Research Catalog

Title

Law and nursing / Jean McHale, John Tingle.

Author

McHale, Jean V. (Jean Vanessa), 1965-

Publication

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth/Heinemann, 2001.

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Additional Authors

Tingle, John.

Description

xxii, 282 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book sets out the scope of the nurse's legal obligations and rights, highlighting certain ethical dilemmas in practice. When can a nurse 'blow the whistle' on poor standards of care? When does a patient have the right to die?

Subject

• Legislation, Nursing
• Nurses > Malpractice > Great Britain
• Nursing > Law and legislation > Great Britain
• United Kingdom
• United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction: the nurse and the legal environment / Jean McHale -- 2. Nursing negligence: general issues / John Tingle -- 3. Patient complaints / John Tingle -- 4. Legal aspects of expanded role and clinical guidelines and protocols / John Tingle -- 5. Consent to treatment I: general principles / Jean McHale -- 6. Consent to treatment II: children and the mentally ill / Jean McHale -- 7. Confidentiality and access to health care records / Jean McHale -- 8. Clinical research and the nurse / Jean McHale -- 9. Reproductive choice -- 10. end of life / Jean McHale -- App. 1. Guidelines for Professional Practice -- App. 2. Health Service Ombudsman.

ISBN

0750648066

LCCN

^^2001277299

OCLC

45767328

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library