Patient confidentiality: rights and duties of nurse prescribers.

The need to share information about patients is particularly necessary for nurse prescribers to ensure effective care and treatment for patients. The requirement to work collaboratively with colleagues is a fundamental duty shared by all nurse prescribers. However, this duty to share information is...

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Publicado en:Nurse Prescribing Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 116 - 121
Autor principal: Griffith R
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Mar2008
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        affil: Lecturer in Health Law at the Centre of Philosophy Law and Health care, University of Wales, Swansea. Email: richard.griffith@swan.ac.uk
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          Nurse-Patient Relations
          Nursing Role
          Prescriptive Authority Legislation and Jurisprudence
          Privacy and Confidentiality Legislation and Jurisprudence
          Truth Disclosure
          United Kingdom
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