British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
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Tobacco use is a significant global health issue. Studies that examined nursing students' attitudes towards smoking cessation support were limited from India. ⋯ The findings suggest that there is an urgent need to include a tobacco-control curriculum at undergraduate level to improve their competency in giving smoking cessation support.
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Nurses now have a statutory and professional duty to be open and candid with patients about any errors in their care and treatment. A professional duty of candour is a key requirement of the revised Code from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015). Nurses are also subject to a statutory duty of candour imposed on their employer. In this article, the author considers the statutory and professional duties of candour and their impact on nurses.
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MPs overwhelmingly voted against passing the Assisted Dying Bill into law in September 2015. The Bill was defeated by a majority of 212, despite the heartfelt pleas of many MPs to pass it into law. ⋯ There is, however, one further possible way assisted dying could become lawful in the UK--and that would be where the Supreme Court allowed it. In this article, the author reviews the Supreme Court's decision in R (on the application of Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice [2014] and considers how likely it is that the Supreme Court will now sanction assisted dying following Parliament's refusal to enact an assisted dying law.