Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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This article discusses the complex issues and dilemmas that nurses need to consider when dealing with confidential information. As well as reviewing situations where patients' rights to confidentiality conflict with public interest, the author discusses nurses' legal, ethical, moral and professional duties when handling confidentiality issues.
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Motor neurone disease is not automatically linked in people's minds with palliative care and the hospice movement, but an increasing number of people with the condition are benefiting from the services offered by hospices. The authors review what these services entail, and explain how they can help patients and families cope with this distressing illness.