Accountability and Professionalism in Nursing and Healthcare

Marc Cornock is an academic lawyer and Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Law in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University. Before joining the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, Marc was Senior Lecturer in Law at the Open University Law School and prior to that was Principal Lecturer and Academic Lead for law in health care in The Faculty of Health and Social Work at the University of Plymouth. During a professional career within health care, Marc undertook a master’s degree in Medical Law and a PhD at Cardiff University Law School and studied undergraduate law at The Open University. Marc’s teaching interests lie in both general law and in health law. Marc has lectured on legal aspects of healthcare to various professional groups. His research focuses on the interface between the law and healthcare practice, and he has written extensively on this for professional and academic audiences. He is the author of Key Questions in Healthcare Law and Ethics, also published by SAGE Publications Ltd.

• Chapter 1: ProfessionalismChapter 2: AccountabilityChapter 3: Being a professionalChapter 4: Working with othersChapter 5: Respecting patient rightsChapter 6: Clinical decisions and patient safetyChapter 7: If things go wrongA final question