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Nurses resent the image of “physicians helpers” as still seen by the public in general. They demand to assume partnership in responsibility for decision-making concerning patient management. In England in a paper in the British Medical Journal the author says such decisions are made only by physicians and social workers while other professions, including nurses are devoid of the possibility to interfere [1].
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Michaeli, D. (1985). The Changing Role of Nurses and Its Implications. In: Carmi, A., Schneider, S. (eds) Nursing Law and Ethics. Medicolegal Library, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82468-5_40
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