title: Death duties a responsibility too far?
abstract: In the areas of acute surgery and medicine, the changing role of the nurse, which is constantly developing and being extended in order to accommodate the reduction in junior doctors' hours, is well documented. But the new roles being forced upon nurses who work in nursing homes go unnoticed.
authors.affiliation: AgeCare, London.
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Phair