Description:Legal Aspects of Nursing is a highly successful and well respected text which introduces nurses and other health care professionals to the law via everyday nursing situations of legal consequence and includes specialist chapters on paediatrics, ITU and many other areas. Specifically written with the non-lawyer in mind, the book takes a practical approach via fictional 'Situation' boxes which expertly highlight the relevance of the law to health care professionals' daily work. Relevant cases are also highlighted in this way. Suitable for degree, diploma and masters courses in nursing and related areas.