"Nursing and Human Rights is written by a health care lawyer and a nurse with a long-standing interest in ethics and professional issues. It provides a clearly written and accessible account of the complex ethical and legal issues which arise in these areas."--Jacket.
Contents
1. Human rights and nursing -- 2. Rights and reproduction -- 3. Human rights and consent to treatment -- 4. Human rights and mental health care -- 5. The right to privacy and health information -- 6. Rights and the allocation of health care resources -- 7. Research and rights -- 8. Rights and the end of life -- Appendix: The Human Rights Act 1998.