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Privacy: what does it mean for children’s nurses?

01 June 2005

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Children and young people have a right to privacy and respect. However, conflict can arise, particularly in relation to family life, which cannot be side-stepped by...

Laws of humanity

27 October 2009

Nursing Standard

News

The Human Rights Act should underpin everything nurses do in caring for patients. The topic is the subject of an RCN conference to be held in London on October 26.

Patients’ rights

01 June 2003

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

Decision making surrounding consent to treatment is a difficult area for nurses. This article discusses the legal aspects of consent to treatment for men and women...

Advance statements:legal and ethical implications

26 September 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & science

This article informs nurses of the background and purpose of advance statements (advance directives or living wills), and discusses the legal and ethical issues...

Patient advocacy: the role of the nurse

10 June 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

The role of nurses as patient advocates is well recognised by healthcare professionals, yet the processes and practices involved in patient advocacy are not clearly...

Advance statements: legal and ethical implications

20 September 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article informs nurses of the background and purpose of advance statements (advance directives or living wills), and discusses the legal and ethical issues...

Promoting a human rights approach for people with learning disabilities in community practice

02 November 2009

Primary Health Care

General

Many serious health conditions occur more frequently in the learning disabled population when compared with the non-disabled population. There has been growing...

Making healthcare decisions with children

01 March 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Children’s cancers are seldom like adult cancers. They frequently have a different pathology, arise in different body locations and have a different treatment regime...

Safeguarding vulnerable adults’ liberty: the law

01 May 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

In response to a landmark legal case, the government has made changes to legislation in an attempt to uphold the rights of vulnerable adults who are subject to...

Psychiatric inpatients who commit criminal offences: The legal, ethical and therapeutic challenges

01 June 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

The issue of violence in hospitals is causing increasing concern among nurses, clinicians, the government, the media and, indeed, the public at large. When the ‘zero...