Nurses warn Alzheimer's drugs ban will lead to more sedation

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Older people's nurses have warned that they could be forced to go back to the unethical practice of sedating restless patients whenever drafts plan to withdraw drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease are approved. The proposal suggest that donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine should only be prescribed for moderate Alzheimer's disease, instead of mild to moderate Alzheimer's for which they are licensed.

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Alzheimer Disease Controllers, Complications and side effects, Drug therapy, Alzheimer's disease, Sedatives, Hypnotics and sedatives, Anti-Alzheimer's disease agents, Hypnotics

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Caught between a rock and a hard place

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Stories on whistleblowing by nurses reveal what actually happens when they stand up and be counted as mandated by the United Kingdom Code of Conduct.

Whistle blowing, Whistleblowing

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Under the skin of cosmetic surgery

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The article discusses the ethical dilemmas faced by nurses working in the cosmetic surgery, an industry that remains unregulated.

Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Cosmetic Surgery, Practice, Surgery, Plastic, Plastic surgery

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