Written specifically for nurses, this market leading textbook provides undergraduate students with a 'one stop' reference to all they need to know about the law and its practical application to everyday nursing situations.
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PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES AFFECTING ALL NURSES
1. Introduction: four arenas of accountability, the legal system and human rights
2 Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges
3 Liability in a civil court case for negligence
4 Specific problem areas in civil liability: personal liability of the nurse, vicarious liability of the employer and managerial issues
5 Statutory functions and management of the NHS
6 Progress of a civil claim: defences and compensation
7 Consent to treatment and informing the patient
8 Data protection: confidentiality and access
9 Record keeping, statements and evidence in court
10 The nurse and employment law
11 The nurse as a registered professional
12 Health and safety and the nurse
PART II: SPECIALIST AREAS
13 Children and young persons
14 Midwifery
15 The nurse on the gynaecology ward
16 Intensive care, transfusion and transplant surgery nursing
17 Theatre and anaesthetic nursing and the recovery ward
18 Nurse educator and researcher
19 Legal aspects of the care of older people
20 Nursing the mentally disordered
21 Accident and emergency, outpatients, genitourinary departments and day surgery
22 Human fertility and genetics
23 Community, primary care nursing and palliative care
24 Scope of professional practice, clinical nurse specialist and consultant nurse
PART III GENERAL AREAS
25 Legal aspects of property
26 Legal aspects of AIDS and other infectious diseases
27 Handling complaints
28 Legal aspects of medicines
29 Legal aspects of death
30 Complementary and alternative therapies
Appendix A Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights
Appendix B Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 (1976 c 28)
Appendix C Schedules 2 and 3 of Data Protection Act 1998
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