Nurse's legal handbook

The newly revised Fifth Edition of this handbook is an up-to-the-minute, authoritative guide to the legal and ethical issues faced daily by nurses. Replete with real-life examples and information from hundreds of court cases, the book covers the full range of contemporary concerns, including compute...

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Corporate Author: Springhouse Corporation
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2004]
Edition:Fifth edition
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