1. Law and Ethics in Healthcare
... intended treatment or care and to respect the patient's right to accept or decline treatment. However, the competence for giving consent is not exercised by every individual patient (example, mental ill patient and a minor). Moreover, there are exceptional situations where a nurse could decide and carry out a treatment without consent (example, in emergence), she but has to demonstrate that she has acted ... right suggest that everyone has the right to freedom of thought and religion (Equalityhumanrights.com, 2014), of which it is the nurse obligation to respect the religious views of t...
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