Summary Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing: Standards, Responsibilities, and Professional Conduct
Laws ●Prescribe how a person should act in society ●Sanction acceptable behavior and prohibit unacceptable behavior ●Provide protection for all members of the health care system Criminal Law ●Conduct in issue is offensive to society in general ●Conduct is detrimental to society as a whole ●Involves public offenses (i.e., robbery, murder, assault) ●Law's purpose is to punish for the crime and deter and prevent further crimes Civil Law ●Conduct violates a person's rights ●Conduct is detrimental to that individual ●Involves an offense that is against an individual ●Law's purpose is to make the aggrieved person whole again, to restore them to where they were
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- society
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- health care system
- rights
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