The changing nature of the district nurse patient relationship.
In this article Richard Griffith considers three recent developments in policy and law that have changed the nature of the relationship between district nurses and their patients. The traditional, often paternalistic, professional knows best approach must now give way to a patient focused partnership.
Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
Richard
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Griffith
D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007884:Legislation, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D006113:United Kingdom
no decision about me without me; partnership working; prudent patient test; self-determination