Complex medicolegal issues surround modern nursing practice.
Increasingly, nurses are being involved in malpractice suits and are being called upon to appear as expert witnesses or as friends of the court. The legal responsibilities of nurses today as well as the complex current and emerging medicolegal issues that are affecting their practice were the subject of a recent conference. The findings and recommendations resulting from that conference are described herein.
D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States