Notes on Contributors vii
Preface to the Fourth Edition ix
Preface to the Third Edition xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Preface to the First Edition xiv
Part One: The Dimensions 1
1 The Legal Dimension: Legal System and Method 3
John Hodgson
2 The Ethical Dimension: Nursing Practice, Nursing Philosophy and Nursing Ethics 22
Alan Cribb
3 The Regulatory Perspective: Professional Regulation of Nurses and Midwives 34
Fiona Culley and Anupama Thompson
4 The Complaints Dimension: Patient and Family Complaints in Health Care 51
Peter Walsh
5 The Policy Dimension: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric Towards a Safer NHS 68
John Tingle
Part Two: The Perspectives 99
6 Negligence
A The Legal Perspective 101
Charles Foster
B An Ethical Perspective - Negligence and Moral Obligations 118
Harry Lesser
7 Consent and the Capable Adult Patient
A The Legal Perspective 128
Jean McHale
B An Ethical Perspective - Consent and Patient Autonomy 151
Bobbie Farsides
8 Responsibility, Liability and Scarce Resources
A The Legal Perspective 166
Tracey Elliott
B An Ethical Perspective - How to Do the Right Thing 192
David Seedhouse
9 Mental Health Nursing
A The Legal Perspective 201
Leon McRae
B An Ethical Perspective - Compulsion and Autonomy 235
Harry Lesser
10 The Critically Ill Patient
A The Legal Perspective 249
Jo Samanta
B An Ethical Perspective 271
Robert Campbell
11 Clinical Governance
A The Legal Perspective 286
Vanessa L. Mayatt
B An Ethical Perspective 304
Lucy Frith
12 Clinical Research and Patients
A The Legal Perspective 320
Natasha Hammond-Browning
B An Ethical Perspective - Nursing Research 358
Richard Ashcroft
13 The Elderly
A Older People and Nursing Care 368
Jonathan Herring
B Person-Centred Care, Personal Identity and the Interests of People with Dementia 394
Michael Dunn
Table of Cases 401
Table of Statutes 410
Index 413