Patients' Rights, Law and Ethics for Nurses, Second Edition. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Buka.
• Authors: Buka, Paul
• Contents: Concept of law and human rights; Sources of law; Duty of care; Classification of law; Human rights and legal obligations; Litigation and compensation systems; The NHS litigation authority; Systems of compensation; Nursing regulation and law; Ethics and patients’ rights; Sue Watkinson ; What is ‘ethics’?; Ethics – its relevance for practice; Philosophical dimension on ethical values and human rights; Rights and freedom of choice; Necessity and the greater good principle; Ethical frameworks and decision-making; Ethics and the therapeutic relationship; The beginning of life to adulthood: human rights; Kathleen Chambers and Paul Buka; When does human life begin?; Childhood and the law; Parents and parental responsibility: majority age; Consent and the child; Advocacy; Safeguarding the vulnerable child; Information on child abuse – disclosure; Working safely with service users; In the course of employment; Keeping the patient, self and others safe; Conclusion; References; A trusting relationship; Duty of care and professional accountability; Duty of confidentiality and patient information; Communication and record keeping; Misappropriation and patients’ property; Theft or fraud; Trust and patients’ property rights; Capacity and safeguarding patient’s property rights; Gifts, strings attached and professional ethics; Consent to treatment and mental capacity; Nature of consent; Consent and human rights; Mental capacity and informed consent; Capacity to consent, human rights and best interests; Research, consent and organ donation; Vulnerable adults, older people and abuse; Background; Key theories of abuse; Interventions; Criminal law responses; Civil remedies; Public authorities and human rights; Victims with mental health needs; Interagency working and abuse; Equality and diversity; Discrimination in healthcare provision; Recent developments of the law on discrimination; Other types of discrimination; Grounds for discrimination and the law today; End of life care; Clinical decision-making; Euthanasia; Suicide – human right or a criminal act; Do not attempt resuscitation orders; Persistent vegetative state (PVS); Living wills/advance directives and the right to choose; The double-effect doctrine and palliative care; Crossing the rubicon – toward a slippery slope; Impact of patients rights on care; From paternalism to patient-centred care; Human rights and litigation; Human rights, policy and morals;
• Edition: 2nd
• Publisher Details: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (251 pages), (1 illustrations)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482217414; 1482217414
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.