Dementia, Law and Ethics

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Dementia, Law and Ethics

A Practical Guide for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals

Care of the elderly Law and the elderly Medical ethics and professional conduct Alzheimer’s and dementia

Authors: Julian C. Hughes, Aileen Beatty, Charlotte Emmett

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Language: English

Published by: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published on: 21st December 2020

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781784508968


Clinical dilemmas in dementia contexts

are often not because the clinical facts are in doubt, but because the ethical and legal underpinnings are uncertain - which can cause worry and confusion. This practical book will help nurses, healthcare assistants and other practitioners to think through their responses clearly in the midst of these difficult situations.

Chapter structure and content

The chapters all stand alone, allowing the reader to dip quickly in and out of the book as required. They address complex issues such as abuse, behaviour that challenges, forced care, treatment withdrawal, and contain clinical case vignettes throughout.

Importance of the book

This is essential reading to give practitioners the confidence that good legal and ethical decisions can be made in the same way as good clinical decisions.

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