Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, 9 : Assuring Safety in Long Term Care--Ethical Imperatives, Legal Strategies, and Practical Limitations.
Title:
Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, 9 : Assuring Safety in Long Term Care--Ethical Imperatives, Legal Strategies, and Practical Limitations.
Author:
Kapp, Marshall.
ISBN:
9780826116376
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Part I. Assuring Safety in Long-Term Care: Ethical Imperatives, Legal Strategies, and Practical Limitations -- Chapter 1. Assuring Safety in Long-Term Care: The Albatross of Historical Experience -- Chapter 2. At Least Mom Will Be Safe There: The Role of Resident Safety in Nursing Home Quality -- Chapter 3. Assuring Quality Nursing Home Care: A Case of "Market Failure" -- Chapter 4. Assisted Living: Safety vs. Autonomy -- Chapter 5. Safety, Self-Determination, and Choice in Long-Term Care: The Consumer and Ombudsman Experience -- Chapter 6. Hazardous to Our Health: Competing Values, Conflicting Agendas, and Mixed Messages -- Chapter 7. Assuring Safety for People With Dementia in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Focus on Staffing -- Chapter 8. Improving Resident Safety Through Quality Medical Care -- Part II. Independent Articles -- Chapter 9. When Value and Meaning Become Monetary Rather Than Moral: Issues in Geriatric Health Care Allocation -- Book Reviews -- Books Received -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
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?.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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