Soins; la revue de référence infirmière
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In 1914, nurses were still considered as volunteers. By 1918, given more efficient training, they had acquired legitimacy among the French public. Their skills and their professionalism were appreciated and recognised, notably thanks to the crucial role they played in the fight against the tuberculosis and Spanish flu epidemics.
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The duration and intensity of the fighting, the soldiers' difficult daily living conditions and the high number of men involved in the First World War resulted in the appearance of specific mental disorders for some soldiers. At first considered to be faking their symptoms, they were later able to be diagnosed and treated thanks to psychiatrists' interest in the condition.
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The French national agency for the safety of medicine and healthcare products created in 2005 a Medication Errors Desk which enables health professionals and patients to report directly medication errors without adverse reaction or near misses in addition of reports collected from the Pharmacovigilance System.
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The therapeutic relationship between the doctor and the patient is asymmetric. Through the trust which the patient places in him or her, the doctor is invited to see the illness, in other words the narcissistic flaw which he or she alone is authorised to examine "objectively".