title: The British National Formulary and other medicine indexes.
abstract: Brenda, a staff nurse on the children's ward, noticed that a junior doctor had written a patient up for a drug of which she had not heard. She asked the ward sister whether she should administer it. The ward sister said that she was not familiar with the drug but that she could trust that doctor and therefore should administer the drug. What is the law?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010595:Pharmacists; D006113:United Kingdom