Legal and ethical issues

Legal and ethical issues

Quick Look Nursing: Legal and Ethical Issues, authored by two successful nurse attorneys, examines topics from basic legal foundations to complicated legal issues challenging nurses every day. Important topics chosen for the book include a wide range of legal and ethical issues from basic concepts,...

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Other Authors: Westrick, Susan J. (Editor), Dempski, Katherine (Editor)
Format: Book
Published: Thorofare, New Jersey SLACK Inc. 2000
©2000
Series:Quick look nursing
Subjects:
Legislation, Nursing > United States
Ethics, Nursing > United States
Online Access:Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
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