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Assuring safety in long-term care /
This volume explores the concept of safety as applied in the long term care context. Chapters examine the way in which the quest for safety may work either synergistically or adversely upon other worthy social goals. Among the initiatives considered are promoting the decision-making autonomy of pati...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer,
2003.
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| Series: | Ethics, law, and aging review ;
v. 9. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This volume explores the concept of safety as applied in the long term care context. Chapters examine the way in which the quest for safety may work either synergistically or adversely upon other worthy social goals. Among the initiatives considered are promoting the decision-making autonomy of patients/clients and their surrogates, enhancing the quality of care and quality of life available to long term care residents, and providing fair compensation for injured victims when serious harm occurs. Questions addressed that are of concern to legal and ethical theorists, social science researchers. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826116376 082611637X 1281806749 9781281806741 9786611806743 6611806741 |
| ISSN: | 1076-1616 ; |