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hyperlinks which will take you directly to a reference. Others are not available
electronically but should be accessible in paper format in the UNN library. The list is by
no means exhaustive and you are advised to search out your own original material. However
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<h3><font face="book antiqua, times new roman, times" color="#996600" mstheme>Key hyperlinked references</font></h3>
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<td width="51%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.doh.gov.uk/pcharter/patientc.htm" target="_blank">The
Patient's Charter</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><p class="MsoNormal">Puts the Citizen's Charter into practice in the NHS.
It is helping the NHS to <o:p></o:p>listen to and act on people's views and needs; <o:p></o:p> set clear
standards of service; <o:p></o:p>provide services which meet those standards. </font></td>
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<td width="51%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/nhsguide/" target="_blank">NHS Guide</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Patient guide to the NHS Plan, launched in July 2000. Replaces the
Patients Charter</font></td>
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<td width="52%" height="99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.doh.gov.uk/aids.htm" target="_blank">AIDS/HIV
INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS</a></font></td>
<td width="121%" height="99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Guidance on the Management of Infected Health Care Workers
and Patient Notification </font></td>
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<td width="24%" height="99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.doh.gov.uk/chcguid1.htm" target="_blank">Guidance
for Clinical Health Care Workers: Protection Against Infection with Blood-borne Viruses<o:p></o:p></a></font></td>
<td width="149%" height="99"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS and the
Advisory Group on Hepatitis</font></td>
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<td width="51%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.doh.gov.uk/stddirections.htm" target="_blank">Venereal
Disease Regulations 2000</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>The latest version that governs practice within GUM clinics</font></td>
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UKCC publications. The United Kingdom Central Council is an organisation set up by
Parliament to ensure nurses, midwives and health visitors provide high standards of care
to their patients and clients. </font></td>
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<td width="17%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukcc.org.uk/cms/content/publications/" target="_blank">Code
of professional conduct</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Defines the standards which are required at all times from registered
nurses, midwives and health visitors. This is the benchmark against which complaints of
misconduct are judged and the source of all the other professional advice and guidance
published by the UKCC</font></td>
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<td width="17%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukcc.org.uk/cms/content/publications/" target="_blank">The
scope of professional practice</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>The principles set out in this booklet have revolutionised professional
practice by allowing registered nurses, midwives and health visitors to develop their
practice in the interests of patients and according to their own professional knowledge,
competence and accountability</font></td>
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<td width="17%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukcc.org.uk/cms/content/publications/" target="_blank">Guidelines
for records and record keeping</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Poor record keeping endangers patients, as many professional conduct cases
have shown. This guide explains how the UKCC believes it should be done. </font></td>
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<td width="17%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukcc.org.uk/cms/content/publications/" target="_blank">Guidelines
for professional practice</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Expands upon the clauses of the Code of professional conduct and provides
professional and legal guidance on issues such as consent, accountability and making
concerns known</font></td>
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<td width="17%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukcc.org.uk/cms/content/publications/" target="_blank">Practitioner-client
relationships and the prevention of abuse</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Explains that it is the responsibility of the registered practitioner to
maintain appropriate professional boundaries to relationships with clients at all times.
The UKCC believes that a zero tolerance of abuse is the only philosophy consistent with
public protection. The booklet also sets out guidance for the prevention, detection and
management of abuse</font></td>
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<td width="17%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukcc.org.uk/cms/content/publications/" target="_blank">Reporting
misconduct - information for employers and managers</a></font></td>
<td width="49%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Sets out the information which the UKCC needs from employers and managers
when considering a complaint of misconduct against a registered nurse, midwife or health
visitor</font></td>
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the standards the public have a right to expect of doctors</font></td>
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<td width="47%" height="16"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/n_hance/good/secret.htm" target="_blank">Confidentiality: Protecting and Providing Information</a><br>
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<td width="47%" height="13"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/n_hance/good/consent.htm" target="_blank">Seeking patients' consent: the ethical considerations</a></font></td>
<td width="126%" height="13"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>February 1999 </font></td>
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<td width="47%" height="37"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/n_hance/good/good_2.htm" target="_blank">Good Medical Practice</a></font></td>
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<td width="47%" height="31"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/n_hance/good/serious.htm" target="_blank">Serious Communicable Diseases<o:p></a></font></td>
<td width="126%" height="31"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Advice in relation to the treatment of patients with serious
communicable diseases and the responsibilities of doctors who have or may have such
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<td width="47%" height="74"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>United Kingdom Parliament Law</font></td>
<td width="126%" height="74"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hmso.gov.uk/legis.htm" target="_blank">Full
text of all legislation</a> enacted by the UK Parliament and delegated legislation
(Statutory Instruments) whether this applied to the United Kingdom as a whole or only to
constituent parts of the UK (eg Scotland).</font></td>
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<td width="47%" height="74"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT & MENTAL HEALTH LAW </font></td>
<td width="126%" height="74"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Comprehensive guides to the Mental Health Act (1983)
<a href="http://www.markwalton.net/index.html" target="_blank">Guide
1</a> <a href="http://www.hyperguide.co.uk/mha/" target="_blank">Guide 2</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="47" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000044.htm" target="_blank">Sexual
Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 </a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="35" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/80042--d.htm" target="_blank">Human Rights Act
1998</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/19990014.htm" target="_blank">The Protection of
Children Act 1999</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.stonethrow.co.uk/information/childrenact.htm" target="_blank">The
Children Act 1989</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880009_en_5.htm" target="_blank">Local
Government Act 1988</a> Contains details in Section 28 promoting homosexuality</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><h3><font face="book antiqua, times new roman, times" color="#996600" mstheme> Other articles of Legal & Ethical
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<td width="163%" colspan="2" height="20"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a target="_blank" href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/~me27k/medical.htm">CONFIDENTIALITY</a></font></td>
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<td width="163%" colspan="2" height="20"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/~me27k/medical.htm" target="_blank">MEDICO-LEGAL PROBLEMS:
HIV/AIDS</a></font></td>
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<td width="163%" colspan="2" height="20"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/otherdocs/biblio/c-1.htm" target="_blank">Legal
and Ethical Issues Raised by HIV/AIDS - Annotated Bibliography</a></font></td>
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<td width="163%" colspan="2" height="20"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://web.bma.org.uk/public/ethics.nsf/39f32339ff78cd6b802566a6003f3311/31488f35ae7ea9718025681700509a63?OpenDocument" target="_blank">Confidentiality and disclosure of health information</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://vls.law.strath.ac.uk/subjects/drn/unpublished/sex_law_origins.html" target="_blank">Sex and the Law</a>: Origins and Controversies. Describes the law's
approach to sex, and to identify what a young person can and cannot do sexually.
