title: Legal issues in ambulatory surgery.
abstract: Professional liability is an issue of increasing concern to all health care practitioners. The components that constitute professional liability are discussed. Issues that safeguard and define nursing practice are explored from the ambulatory setting perspective.
authors.affiliation: Post Anesthesia Care Unit, William Beaumont Hospital-Troy, Troy, Michigan, USA.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ireland
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards