Legal Aspects Of Nursing (Prentice Hall Nursing Series) - Softcover

Dimond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131909010 ISBN 13: 9780131909014

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1995

Synopsis

The revised edition of this bestselling and highly respected book builds on the comprehensive nature of the first edition with enhanced coverage of contemporary legal debates and issues. Again, Legal Aspects of Nursing introduces nurses to the complexities of the law through describing everyday situations in which nurses find themselves and examining the legal consequences, in order to aid nurses' understanding of the legal principles involved. This understanding will enable nurses to apply those principles to similar situations in nursing practice, management and education.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Legal Aspects of Nursing

introduces nurses and other health care professionals to the law. The third edition of this best-selling and highly respected text has been updated for changes in the law arising from new judgments and legislative provisions in the field over the last five years. It also fully incorporates changes in NHS structure and other major initiatives and issues in health care management. Major changes include the Human Rights Act 1998, the Data Protection Act 1998, Health Act 1999 and Health and Social Care Act 2001and the new Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Legal Aspects of Nursing is written specifically for non-lawyers and is clear and jargon-free. Throughout the book, vivid situations based on everyday nursing practice are included in order to explore the legal consequences. This brings to life and emphasises to the reader the relevance and importance of the law to the health care professionals' daily work.

The scope of the book is comprehensive and includes such specialisms as work in operating theatres, in the community, gynaecology and accident and emergency, which enables the more detailed areas of the law which arise in those departments to be discussed. Questions and answers are supplied at the end of each chapter to enable students to revise and test their knowledge. Appendices include the articles of the Human Rights Convention and details on the new Nursing and Midwifery Council. A free Lecturer’s Guide is available for the exclusive use of lecturers adopting the book for class teaching.

Legal Aspects of Nursing is an essential textbook for student nurses and nurse managers enrolled on degree, diploma and masters courses in nursing and related areas. It is also an invaluable reference for nursing and hospital managers, consultant nurses, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, midwives and health visitors and carers in nursing homes and private hospitals. A foreword has been written by the Chief Nursing Officer of the Department of Health.

Bridgit Dimond MA (Oxon) LLB MPhil DSA, Barrister-at-law is Emeritus Professor at the University of Glamorgan. She is an experienced health service manager and lecturer in health service law and management and a Non-Executive Director of Bro Taf Health Authority. Bridgit Dimond is the author of a number of books and articles on all aspects of professional accountability and patients’ rights.

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About the Author:

Bridgit Dimond MA (Oxon) LlB MPhil DSA, AHSM, Barrister-at-law is Emeritus Professor at the University of Glamorgan. She is an experienced health service manager and lecturer in health service law and management. She is alsto the author of a numver of books and articles on all aspects of professional accountability and patients’ rights.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0131909010
• ISBN 13: 9780131909014
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 616