Pressure sores: a case to answer

28 July 1994

journal article
research article
Published by Mark Allen Group in British Journal of Nursing

Vol. 3 (14) , 721-727
https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.1994.3.14.721

Abstract

This article sets out the legal procedures that are followed if a claim for compensation for pressure sores is brought. It examines the course of evidence being presented in court, the substantive law in relation to ascertaining whether liability can be established, and considers possible defences.

Keywords

ANSWER
SORES
SUBSTANTIVE
CLAIM
COURT
COURSE
BROUGHT
PROCEDURES
ASCERTAINING
DEFENCES

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Letter to the Editor
Spinal Cord, 1987