Dimond's Legal Aspects of Nursing

an essential text to support Nurses in their understanding of the legal complexities of healthcare. Written for students and practitioners who have no background in the law, it offers an insight which will support both undergraduate and post graduate nurses alike.

Stephen Bilham, University of Bedfordshire

Written specifically for student nurses as well as those already in practice, Dimonds Legal Aspects of Nursing is your essential practical guide to the legal principles you need to be aware of in your everyday nursing practice.

Building on previous editions by Bridgit Dimond, this 8th edition has been revised by a new author team with vast experience in teaching nursing law. The book has been thoroughly updated and examines key developments, including:

o   Updates in line with the new Nursing standards

   Introduction of upcoming changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005

   Reference to the devolved UK administrations; the NMC Code 2015 (updated in 2018), including duty of candour

   Discussion of the Data Protection Act 2018, including reference to the General Data Protection Regulation 2016

o   Introduction of new and updated Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) Fitness to Practise procedures

   Comprehensive discussion of the practice implications of the Supreme Court Decisions in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015]

   Consideration of the revised Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated activities) regulations 2014

   Practical implications of the extension of the crimes of ill treatment and willful neglect under the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, sections 20 and 21

Richard Griffith is a senior lecturer at the College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University.

Iwan Dowie is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education at the University of South Wales.