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Assuring safety in long-term care — ethical imperatives, legal strategies, and practical implications
Author(s)	Marshall B Kapp
Journal title	Ethics, Law and Aging Review, vol 9, 2003
Publisher	Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY, 2003
Pages	164 pp (whole issue)
Keywords	Nursing homes ; Safety services ; Social ethics ; Research Reviews ; United States of America.
Annotation	A fundamental aim of long-term care policy is to create and encourage conditions that assure safety from harm for vulnerable clients or patients who need or receive long-term care services. In this volume of the Ethics, Law and Aging Review, contributors explore the concept of safety as applied to the long-term care context in the US. Contributions include discussions of: the role of resident safety in nursing home quality; safety versus autonomy in assisted living; safety, self-determination and choice in long-term care: the consumer and ombudsman experience; assuring safety for people with dementia, focusing on staffing; and improving resident safety through quality medical care. A final chapter has the title, "When value and meaning become monetary rather than moral: issues in geriatric health care allocation". (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-031020208 B
Classmark	LHB: OK: TQ: 3A:6KC: 7T
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