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Ethical issues in home health care / by Sheri Smith, Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Lynn Pasquerella.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (259 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780398085971
  • 0398085978
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethical Issues in Home Health Care.DDC classification:
  • 174.2
LOC classification:
  • RA645.3
NLM classification:
  • WY 115
Online resources:
Contents:
ETHICAL ISSUES IN HOME HEALTH CARE; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; Chapter 2 PATIENTS' DECISIONS, NURSES' DILEMMAS; Chapter 3 THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY; Chapter 4 SAFEGUARDING SECRETS, PROTECTING PRIVACY; Chapter 5 PATIENTS WHO DO NOT "FOLLOW ORDERS"; Chapter 6 RESPECTING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; Chapter 7 FACING THE END OF LIFE; Chapter 8 NURSES' RESPONSIBILITIES, NURSES' RIGHTS; Chapter 9 CARING FOR THE MENTALLY ILL; Chapter 10 CARING FOR CHILDREN; Appendix A LEGAL RULINGS; Appendix B ADDITIONAL CASES; Appendix C ETHICS COMMITTEES IN HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Summary: This book will help to answer some of the growing number of ethical questions and more complex issues that home health care nurses face. The cases presented in each chapter of the book are fictionalized situations based on interviews conducted with home health care nurses in both hospital-sponsored and private agencies, in hospices, and in urban and rural settings. Each chapter of the book is devoted to one of the main areas of concern for home health care nurses. Focusing on specific cases, it offers analysis and discussion of the ethical issues, cites legal requirements where relevant, and s.
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ETHICAL ISSUES IN HOME HEALTH CARE; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; Chapter 2 PATIENTS' DECISIONS, NURSES' DILEMMAS; Chapter 3 THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY; Chapter 4 SAFEGUARDING SECRETS, PROTECTING PRIVACY; Chapter 5 PATIENTS WHO DO NOT "FOLLOW ORDERS"; Chapter 6 RESPECTING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; Chapter 7 FACING THE END OF LIFE; Chapter 8 NURSES' RESPONSIBILITIES, NURSES' RIGHTS; Chapter 9 CARING FOR THE MENTALLY ILL; Chapter 10 CARING FOR CHILDREN; Appendix A LEGAL RULINGS; Appendix B ADDITIONAL CASES; Appendix C ETHICS COMMITTEES IN HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book will help to answer some of the growing number of ethical questions and more complex issues that home health care nurses face. The cases presented in each chapter of the book are fictionalized situations based on interviews conducted with home health care nurses in both hospital-sponsored and private agencies, in hospices, and in urban and rural settings. Each chapter of the book is devoted to one of the main areas of concern for home health care nurses. Focusing on specific cases, it offers analysis and discussion of the ethical issues, cites legal requirements where relevant, and s.

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English.

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