Should nurses give medication without the patient's consent?

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An analysis of UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting's guidelines for nurses regarding administration of covert medication to patients with or without their consent is offered. Additional information on administration of covert medication to people with dementia is included.

Services information, Analysis, Services, Drug therapy, Company services, Informed consent (Medical law), Informed consent, Nurse and patient, Nurse-patient relations, United Kingdom. Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting

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Nurses are still being taken for granted

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The absence of Health minister Alan Milburn from the annual congress meeting of the Royal College of Nurses did little to assure nurses that they are not being taken for granted by the Department of Health. Deputy Minister John Hutton offered some good news to nurses but not nearly enough.

Personnel administration, Column, Labor relations, United Kingdom. Department of Health

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Applying clinical governance in hospice care

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This article discusses the impact upon the hospice movement by the government's clinical governance policy of 1997.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Hospice care

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