title: [Refusal of nursing care, the legal perspective].
abstract: The refusal of nursing care forms part of the freedom offered to anyone wanting to refuse, consciously and knowingly, any form of nursing care such as washing, the taking of medication or hospitalisation. However, limits are fixed by law as well as by case law. Are we totally free in the expression of our will?
authors.affiliation: C/O La Revue de l'infirmière, Elsevier Masson, 65, rue Camille Desmoulins, 92442 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex, France. Electronic address: jerome@fisman.fr.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
keywords: consent; consentement; freedom; information; law; liberté; loi; patient; refus de soins; refusal of nursing care