Liability issues and risk management in caring for older persons /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Marshall B. Kapp, editor.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 177 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Ethics, law, and aging review ;
Volume Designation
v. 7
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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""
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 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.
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Title
Liability issues and risk management in caring for older persons.
International Standard Book Number
9780826114570
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Long-term care facilities-- Risk management-- United States.
Medical ethics-- United States.
Medical personnel-- Malpractice-- United States.
Older people-- Long-term care-- United States.
Ethics, Medical-- United States.
Geriatrics-- legislation & jurisprudence-- United States.
Health Services for the Aged-- legislation & jurisprudence-- United States.