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Kapp's annotated list of 617 titles, in 13 sections, focuses on sources that discuss the 'identifiable body of law concerned with personal and institutional relationships, implicated by the delivery of health care for the elderly.' This work is meant for health professionals, attorneys, researchers, educators, and advanced students. The succinct yet informative annotations cover references from January 1, 1980, to August 31, 1987...Highly reco...

An in-depth investigation of the influence that apprehension about litigation and legal liability exerts on ethical medical practice today.

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With the help of ten expert contributors, Kapp examines the forces and the potential for changing the long-term care industry (both positively and negatively). In addition, this volume identifies obstacles to change, and most importantly, enlightens service providers, advocates, and key policy makers to the pitfalls that can largely interfere with positive outcomes as a result of deinstitutionalization.

Overviews the most significant books and articles on the ethical issues related to health care for older Americans. Chapters cover such topics as financial considerations, treatment for the terminally ill and decision-making by and for the impaired elderly.

Significant changes in the law are affecting patients' rights and professionals' responsibilities in providing clinical services to the elderly. This edition of Kapp's successful text continues to inform and sensitize health care professionals about the legal issues, and offers practical advice and guidance to practitioners in a variety of disciplines.

Perplexing ethical questions emerge when conducting research involving older adult participants. Fundamental ethical concerns often grappled with include the ability to obtain truly voluntary and competent informed consent, the proper role of surrogate decision making in the research context, and the equitable selection of research subjects. This volume brings to the forefront a discussion of how to encourage essential research specifically de...

Useful for health care and human service professionals, this book discusses the real and perceived legal liability context within which human service delivery to older persons takes place. It also evaluates the benefits and costs of litigious, legislative, and regulatory interventions on the quality of life for recipients of geriatric services.

Explores the concept of safety as applied in the long term care context. This title includes chapters that examine the way in which the quest for safety may work either synergistically or adversely upon other worthy social goals. It addresses several questions that are of concern to legal and ethical theorists and social science researchers.

Includes topics such as: the application of an original framework for ethical decision-making in long term care, an elder's capacity to decide to remain living alone in the community, the quest for helpful standardized instruments for evaluating decision making capacity, and end-of-life liability issues.