Consent and the teenage Jehovah’s Witness
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by RCNi in Paediatric Nursing
- Vol. 12 (3) , 29-31
- https://doi.org/10.7748/paed.12.3.29.s22
Abstract
Anita Ellis considers professional and ethical guidance in the case of a teenage girl requiring blood transfusion ‘Each registered nurse, midwife and health visitor shall act at all times, in such a manner as to safe-guard and promote the interests of individual patients and clients’ (UKCC 1992).Keywords
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