Ethics, Law and Health Care: A Guide for Nurses and Midwives

ISBN-13: 9781352005394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 387 str.

Fiona McDonald;Shih-Ning Then

Opis

Understanding ethics and law in health care is an essential part of nurse and midwife professional standards, and a core component of qualifying programmes. Ethics, Law and Health Care teaches applied ethics and law in a way that illustrates the real world applications of these essential aspects of practice. It enables readers to not only recognise but also address legal and ethical issues that will arise in their professional practice. The book approaches these issues using the 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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.

Blurb

This revised and updated textbook is essential reading for understanding ethics and law in health care – an essential part of nurse and midwife professional standards, and a core component of qualifying programmes. Written specifically for the Australian market, it illustrates the real world applications of these key aspects of the nursing and midwifery curriculum and practice, and equips readers with the ability to recognise and address legal and ethical issues that will arise in their professional practice.

This new edition includes a new chapter on health, law, ethics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and has also been updated to include full copies of the revised Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Nurses and Midwives.