title: [Professional and legal responsibilities of nurses].
abstract: The responsibility of nursing personnel is characterized by civil, criminal law, and disciplinary aspects. The causal relationship between a certain behavior and the resulting harmful event and the methodology of assessment of events as rationally foreseeable -- case by case and not only in statistical terms -- are elements to be taken into account. The question of nursing responsibility must be placed in the context of the competence and autonomy of the nurse in the nurse-patient alliance and in the context of nurses' professional and educational profiles. The relationship between doctor and nurse and nurse and medical social worker in the diagnostic and curative course are elements for reflection.
authors.affiliation: Studio Legale Associato Claudio Arria e c, Mantova, Italy. studio.arria@libero.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arria
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arria
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mezzadrelli
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007558:Italy; D024802:Nurse's Role; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*