Assuring safety in long-term care /
Imprint: | New York : Springer, 2003. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Ethics, law, and aging review, 1076-1616 ; v. 9 Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 9. |
Subject: | Long-term care of the sick -- United States -- Safety measures. Long-Term Care -- standards. Safety. Residential Facilities -- standards. Aged. Assisted Living Facilities. Dementia. Elder Abuse. Health Care Rationing. Nursing Homes. Personal Autonomy. Personnel Staffing and Scheduling. Quality of Health Care. Wounds and Injuries. MEDICAL -- Long-Term Care. MEDICAL -- Nursing Home Care. Mesures de sécurité Aspect juridique. Qualité des soins de santé Soins infirmiers. Éthique médicale. Soins prolongés. United States. United States. États-Unis. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185639 |
Summary: | This volume explores the concept of safety as applied in the long term care context. Chapters examine the way in which the quest for safety may work either synergistically or adversely upon other worthy social goals. Among the initiatives considered are promoting the decision-making autonomy of patients/clients and their surrogates, enhancing the quality of care and quality of life available to long term care residents, and providing fair compensation for injured victims when serious harm occurs. Questions addressed that are of concern to legal and ethical theorists, social science researchers, and patient/client advocates include: To what extent do litigation and/or regulation accomplish the safety and other legitimate objectives of public policy in the long term care arena? Do the costs of various approaches outweigh the benefits in promoting safety and other goals? How do litigation and regulation compare with alternative approaches to achieving the same goals, in terms of an acceptable cost/benefit balance? |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826116376 082611637X 1281806749 9781281806741 9786611806743 6611806741 0826116434 9780826116437 |
ISSN: | 1076-1616 ; |