title: Need to know: consent and the nurse's duty to warn of risk.
abstract: This article, the second in a series on consent to examination and treatment, considers a district nurse's duty to warn patients of the risks inherent in treatment. The article discusses whether patients are entitled to full and honest answers to their questions about risks, and whether district nurses can lie to anxious patients about the risks of treatment.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Science, Swansea University, UK. richard.griffith@swan.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Cassam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tengnah
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom