Liability issues and risk management in caring for older persons /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer Pub. Co.,
2001.
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Colección: | Ethics, law, and aging review ;
v. 7. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 177 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826115799 0826115799 0826114571 9780826114570 |