Ethics, Law and Health Care
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-352-00539-4 (ISBN)
The book approaches these issues using the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Codes of Ethics, the Codes of Professional Conduct and the four principles of biomedical ethics:
- Autonomy
- Non-maleficence
- Beneficence
- Justice.
Filled with case studies, review questions and useful further reading, this book gives readers a solid understanding of ethics and law in health care, and a clear decision-making framework so they can take action confidently.
Please note, this book is written specifically for the Australian market.
New to this Edition:
- A new chapter on health, law, ethics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Illustrated with ‘real world’ applications, the bookensures students understand how core components of the nursing and midwifery curriculum are put in to practice
- Copies of the Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Nurses and Midwives are provided as appendixes for ease of reference
Fiona McDonald is an Associate Professor within the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology and is Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University, Canada. She teaches in the area of health law and ethics to law students and a range of health professionals. Shih-Ning Then is a Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology and is a member of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She teaches in the area of health law and ethics to law students and a range of health professionals.
Chapter 1: Ethics and Law
Chapter 2: Ethics and ethical and legal decision-making frameworks
Chapter 3: The Australian legal system
Chapter 4: Ethics, law and nursing and midwifery practice
Chapter 5: Adult patients-Consent and refusal of consent
Chapter 6: Children as patients
Chapter 7 Law, ethics and health information management
Chapter 8: Patient safety and negligence
Chapter 9: Ethics, law and mental health
Chapter 10: Ethics, law and the elderly
Chapter 11: End-of-life issues
Chapter 12: Issues relevant to reproduction, pregnancy and the birth of a child
Chapter 13: Ethics, law and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Appendixes
Code of conduct for nurses
Code of conduct for midwives
Where to find the International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics and the International Confederation of Midwives Code of Ethics.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.04.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 576 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege |
| Schlagworte | Care • ethics • Human Rights • Medicine • Nurse • nursing |
| ISBN-10 | 1-352-00539-5 / 1352005395 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-352-00539-4 / 9781352005394 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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