Nursing law and ethics /
edited by John Tingle and Alan Cribb.
- Second edition.
- xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Dimensions -- The Legal Dimension: Legal System and Method / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / The elements of the tort of negligence -- The existence of a duty of care. John Hodgson -- Alan Cribb -- Reg Pyne -- Arnold Simanowitz -- John Tingle -- Charles Foster --
"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.