Nursing and Human Rights Paperback / softback
by Jean, Professor, LLB, MPhil (Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Leicester, UK) McHale, Ann (Former general and psychiatric nurse, now researcher at Middlesex Hospital, London, Gallagher
Paperback / softback
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It attempts to provide a clear exposition and a critical evaluation of the developing human rights law and the way in which nursing practice reflects respect for the human rights of nurses and patients alike. The book draws upon comparisons with human rights based approaches and their impact on nursing practice in other jurisdictions in Europe and North America which already have experience in a legal process rooted in a human rights tradition.
The authors are an academic lawyer experienced in writing on nursing and related health care law and ethics issues and a nurse with both practical and academic experience in nursing ethics and practice.A critical evaluation of the impact of the Human Rights Act on nursing practiceThe authors places UK nursing practice within a European contextThe book discusses the reciprocal relationship between the rights and responsibilities of nurse, patient and team
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Health Sciences
- Publication Date:16/01/2004
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- ISBN:9780750652926
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Health Sciences
- Publication Date:16/01/2004
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- ISBN:9780750652926
