Professional Discipline in Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting

In recent years, nurses, midwives and health visitors have taken on increasing responsibilities, concurrenty with the development of new legislation and a Code of Professional Conduct by the UKCC. This book describes in detail the important issues in these professions, accountability, standards of conduct, and the framework of the disciplinary process, with practical case-studies illustrating the disciplinary process in action.