Law and Nursing

by Jean McHale Professor LLB MPhil (Author), John Tingle BA Law(Hons) Cert Ed MEd Barrister (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  This book explores the legal regulation of nursing practice today and sets it in the context of recent developments. The issues examined include the developments in the law concerning consent to treatment, the increasing role of the courts in scrutinising allegations of professional negligence, the litigation process in the light of the Woolf reforms and the regulation of treatment decisions both at the beginnings and the end of life. A well-balanced readable companion for all nurses, this book sets out the scope of the nurse's legal rights and obligations.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $4.90

  Controversial issues and questions of special concern are explored, for example: * When can a nurse 'blow the whistle' on poor standards of care? * When does a patient have the right to die? All authors work with, advise and lecture to nurses and have been widely published on legal and professional matters. Their combined experience is encapsulated in this essential and practical source of contemporary information.