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UNINA9910810916503321 |
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Titolo |
Liability issues and risk management in caring for older persons / / Marshall B. Kapp, editor |
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New York, NY, : Springer Publishing Company, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-80646-3 |
9786611806460 |
0-8261-1579-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ethics, law, and aging review ; ; v. 7 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical personnel - Malpractice - United States |
Long-term care facilities - Risk management - United States |
Medical ethics - United States |
Older people - Long-term care - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical refernces and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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