Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding the human person
- 2 Understanding legal rights and obligations
- 3 Nursing and the legal system
- 4 The nurse–patient relationship
- 5 Consent
- 6 Duty of care and professional negligence
- 7 Patient information, confidentiality and trust
- 8 ‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’
- 9 Witnessing and making mistakes
- Appendix: Tables of legislation
- References
- Index
Appendix: Tables of legislation
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding the human person
- 2 Understanding legal rights and obligations
- 3 Nursing and the legal system
- 4 The nurse–patient relationship
- 5 Consent
- 6 Duty of care and professional negligence
- 7 Patient information, confidentiality and trust
- 8 ‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’
- 9 Witnessing and making mistakes
- Appendix: Tables of legislation
- References
- Index
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- Ethics and Law for Australian Nurses , pp. 221 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011