The definitive sourcebook for basic legal knowledge, this reference covers the majority of legal issues in nursing in depth, citing current case examples from courts throughout the United States. It provides practical tips for improving patient care and reducing liability risks, and answers the legal questions most commonly asked by nurses. Offers a thorough explanation of the law, its sources, doctrines, and court system, and combines legal and ethical topics to show readers how both concepts affect nursing practice in all clinical settings. Features You Be the Judge/You Be the Ethicist sections that gives facts (many in great detail) from actual court cases (dating from 1993 to the present), along with questions that direct readers to consider chapter content in light of real court cases.
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Brennan , Ensuring Adequate Health Care for the Sick : The Challenge of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome as an Occupational Disease , 1988 Duke L. J. 29 ( 1988 ) ( VI ) . Brennan , Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ...
MICHAEL S. GAZZANIGA David T. McLaughlin Distinguished Professor and Professor of Psychology , Dartmouth College , and Director , Center for Cognitive Neuroscience , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire 03755 , USA JEFFREY J.
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Key additions to the revised text include a glossary; updated facts, figures, tables, and statistics; new case studies; chapter discussion questions, including social-ethics questions; and social analysis.
Carey, Benedict. “Inside the Injured Brain, Many Kinds of Awareness.” New York Times (April 5, 2005). Available online. URL: www. nytimes.com/2005/04/05/health/05coma.html. Accessed January 2, 2008. Carey, Benedict and John Schwartz.
The definitive guide to the legal and ethical issues around medical and surgical practice. It is written with the busy clinician in mind who requires the key information presented without technical jargon in a handy quick-reference style.
This is an analysis of medical ethical concepts based on legal principles and court decisions, describing what actually happens in practice rather than what should happen and, where there are no precedents available, what is most likely to ...
Medical Ethics, Etiquette and Law