Duty of care in the human services
Subtitle: mishaps, misdeeds and the law
By: Rosemary Kennedy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521720243
Subjects: Malpractice; Human services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: The shadow world; title: Ideals, actors and actions; title: Public law of general application; title: Public law of particular relevance to the human services; title: Private law and suits; title: Private law : negligence; title: Private law : other torts and civil actions; title: Legal processes, quasi, and indirect legal scrutiny; title: Service delivery : screening, assessment and planning; title: Service delivery : implementation and closure; title: Information and records management; title: Relationships, rifts and reactions; title: The consequences lottery.