Why nurses kill: unthinkable, unacknowledged and unexplained - John Field discusses the murder of patients by nurses
Field, John (2008) Why nurses kill: unthinkable, unacknowledged and unexplained - John Field discusses the murder of patients by nurses. Nursing Standard, 23 (9). pp. 24-25.
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[Extract] Nurses kill patients. Sometimes they kill them out of compassion, as in cases of mercy killings or euthanasia, to end unbearable suffering. Sometimes they kill them accidentally out of sheer exasperation. And sometimes, they intentionally kill patients in premeditated acts of malice.
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| ISSN: | 0029-6570 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2013 06:25 |
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