| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Contents |
ETHICAL ISSUES IN HOME HEALTH CARE; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; Chapter 2 PATIENTS' DECISIONS, NURSES' DILEMMAS; Chapter 3 THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY; Chapter 4 SAFEGUARDING SECRETS, PROTECTING PRIVACY; Chapter 5 PATIENTS WHO DO NOT "FOLLOW ORDERS"; Chapter 6 RESPECTING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; Chapter 7 FACING THE END OF LIFE; Chapter 8 NURSES' RESPONSIBILITIES, NURSES' RIGHTS; Chapter 9 CARING FOR THE MENTALLY ILL; Chapter 10 CARING FOR CHILDREN; Appendix A LEGAL RULINGS; Appendix B ADDITIONAL CASES; Appendix C ETHICS COMMITTEES IN HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book will help to answer some of the growing number of ethical questions and more complex issues that home health care nurses face. The cases presented in each chapter of the book are fictionalized situations based on interviews conducted with home health care nurses in both hospital-sponsored and private agencies, in hospices, and in urban and rural settings. Each chapter of the book is devoted to one of the main areas of concern for home health care nurses. Focusing on specific cases, it offers analysis and discussion of the ethical issues, cites legal requirements where relevant, and s. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Home care services -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Home nursing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Home Care Services -- ethics.
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Ethics, Nursing.
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Philosophy.
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MEDICAL -- Ethics.
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| Added Author |
Ladd, Rosalind Ekman.
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Pasquerella, Lynn.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Sheri. Ethical Issues in Home Health Care. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©2008 9780398078089 |
| ISBN |
9780398085971 (electronic bk.) |
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0398085978 (electronic bk.) |
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