Ethical & Legal Issues in Home Health & Long-Term Care

ISBN-13: 9780834207837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 256 str.

Dennis A. Robbins; Jeff Robbins

Opis

Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health and Longterm Care gives home health care providers practical approaches to the ethical and legal issues unique to home health care. The authors provide a sophisticated yet practical framework for developing and applying an ethics action plan. From establishing an ethics committee to integrating legal, clinical, and organizational concerns, to providing key medical-ethical decision making criteria for end-of-life decisions, the book offers home health and other community-based providers a comprehensive resource to guide staff and to avoid liability.