A legal commentary on negligence

Cornock, Marc (2011). A legal commentary on negligence. Paediatric Nursing, 23(1) pp. 21–22.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/paed2011.02.23.1.21.c8313

Abstract

There is anecdotal evidence that a claim in negligence, or ‘negligence’ for short, is something that many nurses are fearful of and they worry that parents will sue them when something goes wrong. The aim of this article is to outline what negligence is from a legal perspective and to illustrate why, for most nurses, negligence is unlikely to be something that will affect their professional lives.

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• Item ORO ID
• 28128
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0962-9513
• Keywords
• code of conduct; duty of care; harm; negligence, tort law
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care > Nursing
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
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• Marc Cornock