Legal action: protect yourself
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Legal action: protect yourself

Michele Mathes Development director, Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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Michele Mathes offers advice from the United States about facing malpractice lawsuits as a nurse

MALPRACTICE LITIGATION has broad implications for healthcare practitioners involved, for their profession and for the provision of care more broadly. A malpractice lawsuit can be experienced by healthcare professionals as a threat to their reputation, self-confidence and their ability to be trusted by patients.

Nursing Management. 22, 4, 13-13. doi: 10.7748/nm.22.4.13.s10

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01 July 2015 / Vol 22 issue 4

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