How we treat the sick [electronic resource] : neglect and abuse in our health services
Publication details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)ISBN:- 9780857003553 (electronic bk.)
- 0857003550 (electronic bk.)
- Great Britain. National Health Service
- State Medicine -- organization & administration -- Great Britain
- Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration -- Great Britain
- Elder Abuse -- prevention & control -- Great Britain
- Patient Care -- methods -- Great Britain
- Vulnerable Populations -- Great Britain
- Public health -- Great Britain
- Patients -- Abuse of -- Great Britain
- 2011 G-601
- W 225 FA1
| Item type | Home library | Class number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic book | Stenhouse Library | Link to resource | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"No official statistics are kept for the number of hospital patients, in particular older people, who are subjected to neglect and abuse. That is, left malnourished and dehydrated, in pain, allowed to develop agonising and fatal pressure sores, not taken to the toilet, left to lie in their own bodily waste, cared for in a filthy environment and at risk of infection, ignored, allowed to fall over repeatedly, not spoken to, left naked or dressed in other patients' clothes - and discharged from hospital prematurely. This book bears witness to all these practices and more." -- P. 4 of cover.
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