How We Treat the Sick

Neglect and Abuse in our Health Services

Michael Mandelstam
Foreword by Lord Justice Munby

Paperback: £19.99 / $39.95

2011, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 384pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-160-6, BIC 2: MQCZ JPP

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Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Assessing the Evidence for Neglectful and Abusive Health Care. 3. Health Services: Public and Private. 4. Systemic Nature of Neglect and Abuse Within 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 Discharges. 12. 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 Adults. 26. Negligence. Concluding Postscript. Index.

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• Michael Mandelstam

Subject areas

• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• Alzheimer's disease,
• cancer,
• dementia,
• disability,
• disability law,
• health care,
• mental health,
• nursing,
• occupational therapy,
• older people,
• palliative care,
• pastoral care,
• practical theology,
• risk assessment,
• social care,
• social policy,
• trauma

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