Nurses and the Law: A Guide to Principles and Applications

By Nancy J. Brent

This is a comprehensive and readable presentation of law and ethics and their applications to nursing practice. Organised into three major sectionsOverview (of law and ethics), Fundamental Legal and Ethical Issues and Legal and Ethical Concerns of Nurses in Diverse Roles and Settingsthis authoritative text lucidly explains what the law is, how it works and how it applies to current nursing practice.Updated ethics chapter covering traditional and contemporary perspectives on bioethics, including the ethics of care and institutional ethicsPresents and analyses key cases in a unique annotated format to show how law has been
applied to particular health care situations.Each chapter begins with Key Principles and ends with Summary of Principles and
Applications to facilitate comprehension and reviewThe unique "Ethics Connection" feature integrates ethical issues throughout the text and addresses major topics of current interest, including violence against nurses, short staffing, impaired nursing staff and moreExpanded content on quality assessment, managed care, assisted suicide, and community
health nursing areas

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721691951
• ISBN13: 9780721691954
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Well written and a great source of information!

The layout and format of each chapter is outstanding. The author writes so well that the subject matter flows with excellent examples and additional research material at the end of each chapter. Should be used in every nursing school in the country... this is important stuff.