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...
| Publicado en: | Nurse Prescribing Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 116 - 121 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Mar2008
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