title: When nurses do the unthinkable.
abstract: This series explores the reasons why some nurses abuse or even kill the patients in their care and asks why such unthinkable behaviour is so difficult to understand.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000941:ethics; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006708:Homicide / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D028743:Professional Misconduct / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D011639:Public Opinion