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" How we treat the sick : "
Michael Mandelstam ; foreword by Lord Justice Munby.
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718755
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b538445
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Michael Mandelstam ; foreword by Lord Justice Munby.
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How we treat the sick : : neglect and abuse in our health services\ Michael Mandelstam ; foreword by Lord Justice Munby.
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London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011
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(382 pages)
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0857003550
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: 1283146061
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: 9780857003553
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: 9781283146067
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How We Treat the Sick: Neglect and Abuse in Our Health Services; Disclaimer; Foreword by Lord Justic Munby; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Health Services: Public and Private; 3. Systemic Nature of Neglect and Abuse within Health Care; 4. Assessing the Evidence for Neglectful and Abusive Health Care; 5. Dignity in Care: All the Good Guidance; 6. Dignity in Care: All the Bad Practice; 7. Getting to the Toilet and Management of Continence; 8. Keeping the Environment Clean and Managing Infection; 9. Helping People Eat and Drink; 10. Pressure Sores and Falls. 11. Hospital Beds, Admissions, Stays and Discharges12. Older People: the Unwanted; 13. Patient Voices, Consumers and Markets; 14. Staffing Levels, Competence and Attitude; 15. Priorities, Targets, Fear and Bullying; 16. Misinformation, Concealment and Spin; 17. Muted Voices: Clinical and Professional Integrity; 18. Denial, Accountability and Blame; 19. Legal Implications of Neglect and Abuse; 20. Human Rights; 21. Criminal Offences of Ill Treatment or Wilful Neglect; 22. Manslaughter; 23. Health and Safety at Work Legislation; 24. Regulation of Health Care Providers and of Health Care Staff. 25. No Secrets: the Policy of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults26. Negligence; Concluding Postscript; Subject Index; Author Index.
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The author shows beyond question that neglectful care is a systemic blight, rather than mere local blemish, within our health services. He analyses the causes and factors involved, reveals the widespread denial and lack of accountability from those responsible, and spells out implications of this failure to care for the vulnerable with humanity.
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Great Britain -- National Health Service.
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Patients -- Abuse of -- Great Britain.
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Public health -- Great Britain.
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Michael Mandelstam
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