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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer,
2003.
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| Colección: | Ethics, law, and aging review ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Assuring safety in longterm care: ethical imperatives, legal strategies, and practical limitations. Assuring safety in long-term care: the albatross of historical experience / Elias S. Cohen ; At least Mom will be safe there: role of resident safety in nursing home quality / Marshall B. Kapp ; Assuring quality nursing home care: a case of market failure / Lawrence A. Frolik and Stephanie R. Gallo ; Assisted living: safety vs. autonomy / Ethel Mitty and Thomas Clark ; Safety, self-determination, and choice in long-term care: the consumer and obbudsman experience / Beverley Laubert and R. Michael Laubert ; Hazardous to our health: competing values, conflicting agendas, and mixed messages / Eric Mount, Jr. and Kathleen B. Gannoe ; Assuring safety for people with dementia in long-term care facilities: focus on staffing / Iris C. Freeman ; Improving resident safety through quality medical care / Rebecca D. Elon
- pt. II. Independent articles. When value and meaning become monetary rather than moral: issues in geriatric health care allocation / Katrina A. Brmstedt.