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Title: Jurisprudence for Nurses: Legal Knowledge Bearing Upon Acts and Relationships Involved in the Practice of Nursing
Author: R.N. Carl Scheffel, Ph.B.. M.D., L.L.B., Eleanor McGarvah
Publisher: Lakeside Publishing Company, New York
Published: 1945
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 3rd edition
Number of Pages: 264
Catalogs: Nursing History, Law
: Ex-library. Original dark blue cloth binding with faded gilt lettering on spine. Edges are worn, corners are slightly frayed, and there is light scuffing to the boards. Contains the bookplate of the UVM and State Agricultural College Library, and the UVM College of Medicine card pocket and dateslip. Page edges are stamped by library. Pages are tanned and contain a few pencil notations. This book explores the legal status and obligations of nurses, and provides instruction to nurses on the handling of contracts, wills, serving as a witness, criminal responsibility, and more. There are questions at the end of each chapter, many with hypothetical situations concerning the legality of nursing actions. Mary Eleanor McGarvah was the first nurse attorney, and she initiated reform and public policy in licensure of midwives, nursing homes and mental health hospitals from 1914 until her death in 1979. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, good condition. 264 pages, octavo.
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