'Do no harm'? Professional regulation of disabled nursing students and nurses in Great Britain

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 642-652

  Sin, Chih Hoong ^a   Fong, Janice ^b  

^a Disability Rights Commission   (United Kingdom)

^b Equality and Human Rights Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability Discrimination Act; Nurse education; Nurse practitioners; Professional regulation; Review; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSON; FITNESS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE; NURSING STUDENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSONS; DISCLOSURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREJUDICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 44349088991     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04633.x     Document Type: Article

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