Nursing Law for Students in Ireland by Neil Van Dokkum

Nursing Law for Students in Ireland by Neil Van Dokkum

New edition of this popular textbook, which presents up-to-date legislation and legal issues affecting nurses in Ireland. New to this edition: Practice standards and professional guidance issued by An Bord Altranais, the Department of Health and Children and the HSE for the Registered Nurse Prescriber Up-to-date leading Irish and UK cases are used throughout the text, such as Fitzpatrick & Another v FK & Another [2008] IEHC 104, which deals with capacity to refuse medical treatment Written in an accessible narrative style, it covers the four areas of accountability affecting all nurses: Professional liability Civil liability Criminal liability Accountability to the employer Where legal concepts or terminologies are used, they are thoroughly and clearly explained in a ‘non-legal’ manner Each chapter contains a concluding summary, useful websites and further reading for research purposes WRITTEN FOR - Nursing students at universities and Institutes of Technology - Post-registration programmes where law is a module

Neil Van Dokkum is a Law Lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology. He holds a primary degree in industrial sociology and commerce, and also holds an LLB and an LLM in Medical Jurisprudence. He currently specialises in medical law, child protection law and the law of evidence. He has published in many international journals and textbooks.

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ISBN 13	9780717149872
ISBN 10	0717149870
Title	Nursing Law for Students in Ireland
Author	Neil Van Dokkum
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Gill
Year published	2011-04-08
Number of pages	194
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