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Legal issues surrounding consent and capacity: the key to autonomy
Richard Griffith,
Cassam Tengnah
British Journal of Community Nursing, Volume: 16, Issue: 12, Pages: 558 - 561
Swansea University Author: Richard Griffith
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Abstract
<p>Community nursing is very much a hands-on profession where practitioners are called upon to provide care and treatment in a patient's own home. However, the right to dignity and choice means that touching an individual is limited in law with an initial presumption that it must not occu...
| Published in: | British Journal of Community Nursing |
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| ISSN: | 1462-4753 |
| Published: |
MA Healthcare
2011
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| Abstract: |
<p>Community nursing is very much a hands-on profession where practitioners are called upon to provide care and treatment in a patient's own home. However, the right to dignity and choice means that touching an individual is limited in law with an initial presumption that it must not occur without consent.</p> |
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| Keywords: |
Consent; Trespass; Propriety; Regulated Activity |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Issue: |
12 |
| Start Page: |
558 |
| End Page: |
561 |