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Nursing law and ethics / edited by John Tingle and Alan Cribb.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2002Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0632055073
  • 9780632055074
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.410414 22
LOC classification:
  • KD2968.N8 N87 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
The Dimensions -- The Legal Dimension: Legal System and Method / John Hodgson -- The law and its interpretation -- The English legal system -- Legal method -- The legal context of nursing -- The Ethical Dimension: Nursing Practice, Nursing Philosophy and Nursing Ethics / Alan Cribb -- Promoting welfare and well-being -- Respect for persons and respect for autonomy -- Utilitarianism and the public interest -- Principles of health care ethics -- Philosophical ethics--its value and limitations -- Being a good nurse -- The Professional Dimension: Professional Regulation in Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting / Reg Pyne -- The present nursing regulatory system summarised -- Constitution of the UKCC -- Regulating British medicine -- Regulation of nursing--the short term prospect -- The new context for professional regulation -- The Complaints Dimension: Patient complaints in Health Care Provision / Arnold Simanowitz -- The 'new' complaints systems -- The Health Service Commissioner (Ombudsman) -- Complaints in the independent health care sector -- Disciplinary issues -- Help for complainants -- Complaints and litigation -- The ethical aspect -- The Policy Dimension: the Legal Environment of the New NHS / John Tingle -- The Government's health policy agenda -- Focus on health litigation -- Law and health policy: changing the balance of power -- The cumulative effect of the reforms -- The Perspectives -- Negligence -- The Legal Perspective / Charles Foster -- The elements of the tort of negligence -- The existence of a duty of care.
Summary: "Nursing Law and Ethics takes an innovative and challenging approach to key legal and ethical issues, and considers the practical application of law and ethics in nursing. Part 1 explores the interface between law, ethics and nursing, patient complaints and the changing policy context. Part 2 addresses legal and ethical perspectives on more specialist topics including negligence, consent, resource allocation, mental health nursing, the critically ill patient, clinical governance and research."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Dimensions -- The Legal Dimension: Legal System and Method / John Hodgson -- The law and its interpretation -- The English legal system -- Legal method -- The legal context of nursing -- The Ethical Dimension: Nursing Practice, Nursing Philosophy and Nursing Ethics / Alan Cribb -- Promoting welfare and well-being -- Respect for persons and respect for autonomy -- Utilitarianism and the public interest -- Principles of health care ethics -- Philosophical ethics--its value and limitations -- Being a good nurse -- The Professional Dimension: Professional Regulation in Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting / Reg Pyne -- The present nursing regulatory system summarised -- Constitution of the UKCC -- Regulating British medicine -- Regulation of nursing--the short term prospect -- The new context for professional regulation -- The Complaints Dimension: Patient complaints in Health Care Provision / Arnold Simanowitz -- The 'new' complaints systems -- The Health Service Commissioner (Ombudsman) -- Complaints in the independent health care sector -- Disciplinary issues -- Help for complainants -- Complaints and litigation -- The ethical aspect -- The Policy Dimension: the Legal Environment of the New NHS / John Tingle -- The Government's health policy agenda -- Focus on health litigation -- Law and health policy: changing the balance of power -- The cumulative effect of the reforms -- The Perspectives -- Negligence -- The Legal Perspective / Charles Foster -- The elements of the tort of negligence -- The existence of a duty of care.

"Nursing Law and Ethics takes an innovative and challenging approach to key legal and ethical issues, and considers the practical application of law and ethics in nursing. Part 1 explores the interface between law, ethics and nursing, patient complaints and the changing policy context. Part 2 addresses legal and ethical perspectives on more specialist topics including negligence, consent, resource allocation, mental health nursing, the critically ill patient, clinical governance and research."--Publisher description.

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