Law and Ethics in Nursing Healthcare

An invaluable support for learning throughout all levels of training, this book introduces the key legal, ethical and professional principles guiding nursing and healthcare practice. Illustrating clearly how legal and ethical principles interplay and inform professional development, Graham Avery focuses directly on the vital areas – such as negligence, consent, confidentiality, and professional conduct - that healthcare students and practitioners need to understand in order to practice safely and ethically.Adopting a very practical, accessible approach, central themes and arguments are highlighted with real and fictional case studies which will help readers connect the often ‘dry’ topics of law and ethics to their own work with patients.

Now in its second edition, this textbook continues to provide all the information nursing and healthcare students need to know about ‘what is legal' and ‘how to decide what is right' in order to practice safely and ethically.