This pocket-sized and highly practical text aims to provide students and qualified learning disability nurses with vital information, covering common situations and queries, through to unexpected situations and concerns.

Provides information about the laws which apply to death. This book guides the reader through a complex area of law, and covers a range of topics from the details of how a body should be laid out and the different religious practices, to the laws relating to resuscitation, the coroner's court and intended changes following the Shipman Reports.

A readable textbook on the law relating to midwifery practice which discusses the legal issues arising in typical situations encountered by midwives. Written by a well-known author of many books on legal aspects of healthcare.

Easy to understand, sets out the basic legal facts in a simple, jargon-free style. Has questions and answers section at the end of each chapter to re-inforce understanding.

Serve as a referral guide for midwives and be an aide memoire in practice settings. This title enables readers to easily access the information in a format which is easy to read.

Presents a comprehensive explanation of the major nursing models that influence nursing practices. This title focuses on the applications of nursing models to many areas of nursing practice and shows how models can influence the way nurses think and act and how the patients, their families and communities can be enhanced as a result.

Suitable for trainee clinicians of various disciplines who find themselves involved in the management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery, this book is also useful for those who are involved in such care in the operating theatre, and elsewhere along the cardiac surgical pathway as an insight to both preoperative and postoperative needs.