This newly updated text equips nurses and other healthcare professionals to deal with the legal issues they encounter in daily practice. Informative and relevant, A-Z of Nursing Law covers all recent changes to the law and legislation that affect the nursing profession. As the only local book of this nature, it has become an invaluable resource for nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals.

Key Benefits

• Completely comprehensive – addresses over 450 topics
• Presents topics alphabetically for ease of access
• Explains exactly what the law is and its implications for medical practice
• Highlights aspects that require caution
• Applies to both the professional and private life of the medical practitioner.

Completely comprehensive – addresses over 450 topics

Recommended for the core outcomes for the new nursing diploma is ‘Rendering nursing care within a legal and ethical framework’. All institutions offering the new diploma should be targeted. Undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students will also find it useful.