title: Telephone advice: advice given to a nursing home for pressure care.
abstract: This article considers the law which applies to the giving of advice over the telephone and the respective liability of the adviser and the recipient of the advice. It also covers the law relating to the exclusion of liability.
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan, UK.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003253:Consultants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013689:Telephone; D006113:United Kingdom