Iwan Dowie, Richard Griffith

Dimond's Legal Aspects of Nursing (eBook, PDF)

A Definitive Guide To Law For Nurses

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Understand the legal principles of nursing all nurses should know with this definitive guide

Diamond's Legal Aspects of Nursing, 8^th edition, by Iwan Dowie and Richard Griffin, is the definitive guide to the law that all nurses should know. Written specifically for student nurses, the textis beneficial for those already in the practice, providing practical information on the legal principles you need to be aware of in your everyday nursing practice.

Now in its 8^th edition, Diamond's text remains the definitive guide to the law for nurses. Comprehensive and approachable, this edition has been significantly reworked by an expert author team with extensive experience in teaching nursing law to ensure the principles covered are clear and accessible to those not familiar with the law. The text includes recent legal developments and the new nursing standards to ensure it continues to meet the requirements of nursing law modules.

Including key statutes and cases explained by experts in the subject, Diamond's text remains the authoritative text on nursing law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 800
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292245386
• Artikelnr.: 55443590

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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