Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing

Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
ISBN-10
1770487107
ISBN-13
9781770487109
Category
Medical
Pages
323
Language
English
Published
2019-05-13
Publisher
Broadview Press
Authors
Joseph P. DeMarco, Gary E. Jones, Barbara J. Daly

Description

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the many ethical and legal issues that arise in the practice of nursing. Ethical analysis is supplemented with rigorous discussion of precedents from the American legal system as well as the requirements of professional codes operating at the national and state levels. Topics include informed consent, end-of-life treatment, impaired decisional capacity, privacy and confidentiality, and much more.

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