Nursing Law and Ethics

It's not always easy to differentiate between what the law requires and what is "right". This book is unique in that it addresses both law and ethics. With contributions from leading nurses, lawyers and ethicists, Nursing Law and Ethics provides an innovative and challenging approach to key legal and ethical issues in nursing, midwifery and health visiting. The interface between law, ethics and nursing is fully explored with the first part of the book discussing the legal, ethical and professional dimensions of nursing and patient complaints in healthcare provision. The chapters in Part 2 contain both legal and ethical perspectives on more specialist topics, including negligence, consent, resource allocation, mental health nursing, the critically ill patient and research.