, MPhil ,  John Tingle, BA, Law(Hons), Cert Ed MEd Barrister
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780750688680


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   29 May 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jean McHale, Professor, LLB, MPhil ,  John Tingle, BA, Law(Hons), Cert Ed MEd Barrister
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780750688680


ISBN 10:   0750688688
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   29 May 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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Newly updated, this textbook provides a commentary on the areas of the law of interest to nurses. <br>Headings and questions with associated answers help the reader understand the principles being put forward. It is well referenced, chapter by chapter, and has suggestions for further reading. <br>This would be a useful first book for studying legal or professional issues in nursing. It is also recommended for those who have an understanding of the law and want to see how recent changes, for example, the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act, are affecting professional practice. <br>Senior Lecturer and academic lead, law in health care, University of Plymouth <br>Nursing Standard:: August 15:: vol 21 no 49:: 2007


Newly updated, this textbook provides a commentary on the areas of the law of interest to nurses. <br>Headings and questions with associated answers help the reader understand the principles being put forward. It is well referenced, chapter by chapter, and has suggestions for further reading. <br>This would be a useful first book for studying legal or professional issues in nursing. It is also recommended for those who have an understanding of the law and want to see how recent changes, for example, the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act, are affecting professional practice. <br>Senior Lecturer and academic lead, law in health care, University of Plymouth <br>Nursing Standard: : August 15: : vol 21 no 49: : 2007


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