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. 1993 Apr 7;7(29):43.
doi: 10.7748/ns.7.29.43.s55.

That's no 'client', that's my relative

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That's no 'client', that's my relative

Pauline Sparkes. Nurs Stand. .

Abstract

Very recently, an in-law of mine, a frail man in his 70s, has been a patient in one of the local hospitals. The nursing care he received has made me angry and frustrated, and I have found myself unable to defend the actions of my 'profession' to the rest of my family.

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