Notes on Contributors vii Preface to the Fourth Edition ix Preface to the Third Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii Preface to the First Edition xiv Part One: The Dimensions 1 1 The Legal Dimension: Legal System and Method 3 John Hodgson 2 The Ethical Dimension: Nursing Practice, Nursing Philosophy and Nursing Ethics 22 Alan Cribb 3 The Regulatory Perspective: Professional Regulation of Nurses and Midwives 34 Fiona Culley and Anupama Thompson 4 The Complaints Dimension: Patient and Family Complaints in Health Care 51 Peter Walsh 5 The Policy Dimension: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric Towards a Safer NHS 68 John Tingle Part Two: The Perspectives 99 6 Negligence A The Legal Perspective 101 Charles Foster B An Ethical Perspective Negligence and Moral Obligations 118 Harry Lesser 7 Consent and the Capable Adult Patient A The Legal Perspective 128 Jean McHale B An Ethical Perspective Consent and Patient Autonomy 151 Bobbie Farsides 8 Responsibility, Liability and Scarce Resources A The Legal Perspective 166 Tracey Elliott B An Ethical Perspective How to Do the Right Thing 192 David Seedhouse 9 Mental Health Nursing A The Legal Perspective 201 Leon McRae B An Ethical Perspective Compulsion and Autonomy 235 Harry Lesser 10 The Critically Ill Patient A The Legal Perspective 249 Jo Samanta B An Ethical Perspective 271 Robert Campbell 11 Clinical Governance A The Legal Perspective 286 Vanessa L. Mayatt B An Ethical Perspective 304 Lucy Frith 12 Clinical Research and Patients A The Legal Perspective 320 Natasha Hammond-Browning B An Ethical Perspective Nursing Research 358 Richard Ashcroft 13 The Elderly A Older People and Nursing Care 368 Jonathan Herring B Person-Centred Care, Personal Identity and the Interests of People with Dementia 394 Michael Dunn Table of Cases 401 Table of Statutes 410 Index 413