ABSTRACT

Understanding the legal and ethical rights of any patient in their care is essential to good clinical practice. Patients' Rights, Law and Ethics for Nurses: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive pocket-size book for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals that integrates health care law and ethics in relation to patient rights and in the co

chapter 1|18 pages

Aspects of law and human rights

chapter 2|19 pages

Ethics and patients’ rights

chapter 5|17 pages

Informed consent to treatment

chapter 6|17 pages

The older person and abuse

chapter 9|25 pages

End of life decisions: a matter of choice

chapter 10|7 pages

Human rights and patient care