Nurses

Role of nurses in Third Reich “overlooked”

Jared Yee | 28 April 2012

The work of Nazi doctors is a well-documented lesson in medical ethics. There was even a separate trial for them at Nuremberg and seven were hanged. But what about the nurses who assisted them?

British nurses could be jailed for mentioning assisted suicide

Jared Yee | 28 October 2011

Nurses will be warned that they could go to prison if they talk to patients about assisted suicide. They will be told that they face prosecution if they are found to have spoken about any aspect of assisted suicide with patients who go on to kill themselves.

UK nurses uncertain about pain relief

Jared Yee | 04 June 2010

Legal fears prevent nurses from giving palliative care to the dying