SCOTTISH CHILD LAW CENTRE.</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>English legal system for non-lawyers
<a href="http://www.niknicol.co.uk/English/english.html" target="_blank">article 1</a>
<a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/toc.htm" target="_blank">article 2</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://web.bma.org.uk/public/ethics.nsf/39f32339ff78cd6b802566a6003f3311/c248d50a90c7da82802567970046b170?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=5,11" target="_blank">Confidentiality and people under 16</a><br>
Guidance issued jointly by the BMA, GMSC, HEA, Brook Advisory Centres, FPA and RCGP
Includes details of the 1985 House of Lords' ruling in the Gillick case</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.sfc.org.uk/docs/green.htm" target="_blank">Recommendations for Political Policy on Prostitution and the Sex Industry</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rmak/europap/rapgb.html" target="_blank">HIV prevention
services for prostitutes</a> </font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.jcn.co.uk/febsex.htm" target="_blank">Access to sexual & reproductive healthcare <o:p></o:p>for people with learning
difficulties</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.abi.org.uk/nonmem.asp" target="_blank">Information sheets</a> from the Association of British Insurers. Useful
advice to consumers on a number of insurance issues. </font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Society of Health Advisers in Sexually
Transmitted Diseases (SHASTD): <a href="../professional_interest/ethics" target="_blank">Code of
Ethics</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.bma.org.uk/public/ethics/abortion.htm" target="_blank">The law and ethics
of abortion</a>. British Medical Association views</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.ukc.ac.uk/law/sample/criminal/rape.htm" target="_blank">Rape :social
& legal issues</a>. A University of Kent paper</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.thesite.org/relationships/violence/sexual_assault.html" target="_blank">Sexual
assault: a simple guide</a></font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk/" target="_blank">HIV & The Criminal Law</a>. Hamilton Solicitors</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk/" target="_blank">Computers & the Law</a>. Hamilton Solicitors</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk/" target="_blank">Court of Appeal judgement on downloading indecent images from the
Internet.</a> Hamilton Solicitors</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk/" target="_blank">Crime and the Lesbian and Gay Client</a> Hamilton Solicitors</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.hamiltons-solicitors.co.uk/" target="_blank">Living off immoral earnings</a>: a case reviewed. Hamilton Solicitors</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><a href="http://www.jcn.co.uk/masterframe.htm" target="_blank">Talking about sexuality</a>: a challenge for community nurses. Professor
Philip Burnard </font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><h3><font face="book antiqua, times new roman, times" color="#996600" mstheme>Key non-hyperlinked references</font></h3>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Margaret M T Hudson. (1998)
Confidentiality and genitourinary medicine. International Journal of STD & AIDS.
Volume: 9 Number: 7 Page: 374 -- 389</font></td>
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<td width="87%" height="37"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>National AIDS Reference Manual. Dec 2000 23rd edition.
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Confidentiality p. 318ff</font></td>
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Transmission of HIV as a criminal offence p. 324ff</font></td>
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Promoting safer sex lawfully p. 325ff</font></td>
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Sex education p. 327ff</font></td>
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Powers to regulate people with HIV p. 335</font></td>
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Disability discrimination p. 336ff & 343ff</font></td>
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<td width="100%"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Insurance & HIV testing p. 220ff</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="37" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Montgomery, J. (1997) Health Care Law. Oxford
University Press</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="31" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><p align="JUSTIFY">Burr, M. (1982) The Law and
Health Visitors. Edsall and Co.</font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="31" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme>Dimond, B. (1995) 2nd Edition. Legal Aspects of
Nursing. Prentice Hall </font></td>
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<td width="173%" height="31" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" mstheme><p align="JUSTIFY">Samuels, A. (1993) The Legal
Liability of the Nurse - the lawyer’s view. Med.Sci.Law. 33(4) </font></td>
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