TY - BOOK AU - Tingle,John AU - Cribb,Alan TI - Nursing law and ethics SN - 0632055073 AV - KD2968.N8 N87 2002 U1 - 344.410414 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Oxford, Malden, Mass. PB - Blackwell Science KW - Nursing KW - Law and legislation KW - Great Britain KW - Nursing ethics KW - Ethics, Nursing KW - Legislation, Nursing N1 - 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 N2 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2004559526-b.html ER -