Michael Mandelstam

How We Treat the Sick

Neglect and Abuse in Our Health Services

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051606
• ISBN-10: 1849051607
• Artikelnr.: 32713951

Autorenporträt

Michael Mandelstam provides independent legal training to local authorities, the NHS and voluntary organisations. In the past, he worked at the Disabled Living Foundation, a national voluntary organisation, and for a few years at the Social Services Inspectorate at the Department of Health. He holds postgraduate qualifications in law, information studies and the history of science and medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

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.