How We Treat the Sick de Michael Mandelstam

How We Treat the Sick: Neglect and Abuse in Our Health Services

Michael Mandelstam

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2011

Analysis of the neglect and abuse in our health care system, in particular our hospitals, where basic care, dignity and compassion are often lacking. The book demonstrates that this is a systemic blight, points to the main obstacles to a solution and how they can be removed and change accomplished.

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Notă biografică

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.

Cuprins

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.