title: Legal issues arising in community nursing 7: record keeping.
abstract: This article examines the principles that apply to record keeping in the community setting and some of the legal issues that arise. Some problems may arise because records are left with clients and a second set of records may be kept centrally. Issues such as access to records and future developments arising from clinical governance are also explored.
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008330:Management Audit; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom