Main description:

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.

Contents:

Table of casesTable of statutesAbbreviationsForeword to first editionForeword to third editionPreface to first editionPreface to fifth editionPART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES AFFECTING ALL NURSES1. Introduction: four arenas of accountability, the legal system and human rights2 Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges3 Liability in a civil court case for negligence4 Specific problem areas in civil liability: personal liability of the nurse, vicarious liability of the employer and managerial issues5 Statutory functions and management of the NHS6 Progress of a civil claim: defences and compensation7 Consent to treatment and informing the patient8 Data protection: confidentiality and access9 Record keeping, statements and evidence in court10 The nurse and employment law11 The nurse as a registered professional12 Health and safety and the nursePART II: SPECIALIST AREAS13 Children and young persons14 Midwifery15 The nurse on the gynaecology ward16 Intensive care, transfusion and transplant surgery nursing17 Theatre and anaesthetic nursing and the recovery ward18 Nurse educator and researcher19 Legal aspects of the care of older people20 Nursing the mentally disordered21 Accident and emergency, outpatients, genitourinary departments and day surgery22 Human fertility and genetics23 Community, primary care nursing and palliative care24 Scope of professional practice, clinical nurse specialist and consultant nursePART III GENERAL AREAS25 Legal aspects of property26 Legal aspects of AIDS and other infectious diseases27 Handling complaints28 Legal aspects of medicines29 Legal aspects of death30 Complementary and alternative therapiesAppendix A Articles of the European Convention on Human RightsAppendix B Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 (1976 c 28)Appendix C Schedules 2 and 3 of Data Protection Act 1998GlossaryWebsitesFurther readingIndex