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Students and professional nurses at any level of clinical practice will find this book to be a useful resource on the basic legal concepts and principles of malpractice, liability and risk management, and their implications for the profession. The book also provides detailed strategies for dealing with these issues. The content is also relevant to practitioners in all other health care and legal disciplines that collaborate in the delivery of health care. Issues discussed include the expanding and evolving roles for professional nurses and the concomitant legal accountability and risk for liability, the increasing incidence of nurses names as defendants in malpractice lawsuits, anticipated changes in our health care delivery system, and breakthroughs in science and technology that will present new legal questions. The book also includes material on other important facets of today's nursing practice, including the growing phenomenon of telenursing, the essentials of malpractice insurance, and the legal significance of documentation and patients' medical records. It helps the reader identify the nurse at risk for a malpractice suit and the characteristics of the patient likely to sue. The appendices provide information on state laws concerned with access to medical records, a list of useful websites, a list of state boards of nursing, and a glossary of important terms.Product Identifiers
PublisherABC-Clio
ISBN-139780865692862
eBay Product ID (ePID)86682147
Product Key Features
SubjectMedicine, Nursing, Safety
Publication Year1999
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameNursing Malpractice: Liability and Risk Management
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorCharles C. Sharpe
FormatPaperback
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorCharles C. Sharpe