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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810916503321

Titolo

Liability issues and risk management in caring for older persons / / Marshall B. Kapp, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer Publishing Company, 2001

ISBN

1-281-80646-3

9786611806460

0-8261-1579-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Ethics, law, and aging review ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

KappMarshall B

Disciplina

362.6

Soggetti

Medical personnel - Malpractice - United States

Long-term care facilities - Risk management - United States

Medical ethics - United States

Older people - Long-term care - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical refernces and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Malpractice Liability Issues Associated With Caring for Older Persons; Chapter 2. Risk Management, Health Care, and the Geriatric Patient Population; Chapter 3. Medico-Legal Aspects of Hospital Siderail Use; Chapter 4. Negotiated Risk Agreements: Opportunity or Exploitation?; Chapter 5. A Perfect Storm of Unlimited Risks for Florida Nursing Home Providers; Chapter 6. Risk Management and Quality-of-Care Concerns in Long-Term Care; Chapter 7. Nursing Home Litigation: ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly""

Chapter 8. Quality of Care and Quality of Life in Nursing Facilities: What's Regulation Got to Do With It?Book Reviews; Bibliography: Medical Errors; Books Received; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Health care and human service professionals often experience anxiety about potential adverse legal repercussions for actions taken or not taken in the course of caring for patients or clients. In this volume, professionally distinguished and diverse authors discuss both the real and perceived legal liability context within which health and human service delivery to older persons takes place. The benefits and costs of



litigious, legislative, and regulatory interventions on the quality of care and the quality of life for recipients of geriatric services is evaluated. Most important, chapters pre