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1 online resource (xiii, 177 pages) |
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Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 7 |
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Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 7.
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| Contents |
Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Malpractice Liability Issues Associated With Caring for Older Persons; Chapter 2. Risk Management, Health Care, and the Geriatric Patient Population; Chapter 3. Medico-Legal Aspects of Hospital Siderail Use; Chapter 4. Negotiated Risk Agreements: Opportunity or Exploitation?; Chapter 5. A Perfect Storm of Unlimited Risks for Florida Nursing Home Providers; Chapter 6. Risk Management and Quality-of-Care Concerns in Long-Term Care; Chapter 7. Nursing Home Litigation: ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"" |
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Chapter 8. Quality of Care and Quality of Life in Nursing Facilities: What's Regulation Got to Do With It?Book Reviews; Bibliography: Medical Errors; Books Received; Index |
| Summary |
Health care and human service professionals often experience anxiety about potential adverse legal repercussions for actions taken or not taken in the course of caring for patients or clients. In this volume, professionally distinguished and diverse authors discuss both the real and perceived legal liability context within which health and human service delivery to older persons takes place. The benefits and costs of litigious, legislative, and regulatory interventions on the quality of care and the quality of life for recipients of geriatric services is evaluated. Most important, chapters pre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States
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Long-term care facilities -- Risk management -- United States
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Medical ethics -- United States
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Older people -- Long-term care -- United States
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Risk management.
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Medical ethics.
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Health Services for the Aged -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Risk Management
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Geriatrics -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Ethics, Medical
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risk management.
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LAW -- Medical Law & Legislation.
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Risk management
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Long-term care facilities -- Risk management
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Medical ethics
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice
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Older people -- Long-term care
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kapp, Marshall B
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| ISBN |
9780826115799 |
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0826115799 |
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0826114571 |
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9780826114570 |
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