Help your students grasp the principles of nursing law Diamond's Legal Aspects of Nursing, 8th edition, is a definitive guide to the legal principles of nursing written specifically for student nurses. The text guides your students through key statutes and cases to help them understand the law around nursing, serving as a practical guide.
Help your students grasp the principles of nursing law Diamond's Legal Aspects of Nursing, 8th edition, is a definitive guide to the legal principles of nursing written specifically for student nurses. The text guides your students through key statutes and cases to help them understand the law around nursing, serving as a practical guide.
Richard Griffith is a senior lecturer at the College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University. Iwan Dowie is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education at the University of South Wales.
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New Version Guided Tour Table of Cases Table of Statutes Abbreviations Preface to eighth edition Acknowledgements Publisher's Acknowledgements Part I General Principles affecting all nurses 1. Introduction: Professionalism, the legal system and human rights 2. Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges 3. Liability in a civil court case for negligence 4. Specific problem areas in civil liability: Personal liability of the nurse, vicarious liability of the employer and managerial issues 5. Statutory functions and management of the NHS 6. Progress of a civil claim: defences and compensation 7. Consent to treatment and informing the patient 8. Data protection: confidentiality and access 9. Record keeping, statements and evidence in court 10. The nurse and employment law 11. The nurse as a registered professional 12. Health and safety and the nurse Part II Specialist areas 1. Children and young persons 2. The nurse on the gynaecology ward 3. Acute care 4. Learning disabilities and safeguarding people 5. Nurse educator and researcher 6. Legal aspects of the care of older people 7. Nursing people with mental health problems or learning disability 8. Accident and emergency, outpatients, genito-urinary departments day surgery 9. Human fertility and genetics 10. Community and primary care nursing 11. Scope of professional practice, clinical nurse specialists and consultant nurse Part III General areas 12. Legal aspects of property 13. Legal aspects of public health 14. Handling complaints 15. Legal aspects of medicines 16. End-of-life care and death 17. Complementary and alternative therapies 18. The future Glossary Further Reading Websites Index
New Version Guided Tour Table of Cases Table of Statutes Abbreviations Preface to eighth edition Acknowledgements Publisher's Acknowledgements Part I General Principles affecting all nurses 1. Introduction: Professionalism, the legal system and human rights 2. Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges 3. Liability in a civil court case for negligence 4. Specific problem areas in civil liability: Personal liability of the nurse, vicarious liability of the employer and managerial issues 5. Statutory functions and management of the NHS 6. Progress of a civil claim: defences and compensation 7. Consent to treatment and informing the patient 8. Data protection: confidentiality and access 9. Record keeping, statements and evidence in court 10. The nurse and employment law 11. The nurse as a registered professional 12. Health and safety and the nurse Part II Specialist areas 1. Children and young persons 2. The nurse on the gynaecology ward 3. Acute care 4. Learning disabilities and safeguarding people 5. Nurse educator and researcher 6. Legal aspects of the care of older people 7. Nursing people with mental health problems or learning disability 8. Accident and emergency, outpatients, genito-urinary departments day surgery 9. Human fertility and genetics 10. Community and primary care nursing 11. Scope of professional practice, clinical nurse specialists and consultant nurse Part III General areas 12. Legal aspects of property 13. Legal aspects of public health 14. Handling complaints 15. Legal aspects of medicines 16. End-of-life care and death 17. Complementary and alternative therapies 18. The future Glossary Further Reading Websites Index
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