In an increasingly legalised healthcare environment, this new handbook provides an essential guide to nursing professionalism in the context of the law.
With a professional career undertaking various healthcare-related roles, the author is both a mental health and general nurse who takes the reader through the workings of the legal system and how nurses can apply the law in an ethical and principled way. The handbook helps the reader to consider complex issues such as biomedical ethics, human rights, negligence and the importance of confidentiality, and provides guidance on decision making when faced with legal or ethical dilemmas.
Easy to understand and peppered with numerous practical examples throughout, the Handbook of Medical Law and Ethics for Nurses will support development of the essential legal awareness needed by undergraduate and post-graduate nurses alike.
1. Chapter 1 : Introduction to Law and Ethics - p. Page xii 2. Chapter 2 : The Structure and Function of the Courts - p. Page xii 3. Chapter 3 : The Professional Nurse and the Law - p. Page xii 4. Chapter 4 : An Ethical Framework for Nursing - p. Page xii 5. Chapter 5 : The Tort of Negligence - p. Page xii 6. Chapter 6 : Confidentiality - p. Page xii 7. Chapter 7 : Defensible Documentation - p. Page xii 8. Chapter 8 : Consent and Mental Capacity - p. Page xii 9. Chapter 9 : The Law and Children’s Welfare - p. Page xii 10. Chapter 10 : End of Life Care – Legal Aspects - p. Page xii 11. Chapter 11 : Contraception, Abortion and Sterilisation - p. Page xii 12. Chapter 12 : Mental Ill-Health: Legal Aspects - p. Page xii 13. Index - p. Page xii
In an increasingly legalised healthcare environment, this new handbook provides an essential guide to nursing professionalism in the context of the law.
With a professional career undertaking various healthcare-related roles, the author is both a mental health and general nurse who takes the reader through the workings of the legal system and how nurses can apply the law in an ethical and principled way. The handbook helps the reader to consider complex issues such as biomedical ethics, human rights, negligence and the importance of confidentiality, and provides guidance on decision making when faced with legal or ethical dilemmas.
Easy to understand and peppered with numerous practical examples throughout, the Handbook of Medical Law and Ethics for Nurses will support development of the essential legal awareness needed by undergraduate and post-graduate nurses alike.
1. Chapter 1 : Introduction to Law and Ethics - p. Page xii 2. Chapter 2 : The Structure and Function of the Courts - p. Page xii 3. Chapter 3 : The Professional Nurse and the Law - p. Page xii 4. Chapter 4 : An Ethical Framework for Nursing - p. Page xii 5. Chapter 5 : The Tort of Negligence - p. Page xii 6. Chapter 6 : Confidentiality - p. Page xii 7. Chapter 7 : Defensible Documentation - p. Page xii 8. Chapter 8 : Consent and Mental Capacity - p. Page xii 9. Chapter 9 : The Law and Children’s Welfare - p. Page xii 10. Chapter 10 : End of Life Care – Legal Aspects - p. Page xii 11. Chapter 11 : Contraception, Abortion and Sterilisation - p. Page xii 12. Chapter 12 : Mental Ill-Health: Legal Aspects - p. Page xii 13. Index - p. Page xii
