Nurse prescribing: Does more responsibility mean more litigation?

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 315-317

  McHale, Jean V ^a,b  

^a Department of Health Care Law ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Negligence; Nurse prescribing; Patient group directions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 77952498972     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.5.47073     Document Type: Article

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