| Description |
xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Ethics and law -- 2. Ethics and ethical and legal decision-making frameworks -- 3. The Australian legal system -- 4. Ethics, law and nursing and midwifery practice -- 5. Adult patients - consent and refusal of consent -- 6. Children as patients -- 7. Ethics, law and health information management -- 8. Patient safety and negligence -- 9. Ethics, law and mental health -- 10. Ethics, law and the elderly -- 11. End-of-life issues -- 12. Issues relevant to reproduction, pregnancy and birth |
| Summary |
"Understanding ethics and law in health care is an essential part of nurses' and midwives' professional standards. Ethics, Law and Health Care focuses on teaching applied ethics and law in a manner that illustrates the real world applications of these core components of the nursing and midwifery curriculum and practice. It equips readers with the ability to recognise and address legal and ethical issues that will arise in their professional practice. The book uses the four principles of biomedical ethics (autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice) together with the use of both the Nursing and Midwifery Codes of Ethics and Codes of Professional Conduct, issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, as a central means through which to analyse and approach ethical and legal issues."--Back cover |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index |
| Subject |
Ethics -- legislation and jurisprudence
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Law and ethics.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Medical care -- Australia.
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Medical ethics -- Australia.
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Nursing services -- Australia.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Legislation, Nursing.
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Bioethical Issues.
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Midwifery -- ethics.
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Midwifery -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Nursing Services -- ethics.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Jurisprudence -- ethics
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Medical care
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Nursing Services.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Then, Shih-Ning, author
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| ISBN |
1420256831 |
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9781420256833 |
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