Research Catalog

Title

Ethical and legal issues in home health and long-term care : challenges and solutions / Dennis A. Robbins.

Author

Robbins, Dennis A.

Publication

Gaithersburg, Md. : Aspen Publishers, 1996.

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Details

Description

xvii, 236 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Ethics, Medical
• Home Care Services
• Home care services > Law and legislation
• Home care services > Moral and ethical aspects
• Life Support Systems
• Life support systems (Critical care) > Law and legislation
• Life support systems (Critical care) > Moral and ethical aspects
• Long-Term Care
• Long-term care of the sick > Law and legislation
• Long-term care of the sick > Moral and ethical aspects

Genre/Form

Legislation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health and Long-Term Care: An Overview -- Ch. 2. Internal and External Forces Leading to the Emergence of Ethical Issues in Home Health and Long-Term Care -- Ch. 3. Foundations and Applications in Ethics: Understanding Principles for Addressing Ethical Issues -- Ch. 4. A Model for Making Better and More Justifiable Decisions -- Ch. 5. Tracing the Legal Legacy surrounding Consent and End-of-Life Decision Making: From Quinlan to Cruzan -- Ch. 6. Formal Vehicles for Decision Making -- Ch. 7. Developing Institutional Policies on Ethical Issues -- Ch. 8. Conducting an Ethics Audit -- Ch. 9. Clinical Ethics Rounds -- Ch. 10. The Facility-Based Ethics Committee -- Ch. 11. The Community-Based Ethics Committee: A New Concept To Meet New Challenges -- Ch. 12. Integrating Clinical, Legal, Ethical, and Administrative Problem Solving and Decision Making.

ISBN

0834207834

LCCN

96005377

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries